You do realize the odds are higher of getting WORSE than better after coming back from back surgery?
Not arguing but, your opinion has no basis. To say he will "be the best" after what YOU KNOW about Gallo which might include his euro career against inferior comp. (compared to the nba) and limited minutes in 28 games is a STRETCH... sorry. What WE saw this past season imo was a good shooter. Other than that what did you see that was so convincing. I would think to make a statement like yours re: a player who got hurt and played limitedly (back and minutes) he would be somewhat superior in something no?
Strength? No
Speed? No
Athleticism? no
Passing? Avg
Ball Handling? Avg
I.Q.? Avg
Low Post? no
Jumper? Above avg
Sorry to say but unfortunately Harrington is better than him. He's a vet, proven, and avg 20 ppg. Will Gallo avg 20ppg next season? At this point would a team want to trade for Gallo over Harrington or Lee no. Has Gallo proven to be able to sustain through a FULL season let alone start NO! Therefore imo in your infinite basketball wisdom you are reaching.
Let's let the expert speak...
Couldn't have said it better my self
:smokin:
ps.. I just read the
"Elite Slashing" part over... smh
Who would you compare his
"Elite Slashing Ability" to? Just curious
I have seen one or two shots where he put up a nice little floater. I haven't seen him slash, in the spirit of a Lebron, Kobe, Carmelo, T-Park or any of the other elite slashers, who many on here keep comparing him to (because they read someone else's comparison of Gallo to those guys, on an April 2008 draftxpress entry).
I hope he's good, even though I feel no affinity for the Knicks and their ever-changing roster; but my professional opinion is that he's not going to cut it. His offense is too one-dimensional: he hasn't shown a post-up game, the ability to drive or, contrary to whwat many KO posters say, the ability to direct an offense.
On defense, he's a liability. No one who knows basketball can say otherwise: he can't move his feet well and is very stiff, which means he's a liability on the perimeter, he gets bodied by the power forwards and centers we've seen him matchup against, which means he also can't play on the inside.
Making lemonade out of lemons:
You play him at the SF, making sure to keep the SG aware of helping on Gallo's man, if the player in question is at the perimeter. Once that player drives, Knick players have to be ready to help. Otherwise, offenses will successfully exploit the Knicks' defense, every night, by going at Gallo.
On offense, as of now, I see him being at his best as a spot-up shooter, as well as a guy that can help swing the ball around the perimeter, looking for open shooters.
If he tries to drive, he'll screw up and lose the ball, nine times out of ten, something that happened last year. The good thing about that, though, is that he quickly figured out what he was doing wrong and stopped trying to drive the ball through crowds.
I'd like to see him try to post up more, in tandem with putting on some weight.
Posting up in the mid-post is a better way of him driving the ball, as opposed to trying to bring it in, through five defenders, from the top of the key.
More weight would also give him more of an ability to fight for position inside, both on offense and defense.
If he can do this, he might become a solid Power Forward: outside shot, decent rebounding, post moves, in the mold of a very poor man's Nowitzki, which I think is better, in the long term, for both him and the Knicks.