Posted by Pharzeone:

While I am happy for Gallinari, I don't think this was as much of a big game for him as people want to make it out to be. He hit two set up 3s and got 3 weak side rebounds. I expect him to be able to make the set up 3s. If you notice the Orlando players were more concern where Nate, Chandler and Harrington were on the court than Gallo. I mean that is 3 point specialist territory like guys like Kerr, Scott, Paxson, Korver and Kapano. I enjoyed his help defense and that gritty rebound he got against 3 Orlando players. I personally liked his game against the Pacers more because he was looking to mix it up some in the post. I also think he benefited from playing away from the action for the most part. With that said, there is no way he should take a back seat to Hughes or Q.

The key difference is that Gallinari was actually involved in the game, instead of camping out in the corner.

Ironically, Gallinari was allowed to stay in the game because of his defense, because he sure as hell was not involved in the offense during his first 10 or 11 minutes in the game. I guess this is what MDA means when he says that Gallinari has to "pay his dues" before getting more playing time.

Says something about Gallinari, who is a much better defender than anyone (including myself) thought he might have been, and MDA, who supposedly does not care about defense. He is still learning defensively, but he really seems to have an idea about how to play team D, and his man on man D is better than many people think it is.

Not exactly the defensive liability many though he would be.


You can't get too carried away by what he did in the Orlando game, but:

1) Gallinari will hopefully get a confidence boost that allows him be more relaxed on offense and let him play the way he is capable of playing;

2) His performance should increase the confidence other Knicks (and MDA, for that matter) have in him to the point that he actually has plays set for him.

My favorite Gallo moment was when he was fronting Howard and getting physical with him. Those shots at the end of the game were pretty sweet too. Looks like Gallo is starting to play more up-tempo and is looking to get physical.Instead of waiting for the contact, he's starting to initiate it. A huge step forward for the Rooster IMHO

[Edited by - Rookie on 02-26-2009 09:42 AM]

I too liked the spark the kid has shown. His jump shot is sweet and you can tell he really wants to play and play hard! However, all of you who seem ready to crown him a defensive stopper should hold that chariot. Let's see how he holds his own against the more athletic players. Coach D is hoping that Hughes shows he can still defend in space which is why he is going with him. He realizes that Hughes is not in game shape yet. I too would like to see Dani get more minutes but Hughes has a history of being a good defender and Dani is still making his name and what we don't see is how Dani fairs even in practice against someone like Chandler who can drive and shoot with speed.

All these comparisons to Dirk need to stop. The only thing they have in common is the skin color and they can both shoot. We know Dirk doesn't play D and we still don't know if Dani can play D on a consistent basis. Some want to find out now and some want to go with the known commodity in Hughes with hopes he can regain his defensive mojo.

Only time will tell folks. Only time will tell.

Gallo has good instincts for the ball. He is a player.

He needs physical developement and get faster.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Not a Gallo supporter, but he showed some bigtime guts tonight.

Proud of the team even though they lost.

He's a rookie on your team, why would you not be a supporter?

He'd rather be "right"

Nice comment... and you're "right."

Which Chris do you like more?

the gallo pick was made before walsh knew what he had in lee. he wasn't a huge lee fan before but as the season progressed, he became one. imho, the gallo pick is/was a mistake and he will be moved sooner than later (if lee is re-signed that is)...

[Edited by - djsunyc on 02-26-2009 1:46 PM]

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by Paladin55:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Not a Gallo supporter, but he showed some bigtime guts tonight.

Proud of the team even though they lost.

He's a rookie on your team, why would you not be a supporter?

He'd rather be "right"

Nice comment... and you're "right."

Personally I don't like Nate, Al, David, Wilson, Jared, Q, Chris, the other Chris and I am irate that we draft Gallinari. I hope they all do horribly and their careers come to a crashing halt immediately.

Go Knicks!

For every "Hatter" post, there are at least 4 sanctimonious ones.

I think they are all ridiculous but at least the "sanctimonious" ones make sense. After all, it's their team.