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Sangfroid
Posts: 24681 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/7/2009 Member: #2784 |
10/30/2010 2:49 PM
Yeah, the competition wasn't first rate but you can see Gallo use his dribble to break down a defender, find an open man if his shot isn't there, taking to the rim, keeping the offense flowing, put back dunk, and he looked more aggressive on defense. I don't know if he is hurt but that still doesn't explain why his game looks so limited right now. Can only believe that it's little or no direction from the coaching staff. Thought it was their job to inspire, not deflate. I guess after two years of waiting for your chance to shoot the ball has brought on some bad habits. Let's hope the captains can bring him out of it. Maybe a trash talking Melo? "We are playing a game. We are playing at not playing a game..."
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Uptown
Posts: 31323 Alba Posts: 3 Joined: 4/1/2008 Member: #1883 |
10/30/2010 2:58 PM
Sangfroid wrote:Yeah, the competition wasn't first rate but you can see Gallo use his dribble to break down a defender, find an open man if his shot isn't there, taking to the rim, keeping the offense flowing, put back dunk, and he looked more aggressive on defense. I don't know if he is hurt but that still doesn't explain why his game looks so limited right now. Sorry, this is the NBA. Gallo is a professional and needs to be held responsible for not expanding his game. Other players have improved under MDA's watch (Barbosa, Diaw, Lee, Chandler, etc). I remember over the summer while other Knick players were working out together at the practice facility, Gallo was in Italy and no one, not even the coach knew what he was doing over there. |
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ToddTT
Posts: 30539 Alba Posts: 53 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
10/30/2010 2:59 PM
I wouldn't panic. I say injury.
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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smackeddog
Posts: 38390 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/30/2005 Member: #883 |
10/30/2010 3:02 PM
Gallo seems to only play well when he gets fired up- whenever he doesn't have that fire or killer instinct his game has just looked geeky, akward and underwhelming- even in some of his best games he's started out playing geeky before catching fire. D'Antoni is absolutely right in the message he's giving Gallo this year, right from the start- bring it EVERY game ALL the time or he won't play- I'm hoping Gallo responds to the challenge, because we need him and he's capable of being much better than he's shown so far this season (a whole two games!)
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fishmike
Posts: 53848 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/19/2002 Member: #298 USA |
10/30/2010 4:07 PM
he's a shooter playing with a bad wrist and hasnt done a good job playing through it.
Or you could believe Sergio and realize he's reaching his peek which is a skinny Brian Scalabrine "winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
10/30/2010 5:50 PM
It's all in his head. The guys is talented. He just needs to find some success and get his confidence back. A few early buckets or trips to the foul line could get him going tonight and help him break out of this mental slump.
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
10/30/2010 5:51 PM LAST EDITED: 10/30/2010 5:52 PM
GustavBahler wrote:Danilo Gallinari Summer League 08 vs Cavs i agree... he looked a lot more spry & light on his feet when he first arrived to the Knicks... the weight gain & growth may have led to him becoming more lumbering & a loss of some quickness & mobility... plus the fact that his role in this system has led his game to be transformed almost entirely into a 3 pt specialist. After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
10/30/2010 6:09 PM
Gallo's role is to do whatever he wants to do in terms of scoring the ball. Mike has never set a limitation on Gallo's game. In fact he's gone on record several times suggesting that he be more aggressive. Still Gallo is what he is, and that is primarily a shooter. No different than Ray Allen or Rashard Lewis. He's not out there to break people down all game. He actually made a post up play and got to the line and a drive and got to the line. He's not doing that enough, but that's on Gallo and not the coach.
Mike has given this team a very open style of BB, so a star player like Gallo has the freedom to go inside and postup or drive whenever the situation calls for it. |
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Markji
Posts: 22753 Alba Posts: -4 Joined: 9/14/2007 Member: #1673 USA |
10/30/2010 6:13 PM
He was more fluid when he first came here. I think the back injury and operation has limited him. Here are some hightlights of Gallo in Italy. He moves much better then. He also can handle the ball.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Tom Clancy - author
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Marv
Posts: 35540 Alba Posts: 69 Joined: 9/2/2002 Member: #315 |
10/30/2010 7:15 PM
nixluva wrote:Gallo's role is to do whatever he wants to do in terms of scoring the ball. Mike has never set a limitation on Gallo's game. In fact he's gone on record several times suggesting that he be more aggressive. Still Gallo is what he is, and that is primarily a shooter. No different than Ray Allen or Rashard Lewis. He's not out there to break people down all game. He actually made a post up play and got to the line and a drive and got to the line. He's not doing that enough, but that's on Gallo and not the coach.
