I don't think teams are coveting Jamario Moon(notes) at a rate concurrent with his skill set.

This has been, more or less, the story of the summer for me. Whether we're overrating Hedo, underrating Lamar Odom, or sleeping on the Magic, I've seemed to be at odds with the way things have gone down during this offseason.

I'm OK with that. I've been at odds before, and the odds eventually proved me right, or something. I think they were traded for Drew Gooden(notes) and Larry Hughes(notes).

And though the Heat tendered Jamario Moon a qualifying offer, it was a miniscule one worth a fraction of his 2008-09 salary. I can understand Miami not wanting to complicate cap matters beyond 2009-10 as they divine a way to surround Dwyane Wade(notes) with a winner.

The rest of the league? I'm disappointed in you.

Perhaps it has to do with the way Toronto Raptor fans would groan as Moon lined up his three-pointers before he was traded to the Heat last year. Sure, he got a little shot happy, and his overall three-point percentage (35.5) is right in line with the NBA average.

But the groans just got out of hand, almost as if they were just a way for Raptor fans to keep themselves entertained. You could do a lot worse than an average three-point shooter lining up for a 24-footer. Someone needs to send tape of those groans to whoever runs the scoreboard during Clipper games. Then they'd be doing some good.

The rest of his game? Come on!

He's 29, in his prime. The very definition of solid. The very definition of average, because while his offense may fall a little short of the mark, his defense on small forwards works, dammit. It works!

He starts breaks, because his rebounding is very good for a small forward. The man is a tremendous defensive rebounder, he doesn't turn the ball over, and he's quite good at finishing on the fast break. A team desperate for easy buckets, even if this guy isn't going to be confused with Chris Mullin any time soon, would do well to plug Moon in at the start of the second quarter.

And take him off a team that isn't in love with the three-pointer, and his attitude toward the shot could change. It's kind of hard to tell a player to lay off the 25-footers when your starting center or Daequan Cook(notes) (5.3 attempts per game last year, in 24 minutes!) are chucking away.

I just don't think, even in this economy, that this is someone barely worth the bi-annual exception. This guy can play, he should retain his skill set for a few more years, and he could make a team that knows what it's doing very, very happy.