Hey Ron your one of my favorites on here, but please your senseless defense of Gallo is becoming more and more pointless and by just dismissing fans like myself and others who are Knicks Fans first, Gallo fans second by calling us haters is useless and makes arguing with you almost impossible.
Again as I and others have allready stated, tis thread and the growing anti-gallo sentiment is not a reaction to one freaking game. He did not even play in this game. This is an evaluation of is career and his season so far. Gallo has talent potential blah blah, but so far in the real world he has been inconsistent and mediocre. Gallo has good games, Wilson is having a Good season. Theres a big difference. As for his I.Q. level I'm not blown away by it as all he knows how to do is pump fake and flop. He is not an amazing pick n roll player, hes not a good rebounder or distributor. As for talent and Athleticism I would say Wilson is far more athletic and as efficient as it gets for a 6'8 frame as e gets blocks and rebounds at a reasonable rate, Gallo is average 4 rebounds at 6'10, is not very fast and looks to be herky jerky or out of control not like when he dribbles the ball.
For every good Game Gallo has hes had about 3-4 bad ones. On top of that This team is not desperate for offense and shooting. We have plenty of wing and perimeter players. Where as Chandler gives us what we desperately need which is defense and rebounding. Oh and Chandler is shooting at a higher percentage and his 3 point shooting percentage is improving, so he basically as everything Gallo has right now except maybe for the ability to get to the line. This is relevant because if we want Melo or some other players we are going to have to choose between these two players, I think letting Gallo go for value is the correct choice, despite the fact e will get better as all of you ave said a million times. The dirty little secret is he will probably not get much better and I guarantee you and everybody else he will never be a good rebounder or defender.
Just think about this for a moment..
Dump Duhon get Felton
Dump David Lee get Amar'e
Dump Gallo get Melo
Dump Mediocre get Elite
Bleedblue u my dude. I wasn't saying you're a hater. But there are pockets of them. I won't name names... All along I've thought you've been pretty objective about Gallo's abilities.
I just don't agree w you and Red.
While I agree that Chandler is becoming what I would classify as a really good player, I've always thought Gallo has the higher likelihood of becoming the better player. Through his ups and downs i'm patient w him.
I just think Gallo had the bigger talent reservoir to start w and sooner or later, like Chandler, he will start to put it all together. That's all.
I still think Gallo is the better shooter, from all ranges and in all categories. I think Gallo is a surer ball-handler by far. I think Gallo is more aware on offense and is and will continue to be a better playmaking/ facilitator. And I think G has the bigger fire in the belly.
That's not to take anything away from Chandler as he is the better athelete and rebounder, and has grown in a lot of areas. He's also more physical than Gallo and a better defender also..
But, most importantly, the game has slowed down for him. He is much more comfortable because of this. This shows in Chandler's longer periods of sustained aggressiveness during games. There are stretches where he just owns.
I do not think the game has slowed down for Gallo yet. To me he seems to be pressing a lot of times, not quite settled.
I can't wait til he gets that comfort level tho.
We've seen it for a half, or a quarter here and there. We ALL saw it against Melo. I remember one quarter this season early on where G dropped 21 and it was a something to marvel. But he's been spotty, unsure for sure. He's still feeling his way.
I honestly still think he will be the better player, whether he's on the Knicks or not.
I also do not think it is wise to bring him off the bench and I don't think Mike D and will do this unless we have an insanely good run w out him. The reason its not a good idea is because the lineup of:
Felton
Fields
Gallo
Chandler
Amare
Is our best lineup. It might not be the most balanced, but it incorporates the best players on our team..
There's nobody on our bench that coach could really justify starting over Gallo, unless the team is just playing crazy good w the starting lineup as it's presently constituted.
Plus it's not like he'd played badly in games before the injury, or even just before he got slammed into by that idiot. Posey was it? Anyway, benching Gallo would hurt his confidence and I don't think thas what he needs at this stage.
But, like I said if the team is on roll you stick w what's working and let Gallo work his way back in somehow. Gallo is a team guy and i'm sure he'd be frustrated but would ultimately do what's best for the team if we're going good. He wouldn't be able to argue w success. It wouldn't be right.
Ultimately I think the debate of Gallo versus Chandler is kinda silly. They will both be real good players.
It's nice to see Chandler blooming fully right before our eyes. I will continue to wait patiently for Gallo to do the same.