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Cosmic
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10/28/2009  8:41 PM
Have you noticed that he rarely just rises and fires? He's always taking extra steps to set himself - even when he's flat out wide open. I don't understand but it's created a lack of fluidity in his shooting game. I hope the coaches are on this and looking to eliminate it.

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Cosmic
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10/28/2009  9:22 PM
To add I also noticed he hesitates when he gets the ball even if he wants to (and does look to) immediately pass it. He gets the ball, waits, thinks, then passes. Same with shooting. Gets the ball, waits, thinks, adjusts his feet, then shoots.

I don't understand this. He IS a smart player. He IS a good passer. He IS a good shooter.

What is behind the hesitations and shuffling of his feet before reacting?

I don't remember him doing this last year.

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10/28/2009  9:42 PM
Turkoglu has similar action on his shots. Must be a Euro thing.
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10/28/2009  9:48 PM
JohnWallace44 wrote:Turkoglu has similar action on his shots. Must be a Euro thing.

Hmm...I'll have to look for that next time I see TurkeyGlue play.

I just find it odd that he lacks fluidity. I would have though given how good he has shown to be that he would not think - he would just react. If he can find his way to just plain reacting who can stop him?

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10/28/2009  10:17 PM
His offensive game is very tentative. Its like he's scared to death out there.
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10/28/2009  10:38 PM
I had no idea he had 22 points.

This is by far the silver lining in what has been a bad start.
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10/28/2009  10:59 PM
Dirk Diggler has the same herky jerky move. I think it is a Euro thing as well.
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10/28/2009  11:02 PM    LAST EDITED: 10/28/2009  11:03 PM
His shooting was working tonight. He shot ove 50% from the field and on 3s. If he can continue to shoot close to 50% and add in some post-ups and more drives to the hole, we found ourselves a keeper.
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10/28/2009  11:32 PM    LAST EDITED: 10/28/2009  11:32 PM
I think it is the stiff legs.
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10/29/2009  10:20 AM
JrZyHuStLa wrote:I had no idea he had 22 points.

This is by far the silver lining in what has been a bad start.

He got those points in garbage time. When the game was still on the line he was building brickhouses...

But yeah, if one must search for a silver lining, the overall point total is mildly encouraging. Perhaps he can build off that.

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10/29/2009  10:22 AM
sebstar wrote:
JrZyHuStLa wrote:I had no idea he had 22 points.

This is by far the silver lining in what has been a bad start.

He got those points in garbage time. When the game was still on the line he was building brickhouses...

But yeah, if one must search for a silver lining, the overall point total is mildly encouraging. Perhaps he can build off that.

Yes and no. He hit a bunch of those in the 3rd quarter when I still had some delusion that we might get back into the game.
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10/29/2009  10:23 AM
sebstar wrote:
JrZyHuStLa wrote:I had no idea he had 22 points.

This is by far the silver lining in what has been a bad start.

He got those points in garbage time. When the game was still on the line he was building brickhouses...

But yeah, if one must search for a silver lining, the overall point total is mildly encouraging. Perhaps he can build off that.

it was garbage time but it was also still against Miami's starting lineup, coach never took them out.

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10/29/2009  11:01 AM
martin wrote:
sebstar wrote:
JrZyHuStLa wrote:I had no idea he had 22 points.

This is by far the silver lining in what has been a bad start.

He got those points in garbage time. When the game was still on the line he was building brickhouses...

But yeah, if one must search for a silver lining, the overall point total is mildly encouraging. Perhaps he can build off that.

it was garbage time but it was also still against Miami's starting lineup, coach never took them out.

Yes he did. They came back when the Knicks got it to 19. You still have to give Gallo credit but the caveat there is do it when it counts. What I saw when it counts was 3 or 4 bricks that lead to fastbreaks.

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10/29/2009  11:02 AM
The score is not important, the fact that he scored against NBA starters whose team is projected to be a playoff caliber squad is where its at. A rookie shot 50% from 3 ? 6 rebounds ? from the SF spot ? WOW ! If he was any other rookie on any other squad you all would be praising him, but because he is ours, he sucks. lol..... wow....
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10/29/2009  11:07 AM
So Briggs your saying it doesn't count when your behind by double digits ? So your saying NOBODY can ever come back from a big deficit ? Therefore it doesn't count ? Is it not crunch time when your trying to come back ? I would say the entire game is crunch time because your supposed to give max effort for the full 48 mins. Regardless of the score, you don't stop playing because your behind.
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10/29/2009  11:12 AM
I saw some of the 3-4 qtrs and he was impressive. What was not impressive was Nate and Harringtons turn overs.

A healthy Jermain O'neil is an allstar player! He looked good last nite.

Gallo did some things ok last nite. when he gets confident and the team knows what the hell they are doing, then we might see better. If he hits them, they will have to guard him out there and open things up a bit.
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10/29/2009  11:13 AM    LAST EDITED: 10/29/2009  11:28 AM
I think we have to look at Galinari's performances with a grain of salt for a while.

A) He is pretty much a rookie so he is going to have good and bad games.
B) You know the Knicks organization and Walsh/D'Antoni in particular have a vested interest in making him look good so he will get tons of minutes and shots, kind of like the way Eddy Curry was featured a few years ago. This is going to skew things a bit.

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10/29/2009  11:20 AM
Gallo shot the ball well towards the end of the game. I am not sold on him yet but I am so glad some aspect of his game is working and we will be better for it if he continues. The problem I have seen from many posters here is when their fantasies allowed to them think this guy has other intangibles that he just didn't posses. He is not athletic or fluid. His ball handling skills are not as great as some have made it out to be. He labors when he runs in fact, David Lee is more fluid than Gallo. All season long, you are gonna see SF and SG's go at Gallo because he is not nimble enough to guard them. Maybe his back is bothering him? Maybe he is still not in shape yet or maybe he isn't as gifted as some of you thought he was. I think once he bulks up, he will find his rightful place as a true PF that can shoot the pill.

If we keep our expectations in the realm of reality, we will get more quality out of his play.

I liked what I saw last night in terms of set shooting from Gallo. The rest is up for debate.
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10/29/2009  11:21 AM
again, just hope the guy plays a full nba season healthy. all the other stuff will settle itself.
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10/29/2009  11:39 AM
djsunyc wrote:again, just hope the guy plays a full nba season healthy. all the other stuff will settle itself.

Exactly.

He showed good health and shooting last night. That's what I'm looking for in his "rookie" season.
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