Gallinari's Potential?
Gallinari's is the best young International prospect impo
EVEN IF NYK gets any BIG NAME PLAYER
NYK still needs a smart strong Okafor type big man to compete with LAL, BOS
in a playoff series
THAT IS WHY franchise players like
DWYANE WADE doesnt want to come there,
Wade said "historically you need big men to win"
NO REBOUNDS no RINGS
I'm already on record saying Gallinari isn't that good right now and that his balloned stats are directly correlated to the offense within he plays.
Dhamp2.....the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.
1. I always taking a stand.
2. D-Howard is overated!
3. Sure Melo was a semi-easy pick to lead the NBA in scoring, but there are rougly 250 players in the NBA and I chose and stood by one player!!!! I could've picked Kobe or Lebron, Wade, myself, whoever!!!
4. Big ups to Matt Barnes finally starting in Orlando
5. Carl Landry needs more publicity. He's second on the Rockets team in scoring.
6 foot 6 I gave you a point for the forum topic.
Dhamp2.....the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.
1. I always taking a stand.
2. D-Howard is overated!
3. Sure Melo was a semi-easy pick to lead the NBA in scoring, but there are rougly 250 players in the NBA and I chose and stood by one player!!!! I could've picked Kobe or Lebron, Wade, myself, whoever!!!
4. Big ups to Matt Barnes finally starting in Orlando
5. Carl Landry needs more publicity. He's second on the Rockets team in scoring.
If Yi and Bargiani are the best international prospects, which they probably are, then are would focus on drafting American players. There's more talent here.
Dhamp2.....the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.
1. I always taking a stand.
2. D-Howard is overated!
3. Sure Melo was a semi-easy pick to lead the NBA in scoring, but there are rougly 250 players in the NBA and I chose and stood by one player!!!! I could've picked Kobe or Lebron, Wade, myself, whoever!!!
4. Big ups to Matt Barnes finally starting in Orlando
5. Carl Landry needs more publicity. He's second on the Rockets team in scoring.
i rather build around a bunch of other american players like rose beasley gordan, love, jennings, evans, blake( even though he hasnt played yet) wall . thats just the young players. but iwould like gallanari as my third option or and at best on a team with 2 stars like peja with the kings
i dont think so i think he can work well with lebron. hes tall enough to move to the pf. just get him a lil stronger and have lebron at the sf and wilson at the sg. lebron can help out on pf and check them untill gall is ready. i think they would need one other lower star to be lebrons side kick though
Aren't a product of the system. No matter what system you put him in, he can shoot. He is only averaging 11 shots a game. Too many of them are threes but he is making them in a good percentage. He does and is adding to his game (offensively) but if he averaged 12 shots in a half court system I think he would put up the same numbers. Especially if he was paired with a player who can draw the defense while they drive in (ex. Wade. LBJ, CP, Kobe, etc) or a big man who can post and pass out of a double team. He is not a superstar. I not sure he can develop in to a star player that can carry a team every day. But I see him being a good secondary player to a superstar player and being able to play in any system.Though his defense isn't great, the effort is always there. He never gives up on a play. Even when he is beaten off the dribble (which happens a lot)he will still trail you and try and block you from behind. When his shots aren't falling he still brings effort to all other aspects of the game. He plays with heart and doesn't flop like most Euros do. The dude is legit. Too many people are sleeping on him. Not a superstar or a star yet but the talent and effort is there.
galinari, bargnani, nowitzki, ginobili, parker...that'd be a fun lineup
Taylor Condrin...the 2nd greatest mind on this site...next to Dhamp2 anyway.
1. John Kuester, Vinny Del Negro, Eddie Jordan, Kurt Rambis, and Flip Saunders should be fired
2. Flip Murray and Nate Robinson in the same backcourt would lose any game for any team no matter the forwards
3. Chase Budinger is a starter in this league
4. Brandon Bass and Marcin Gortat to Houston for Luis Scola would be exciting
5. Brandon Jennings/Derrick Rose/Tyreke Evans/= future nash/paul/d-will
Taylor Condrin....I like your style. I like the Flip Murray and Nate Robinson comparison, lol.
Dhamp2.....the greatest basketball mind in the world. Next to Hubie Brown anyway.
1. I always taking a stand.
2. D-Howard is overated!
3. Sure Melo was a semi-easy pick to lead the NBA in scoring, but there are rougly 250 players in the NBA and I chose and stood by one player!!!! I could've picked Kobe or Lebron, Wade, myself, whoever!!!
4. Big ups to Matt Barnes finally starting in Orlando
5. Carl Landry needs more publicity. He's second on the Rockets team in scoring.
KNICKS DONT RUN A FAST OFFENSE. People are so ignorant, knicks are 9th in the league in pace and close to last in fast break points. Gallo has only played 60 games in his career and is coming off an injury, give the kid some time. For the knick fans that actually watch games they know he does a lot more than shoot 3s and is actually one of our better passers, blockers and one on one defenders.
