RE: Trying to make up my mind...

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

He netted a player who actually plays in the NBA (and one who has an
expiring contract to boot) and a first-round pick. That's value. I'm not
saying there was any kind of bidding war for the guy. I'm just saying that
he was attractive to someone, and I'm speculating about what we might have
been able to do if adding to that value-say Moiso and a first-rounder, or
Moiso and Vitaly... or something like that. I'm not making any judgments
about Moiso. The fact is someone else wanted him and was willing to give up
something to get him. That's value.

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	David A Wickerham [mailto:aw623@bfn.org] 
Sent:	Monday, August 06, 2001 12:35 PM
To:	Berry, Mark  S
Cc:	'celtics@igtc.com'
Subject:	Re: Trying to make up my mind...


I disagree that Moiso had value.  Just because Philly was willing to take
a chance on him, don't jump to the conclusion that other GMs were falling
all over each other to outbid them.  We were foolish to draft Moiso,
although there wasn't much talent left on the board.  Fortunately Philly
has provided us with a bigger fool to bail us out.  Jerome's lack of fire
is infuriating and will take its toll on Larry Brown this year.

> 
> One last note on this trade... Moiso obviously had some value. He netted a
> more proven player, on a shorter contract, and a first-round pick. Those
are
> some valuable commodities in the NBA. My biggest problem with the trade is
> this: He had value. He's one of the few bodies on the roster, other than
> Walker, Pierce and the rookies, who apparently had some value in the
league
> (granted, not huge value, but at least not negative value, like Kenny,
Eric
> Williams, Walter McCarty, Randy Brown and Tony Battie). Anyway, he had
> value, and we traded him without addressing a need. We added a player
where
> we already have a surplus. What might we have gotten for Moiso if we were
> the ones throwing in the first-round pick? Could we have accomplished some





	  Dave Wickerham
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	  Saratoga Springs, NY