Gallo is a better fit for our team.
Gallo has already proven he's a good player and he can become a very good player because he was the best player in Europe. Ginobili, Gasol and others who produce well in Europe @ a young age have had great NBA careers.
Yes, Gallo will be as good as Ginboili or Gasol...mark my words, hater.
DEVELOP OUR PROSPECT who's a SF and extremely SKILLED, experienced and TALENTED.
Please find me a 21 year old with as much PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS as Gallinari(he was pro since his early teens and been the best player on his team for most of his teenage life).
You can't.
Its ignorant as hell to give up Gallo's role as the starting SF for Carmelo. Thats not how you build a team.
You said the above about Gallo recently and it made good sense..
Your OP in this thread is saying a couple of different things. It's complicated and I like that. But...,
I don't know Metro, sounds like you're wavering a bit. Now you're saying you would choose Gallo to go over AR.
You said you thought Gallo would be as good as Ginobili or Gasol. This to me that spells we don't need Melo and that we damn sure shouldn't give him up instead of AR in trade.
I agreed w you then. Now I'm trying to figure out what changed..
This goes out to all of you Anthony Randolph fanboys:
WHAT HAS GOT YOU ALL SO FASCINATED W THIS MAN'S GAME?!?
Is it a case of the, "I've seen very little of him syndrome"??
To me, logic would dictate that because we haven't seen very much AR's (especially @MSG) game and what he's all about, we should be more skeptical about him. Thas just me tho.. (shakes head)
I mean, I know he's very athletic, tall and he has good all-around skill w his ability to handle the ball. But, I've seen a few games involving Randolph and a bunch of highlights and I've come away with the thinking that I really need to see MUCH more to be even a small percentage of the believer in this guy that so many of you are.
On the other side, I've watched Gallo for a full season and 28 games, scrutinized the man, breaking down every piece of his game, game to game and I'm telling you-- GALLO IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BREAK OUT THAN AR based on what I've seen from the both of them.
Danilo Gallinari is a fundamentally sound, smart, tough, 6'10'' shooter, who can post up and use that threat from the outside to drive by any defender when they close out hard on him. He doesn't have to be that quick and yet he's working on this aspect of his game. The man has the ability to take over a game too as we've seen, in NY, late. This is undeniable and he's only 21.
Randolph cannot do any of the above people!!! Wake up.
Randolph is an athletic freelancer. He will not and should not be a focal point.
To me, this team has two go-to players as constructed, Amare (obviously) and an emerging reliable scorer in Gallo. He will figure out how to do be the OTHER OPTION. He has too many tools not to and he knows it.. Too many of you on this forum don't.
I still think we do not need Melo. Danilo will be fine. AR, right now until he proves otherwise, will a good supporting player. Amare will be Amare.
I hate all of this chatter about Carmelo.
Metro,
I understand the thinking behind the title of your topic. I just need you to develop more why losing either Gallo or AR for Melo will sink us.
I do think Danilo, AR, and STAT will see alot of time together, even if AR doesn't start.
I also agree, although I have seen the three together, that having them on the frontline at the same time will be difficult (not impossible) to deal w for most teams. There are a quite a few good teams out there that will be able to handle us though. What would determine how dynamic the three of them together on the floor will be is how good AR is. I feel reasonably confident in what STAT and Gallo will bring. Randolph IMO is a big x-factor and ?. If he's good then we will be dangerous w Felton at the point directing the O.