Hide Article Text (OCR)
Photo by The Associated PressJerome Moiso, right, the Celtics’ top pick in Wednesday night’s draft, was UCLA’s top rebounder and shot-blocker and was second in scoring last season as a sophomore.Celtics hope they may have found a real keeper in MoisoBy GARY FITZ Telegraph StaffWALTHAM - Three years ago. draft night at the FleetC'enter was a star-studded affair attended by thousands of season tieket holders.The big star of the night was newly appointed head coach Riek Pitino. Championship banners were used as a backdrop and the feeling was the arrival of banner No. 17 would only be a matter of time.Two years ago the draft was back at the FleetCenter, toned down a bit until the Celtics stole Paul Pierce with the 10th pick.There was no draft party last year, with Boston's No. 1 pick going to Cleveland as part ot the VitalyPotapenko deal.Wednesday night, with Pitino's star seriously fading and the team s future in perpetual limbo, the draft was held in the cozy confines of the team’s llcalthpoint Training Center in Waltham, where the Celtics used the 11th pick to select UCLA’s Jerome Moiso. a 6-foot-11 power forward who was born in Paris and grew up in Guadeloupe of the West Indies.The pick ended speculation that the Celtics would trade that pick and future No. 1 picks to Portland for four-year veteran Jermaine O’Neal, a former high school pick who is actually a few months younger than Moiso.Set* CELTICS, Page 38
Newspaper Details
Nashua Telegraph
Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Thu, Jun 29, 2000
Page 35
Full Page
Clipped by
Jordan T.
USA 21 Apr 2024
Other Publications Near Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua Telegraph
