Posted by TrueBlue:

So is this when we decide to listen to Mitch Lawrence but if he says D'Antonio Davis/D'Antonio Daniels is a suspect hire then we tune him out?

I just want to know the rules for future referencing


THANKS!

Posted by nyballer:

this is not to say he's a sure thing or even that i think he'll be great...but the things that i dont like about him are correctible i think. he is a little deliberate on offense, ie he plans his moves before he makes them, takes some bad shots out of double teams (partly because stanford was offensively limited), his release is pretty low and he sometimes brings the ball down before shooting etc. but defensively he is solid, and he definitely plays hard and plays with passion.

Posted by TheGame:

Posted by nyballer:

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by nyballer:

this is not to say he's a sure thing or even that i think he'll be great...but the things that i dont like about him are correctible i think. he is a little deliberate on offense, ie he plans his moves before he makes them, takes some bad shots out of double teams (partly because stanford was offensively limited), his release is pretty low and he sometimes brings the ball down before shooting etc. but defensively he is solid, and he definitely plays hard and plays with passion.

nyballer--Im a little surprised at the amount of people who think he will be a bust and it seems like 50% of the fans think Gallinari will be some kind of stud player[more like boston nachbar]. He does have the best *frame* for a big man in this draft--he has scored 30 points or more as a sophmore 3-4 times. The questions on him--would he fit the new up tempo style that ny will? put in? This is what I mean in terms of the NYK board--if they rated Lopez 4-5 before dantoni got here--is he still 4-5 will that still dictate BPA? Also he takes way to many shots and isnt that great of a rebounder[although he averaged 8]

I agree, I think just because gallinari is italian, people think he will fit in d'antoni's system - he could be solid, maybe play the role of grant hill last year on the suns, but that isn't worth the #6 pick. with brook, he's got great offensive talent, and will find a way to put up at least 15 pts per game. as far as rebounding, he rebounded much better when brook wasn't in the game...usually they put brook down low to guard the best interior player, since he is the better defender, so brook wasn't around the basket as much as he probably will be in the pros as a center

That is what I was thinking regarding his low rebounding numbers. It has to be hard being a top rebounder when you are playing with another 7 footer. It seems like his role was to score and his brother's role was to rebound and play defense. It always worries me when a college center cannot average 9 rebounds, but maybe Brook is the exception. If he can rebound and defend, I would be more inclined to draft him and trade Curry.