All the attention the Knicks organization been giving to the Italian Stalion Gallo (not the media), I was waiting to bash this 19 year old at the start of the Summer League Games.
But I cant!
I like the way this 19 year old started the game "feeling-out" his teammates and oponents NBA performance. Gallo made mistake after mistake his first 23 minutes on the court going scoreless. However his last 7 minutes on the court was devastating hustle on both sides of the floor getting his teammates to have confidence in his performance scoring 14 points and sharing time in the paint to get rebounds when the team needed them the most. He is a Team-Player.
Danillo Gallinari is a Project. But a helluv a good project to have his first 3 years in the league.
Wilson Chandler took the scoring job from start to finish with an overwelming well perfomance. His overall game was great untill he went into the "One on One" mode that he picked up last season from his regular season Knick starters (cancer players) Zach, Q.Rich, Crawford, and Marbury. Chandler is the 6th, 7th, or 8th man off the bench.
Mardy Collins is finding his form as a 6.6 PG that could take it to the paint which made "Chandler & Gallo" hard for the oposition (Cavs) to defend when the Cavs had to double PG-Collins from going straight to the hoop.
Collins have to get back his passing skillz he had at Temple University (passing to moving players).
He been around to many non-moving performers that he have to pass the ball to (Marbury, Crawford, Q.Rich, Zach, and Curry).
The Knicks Roster had no one that could stop the Cavs JJ Hickson from doing his thang, or Tucker from putting on a Peremeter shooting show in the 2nd half.
PG-Roberson did well in the first half, but his decision making in the 2nd half where it counts the most will delay his career in the NBA.
I expected more from SG-Wafer his defense was great but he was not allowed in the Knicks offense.