Danilo, has proven more than just shooting 3's. He plays very good defense something not all euros do. Also, he has a beautiful way of getting fouled. I want to see him driving to the basket more. There is no reason why Danilo can not get to the line 8-12 times a game, and I am not exaggerating. He is such a mismatch for teams. He's taller than Small Forwards, and faster than Power Forwards. Guard try guarding him from the outside, but he shoots right over them. He plays with a lot of fire, you can tell when he gets frustrated, I love when he displays that because as a fan I can tell he really wants to win.
to emphisis my point ill show you what shes done against guys hes had to guard
melo-50
deng 23 (average from 2 games)
thaddeus young 25
maggette-22
beasley -20
g wallace -17
when i think very good defense i think of a guy who is stopping his man from getting there average and makign them shoot pretty bad
he is definitely not a good defender, he lacks athleticism to be a good defender. But many people thought he would be a liability and he is definitely not that either. He is a very smart player and scrappy on defense and definitely holds his own. He is also a solid shot blocker and if he gets beat (which does happen because hes not very athletic) he makes sure to push or shove the player and rarely gives up easy baskets lol.
I think he's a decent defensive player, he works hard at it and can be a presence with his length and size. I just think he goes through stretches where he gets lit up and loses focus at times..He's not a poor defender though, I can tell you that much.
Knicks 97, Bobcats 93
Inspired by Bird, Gallinari Boosts the Knicks
Published: January 7, 2010
A few days ago Donnie Walsh handed Danilo Gallinari, the Knicks’ promising young forward, a DVD that could alter the trajectory of his career. Walsh, the Knicks’ president, gave Gallinari a collection of Larry Bird highlights, a captivating 30-minute compilation highlighting many of Bird’s best moves, passes, post-ups and rebounds.
Gallinari said he had watched the tape at least 10 times over the past three days and that every move was seared into his mind. The one play Gallinari enjoyed the most, he said, was when Bird told the former SuperSonic Xavier McDaniel that he was about to shoot a 3-pointer over his head and there was absolutely nothing McDaniel could do about it.
“And then he did it,” Gallinari said, shaking his head. “What’s better than that?”
For Walsh, the only thing better would be to see Gallinari take all the aspects of Bird’s game that he could emulate — Bird’s court awareness and vision, his positioning, and perhaps a bit of his supreme self-confidence — and fold them into his swifter, more athletic frame.
Gallinari is not expected to become the next Larry Bird. Too many 6-foot-10 forwards have been given that unforgiving label and fallen well short. But there can be brief moments when the comparison is apt, and Gallinari had a few of them Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in helping lead the Knicks to a 97-93 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.
Gallinari scored 17 points, 9 in the fourth quarter. His two 3-pointers in the final 91 seconds quashed any hopes the Bobcats had of winning.
With the victory, the Knicks’ record improved to 15-20 and they skipped into ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings, just percentage points behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the final playoff spot. The outcome also prevented the Bobcats from gaining the head-to-head playoff tie breaker over the Knicks should the teams finish with the same record in the regular season.
“That’s big,” Gallinari said. “We knew that coming into the game. That’s important for us.”
Wilson Chandler scored a game-high 27 points and David Lee added 22 for the Knicks, while Stephen Jackson scored 26 for Charlotte. Jackson said the Knicks could not cover the Bobcats.
“They couldn’t guard us man-to-man, so they went to a zone,” he said. “It’s a game we should have won, but they made the big plays down the stretch.”
Gallinari, who leads the N.B.A. in 3-pointers made, finished 5 for 11 from beyond the 3-point arc.
With the Knicks leading, 87-86, Gallinari hit a shot from 24 feet to make the score 90-86. After the Bobcats missed two 3-point attempts, Gallinari stepped back four feet and hit another one. If it was not like scoring over McDaniel, but it was satisfying nonetheless.
After the game, Gallinari was asked if there were any boundaries to his long-distance shooting.
“In practice I have no limits,” he said with a smile. “I feel comfortable from that range.”
Gallinari was a small boy when Bird retired in 1992, but he said he did see a lot of Bird’s highlight reels. Gallinari’s father, Vittorio, a professional star in Italy, considered Bird his favorite player, so he made sure his son saw snippets of Bird’s career. Now Walsh is the mentor pointing him toward the flickering images of Bird making no-look passes, off-balance shots and pull-up 3-pointers.
“I’ve learned a lot from watching the tape,” Gallinari said. “I don’t know about playing at his level, but I want to learn from him, that’s for sure.”