Fwd: Re: C's mentioned in trade-up, etc....

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

>Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:16:32 -0400
>From: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
>Subject: Re: C's mentioned in trade-up, etc....
>To: "'celtics@igtc.com'" <celtics@igtc.com>
>
>and one more
>thing... let's give Moiso this season before we give up on him. And can we
>once and for all stop lumping every tall, thinly built young player in as
>"another Moiso." Do any of us really believe Moiso didn't contribute this
>year because of his size or strength? He didn't contribute because he wasn't
>aggressive enough. It has nothing to do with his stature. A guy can be
>passive at 6-8 just as easily as at 7-0.

Point taken, Mark. Not that that's what you're getting at, but I don't 
think we should discount drafting a center-forward type, including another 
thin & tall one like him, just because Poodle Boy is already on the roster.

It could easily just be a bluff, but the Celtics' public positions seems to 
be that they are already deep at the power forward and center positions. 
Are you holding your breath waiting for Moiso to unleash his inner poodle 
next season? The guy is a 7-foot baguette in gym shorts.

Over time I think people will recognize this may be a rare opportunity to 
get a talented big man after the single-digit picks are off the board. The 
fact that Haywood, Woods, Zach Randolph and Tyson Chandler could all be 
there at #10 illustrates this point. I'm not sure Loren Woods is any less 
talented than a past top-three pick like Gumby or Kandi-girl, and Woods is 
actually the guy I least like among the four names I listed.

Joe


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