BasketballJones wrote:

djsunyc wrote:gallo as PF? no way no how. the guy doesn't have the power or the quickness to matchup against other pf's. the new era of pf's are athletic. he's not faking anyone out from up top.

Plus his legs are too stiff.

I think he ends up as a PF. He is going to grow and mature- if anyone thinks that this is the body he will have in 4 years you are mistaken.

I don't think his quickness against PFs will be an issue- his strength- upper and lower body is the issue. Maturity will increase his overall strength, but he also has to do some weight work.

If he is usually holding his own in terms of defending SFs- do you think he is going to have a problem regarding "quickness" with PFs?

He has to develop a better game in the post, and learn to take some midrange shots, and not always settle for the 3. Using the backboard and developing a hook shot would be nice, too.

Paladin55 wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:

djsunyc wrote:gallo as PF? no way no how. the guy doesn't have the power or the quickness to matchup against other pf's. the new era of pf's are athletic. he's not faking anyone out from up top.

Plus his legs are too stiff.

His shots are flattening out- a classic sign that his legs are not there.

I think he ends up as a PF. He is going to grow and mature- if anyone thinks that this is the body he will have in 4 years you are mistaken.

I don't think his quickness against PFs will be an issue- his strength- upper and lower body is the issue. Maturity will increase his overall strength, but he also has to do some weight work.

If he is usually holding his own in terms of defending SFs- do you think he is going to have a problem regarding "quickness" with PFs?

He has to develop a better game in the post, and learn to take some midrange shots, and not always settle for the 3. Using the backboard and developing a hook shot would be nice, too.

iSergio wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Gallinari is a PF and D'Andummy should realize that. Put Gallo in the high post and let him go to work against other PF's.

Not right now. Danilo Gallinari couldn't even post me up and I'm only 5'10" 165. LOL Gallo needs to build his upper body and watch a lot of Dirk Nowitzki tapes. At first I had hopes of Gallo developing into a Hedo Turkoglu/Detlef Schrempf type but he doesn't have that skill set or athleticism.

7 years ago, hedo didn't have the skill set.... And when you say watch a lot of dirk tapes, I hope you are referring to dirk of the last 3 years, becasue before that, the Dirk I knew, took a lot of fadeaway contested one leg shots.. not something you want to teach a young player... It took dirk many years to find his niche... had dirk been on the knicks with the rookie season he had.. I am sure many of you would have called him a bust and written him off.... again, it takes time... surely more than 70 games, before we start defining this kids career..

djsunyc wrote:once scouting on the kid comes down...you don't think defenses will know his tendencies and whatnot?

they won't play a PF on him defensively, there's no need to.

secondly, him gaining weight is probably not a good thing b/c of his back.

the guy needs to slim down to increase quickness and not put pressure on his back.

They may go small on him just like they did with dirk., and as inexperienced as gallo sis now, it really is not working all that well, because he is easily shooting over smaller players... it stifled dirk for a good while.. until he adjusted, and got his team to the finals...

Gallo will have to adjust, good players do that. I am sure he will once that problem surfaces..

Now his teammates just may feel his game in the post is not so developed, so they are fearful of giving it to him down low, but he was attempting to do something besides shoot 3s on these plays, and in at least one instance, he was waving his hands for the ball to no avail.

He does need some work, but all in all he has made great strides this year, and you it is obvious to me that the body you see now is not the one you will be seeing in a few years.

Folks make judgments about young players as if the game they play now is the game you will see 4 years from now. Any old posts about D.Lee available where guys were ranting about his offensive limitations as a young player? Lee is a good example of why you have to give young players time to develop and adapt, and in some cases, to physically mature.

Gallo is a smart kid. He has made some changes in his game this year on O, and really come around on the defensive end. He just needs time to grow physically and learn through experience.

djsunyc wrote:once scouting on the kid comes down...you don't think defenses will know his tendencies and whatnot?

they won't play a PF on him defensively, there's no need to.

secondly, him gaining weight is probably not a good thing b/c of his back.

the guy needs to slim down to increase quickness and not put pressure on his back.

What an astute observation by DJ, put a quick sf on him and he gets defensed easy ala Caron Butler the other night when he harassed gallo on the perimiter by slapping at the ball in his hands.

djsunyc wrote:hedo is a playmaker...i think he's a different player than gallinari.

i think Hedo's more fluid off the dribble but i've seen Gallo make some nice passes to Lee & Chandler off his dribble drive also.

right now Gallo looks better to me when he's driving to the hole than when he's dribbling at the top of the key for 5 seconds & stepping back for the 3.