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islesfan
Posts: 9999 Alba Posts: 37 Joined: 7/19/2004 Member: #712 |
10/30/2010 9:41 PM
He's not that good. If his shot isn't falling, he offers nothing. So far this season the Knicks looks bad when he's on the floor and like a decent team when he's on the bench.
Or maybe it's the tired legs. If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System
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Vmart
Posts: 31800 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 5/23/2002 Member: #247 USA |
10/30/2010 10:39 PM
Tractor Trailer happened.
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oohah
Posts: 26600 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 4/7/2005 Member: #887 |
10/30/2010 11:02 PM LAST EDITED: 10/30/2010 11:08 PM
Okay guys. Voice of reason here.
Nothing happened to Gallinari. The fact is he is a specialist, a shooter and he is not shooting well. Gallinari, was never, ever a super-agile, handle the ball like a guard power-forward. Like a Keith van Horn or Vin Baker, that he was he was made out to be. He needs to grow his game, especially on the interior. Learn to rebound and play in the post. Then he will be a much better player. Otherwise he is just a 6'11" 3 point specialist. But he hasn't all of a sudden become a dramatically worse player. Same player as last year. oohah Good luck Mike D'Antoni, 'cause you ain't never seen nothing like this before!
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Vmart
Posts: 31800 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 5/23/2002 Member: #247 USA |
10/30/2010 11:18 PM
oohah wrote:Okay guys. Voice of reason here. I don't think he is the same player as last year. I think he might be stiffer. I heard he was working on his explosion in Italy. Apparently he confused explosion with implosion. |
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TymeLessKnicks
Posts: 21061 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 12/6/2005 Member: #1050 Sweden |
10/31/2010 9:16 AM
gallo has temporarily forgotten how to play basketball.
 Had enough Melo?
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scoshin
Posts: 20584 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/23/2004 Member: #568 |
10/31/2010 9:20 AM
If Chandler can excel in this system by showing a variety of moves, I highly doubt Mike D is limited Gallo. Only Gallo is limiting himself.
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Vmart
Posts: 31800 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 5/23/2002 Member: #247 USA |
10/31/2010 10:19 AM
scoshin wrote:If Chandler can excel in this system by showing a variety of moves, I highly doubt Mike D is limited Gallo. Only Gallo is limiting himself. I concur, this has nothing to do with MDA it is all on Gallo. I always thought he was mechanical and needed optimal conditions to shoot. Lack of creativity and ability to put the ball on the floor and to giddy to take the easy way out by launching a three point shot which by the way I have very little confidence in. I make this face every time he launches a three now |
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Moonangie
Posts: 24766 Alba Posts: 5 Joined: 7/9/2009 Member: #2788 |
10/31/2010 11:47 AM
Vmart wrote:scoshin wrote:If Chandler can excel in this system by showing a variety of moves, I highly doubt Mike D is limited Gallo. Only Gallo is limiting himself. He is off to a very slow start. But you want to foresake him and move on? I want him to get his stroke back as much as anyone, but the only way to get out of a shooting slump is to...you know, SHOOT. So he needs to be on the floor. If he still looks this sucky after 20 games, and we start getting close to the trade deadline, then we may need to start thinking he has nothing to give (or needs a shrink). Until then, Gallo is the man and we must assume he will shoot his way out of this slump soon. |
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Vmart
Posts: 31800 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 5/23/2002 Member: #247 USA |
10/31/2010 12:04 PM
Moonangie wrote:Vmart wrote:scoshin wrote:If Chandler can excel in this system by showing a variety of moves, I highly doubt Mike D is limited Gallo. Only Gallo is limiting himself. I'm all for giving him time to get his stroke back he will have to do that in practice. Not willing to put a player out there to experiment if his stroke is back or not. Wins and Loss is what it is all about and right now Gallo is useless 15 minutes per game someone else who can better utilize those minutes should be in the game if Shawne can give you better minutes than he is your man. If Darko and Curry can fall out of favor at what point does Gallo fall out of favor? It is very obvious he didn't do much basketball preparation in Italy but goof around. I said this before Gallo doesn't want to be traded and this is affecting his game big time. I wouldn't be shocked if he is basically in tank mode to make himself basically of no value in a trade. I never thought Gallo to be the man his game isn't that good to render the tag the man. |