bernard wrote:Great teams have great players coming off the bench. The Spurs were at their best, for example, with Ginobli as 6th man. I have no problem with Gallo coming off the bench if we get Carmelo. Still plenty of minutes to go around at 2, 3 or 4, depending on match-ups. He may finish as often as whoever is the starting 2.

Yup.

Gallo should be able to play at SF, PF, and occasionally at SG. Don't see why he can't get his 30 or so minutes, even if he is coming off the bench. If Amare, Randolph, Gallo, and Anthony were getting 30 MPG at the 3/4/5 spots, you still have 24 minutes to play around with. Take another 5-10 minutes from the SG position for Gallo/Anthony/or Randolph and you have plenty of minutes.

When it comes down to crunch time, you just play you best players, which is what you should be doing anyway.

It sounded like the Knicks did not want Gallo to get heavier- just stronger- during the off-season. Tells me that they want him to stay at a weight which allows him to play SF. I don't see why he can take on a few minutes at SG. You would rather have him there because he is the only player in the above group with some range on his J (Anthony is inconsistent from the 3).

If you want Anthony to lose some weight, maybe you try him at SG. With a good perimeter defender like Felton, and efficient help defenders like Gallo + Randolph in the lineup, you might be able to compensate for Melo's lack of speed on D if he plays SG for a few minutes. You can even go zone D.

Knixkik wrote:I think Melo can play the SG and they can match up based on the situation. Melo is a good defender and will guard the better athlete and overall scorer, while Gallo will guard the better shooter and use his length to disrupt him. They can make it work, and you know for the other team it will be a matchup nightmare. We want Melo to go straight to free agency because we don't want to have to give up Gallo or Randolph for him. The only player to trade for him is Chandler because we will either have to let him go for nothing or trade him for Melo to make room for the max signing. But this is the lineup you want to go into next season with. Add a shooter from the draft like Klay Thompson and we are set.

C Randolph, Turiaf, Jordan
PF Stoudemire
SF Gallo, Fields, Walker
SG Anthony, Thompson, Rautins
PG Felton, Douglas

They will also be the opportunity to upgrade to Tony Parker by trade if we choose to do so and if we have the available trade chips.

ATrain wrote:

Knixkik wrote:I think Melo can play the SG and they can match up based on the situation. Melo is a good defender and will guard the better athlete and overall scorer, while Gallo will guard the better shooter and use his length to disrupt him. They can make it work, and you know for the other team it will be a matchup nightmare. We want Melo to go straight to free agency because we don't want to have to give up Gallo or Randolph for him. The only player to trade for him is Chandler because we will either have to let him go for nothing or trade him for Melo to make room for the max signing. But this is the lineup you want to go into next season with. Add a shooter from the draft like Klay Thompson and we are set.

C Randolph, Turiaf, Jordan
PF Stoudemire
SF Gallo, Fields, Walker
SG Anthony, Thompson, Rautins
PG Felton, Douglas

They will also be the opportunity to upgrade to Tony Parker by trade if we choose to do so and if we have the available trade chips.

What happened to our Russian guy? Won't he be with us next season? You would put JJ over him?

The Nuggets let general manager Mark Warkentien go on Tuesday and he is expected to be a candidate for the job in New York should Donnie Walsh decide to make a hire.

The New York Post reported recently that Warkentien, a friend of Walsh's, had a preliminary interview with the Knicks last summer after being given permission by the Nuggets owner.