Wilson Chandler had a monster game. Almost looked like he didnt belong on this summer league team. Played well on both ends of the court. Very Marionesque. His jumpshot was consistent and his handle is vastly improved (however still needs improvement). Might be able to start next year.

Danillo Galinari seemed like he didn't belong in the NBA in the first half, but towards the end of the second quarter he showed promise. He has good form on his J even though he didnt hit a 3, you can see he is a shooter. He also has good handles. The CROSSOVER was the same crossover God Shamgod (Youtube him) used to do in college. Gallo showed great hustle must his overall defense was mediocre at best. He isn't as strong as people claim he is. Was pushed around down low on defense and when he was driving 9 even though I thought he got fouled alot). Probably won't start next year but he has upside.

Balkman was Balkman. He showed a slightly improved handle but overall the same player.

Mardy Collins was the most complete player in my eyes. He was all over the place. He picked up the passing duties because Roberson's passing skills are quite limited. Mardy definately impressed today. He lost weight and gained some quickness and hops ( almost made a monster slam on two defenders from the dotted line). His progression might give Nate some thing to worry about.

If the New York Knicks are the Eastern Conference PHX then Roberson is a poor man's Leandro Barbosa. He doesn't have Barbosa's speed or handle but he can shoot the **** out of the ball. Might make the team for instant offense but we have Nate and Nate is better.

I was looking for more from Delonte Holland. Within 10 seconds of being put into the game he hit a 20 ft jumpshot. Too bad that was his only shot. I tried to focus on his defense but he wasnt in the game long enough.

Von Wafer wasn't that great either.

Everyone else didn't get enough playing time to judge.

This is what Gallo did

the most encouraging thing i saw was Chandler hitting open jumpshots from distance in "crunchtime" (if there is such a thing in SL that is)... Mardy was penetrating to the lane & dishing to open teammates but i've seen him do that before in stretches during real games... the key is consistency for all young players... they will show flashes of brilliance one day & then revert to bad habits the next... this is why we need to wait til we see them over the long haul to fully judge where they've progressed in their games.

hopefully Chandler & Gallo show enough in SL so that it practically ensures Jared Fishlips gets zero playing time next season unless it's in garbage time... i'm thinking D Lee will be used to back up Curry this season since we're lacking a backup C, & Gallo will get minutes backing up Zach at the 4 when Chandler's in the rotation... at least that's how i would hope it would go down.

[Edited by - TMS on 07-14-2008 6:02 PM]

Ok the shammgod crossover......a lot of the euro's seemed to have adapted it. Great move.

How would you describe Gallo's handle? Was it like Kukoc? Where he mainly just kinda glided around and changed direction? Was he more of a stand straight up with his head up kinda guy like Hedo? Was their hesitation like the way KVH does it? Or was it more loosey goosey like odom's?

How quick was his form? Was it Peja Quick? Mike Redd quick? Does it look clean? And hitches?

Speaking of hitches.....did Collins clean up his shooting hitch?

Roberson can stroke it but he is a ball hog. Chandler had to actually instruct him to come back to bring up the ball on one occassion because he was so busy getting himself setup. As mentioned in other threads he is a blackhole. To me he did not work hard on setting up others or defense. I thought he was suppose to play point. He is a 6'2" shooting guard.

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If the New York Knicks are the Eastern Conference PHX then Roberson is a poor man's Leandro Barbosa. He doesn't have Barbosa's speed or handle but he can shoot the **** out of the ball. Might make the team for instant offense but we have Nate and Nate is better.

didn't see it, but if that's accurate Roberson should get a spot on the team. The Knicks have so many bums on the team they can't really worry about superfluous players... just have the ability to get as many players with quality potential on the court as possible.

euro's have claimed that move. see ginoboli.

i noticed the kid did'nt get rattled when his game was off. he just kept doing other things. when he did start getting his shot on, you saw that touch.

chandler impressed me on the defense AND offense. i did have high expectations for him, so i'm glad he did not disapoint.

I'm very interested in seeing how Collins continues to shoot the ball these next few games. If he has developed a decent jump shot, he'll be a useful player.