DurzoBlint wrote:

OjilEye wrote:He does have a tendency to linger around the 3-pt line which can make the offense go stagnant on his side, but let's give him some more pre-season games to show us if he's improved in that aspect.

1st preseason game. You have to have multiple games, develop an average before you can say "he has a tendency" to do ANYTHING.

funny as hell reading various analysis after 1game.

Don't get your panties all twisted. Like the OP said, I too, am stating his tendency as an observation from last season and all the games he has played. It IS true; he does a lot of standing around at the 3-pt line waiting for the ball to come to him. While I'm not labeling Danilo as a bust, I agree with the OP that he does not play like Dirk whatsoever, and he IS a shooter.

Once he's played more into this season, then we can further add if he has actually added a more diverse offensive repertoire from last year.

tj23 wrote:

Andrew wrote:This again? tj23 please google "Adjusted FG%" or "Effective FG%" and revise your Wilson Chandler comparison.

I admit those give me a slightly different outlook. I still see good development from all the players and Will is one of those guys who seems unstoppable when he is aggressive going to the basket. It's no mystery Will had an awful year from beyond the arc last season. He was halfway decent in 08-09 but last year he was atrocious. No idea what happened but he showed a nice stroke in the preseason opener.

The guy shot 48% from the field--wt heck is wrong with that? MJ couldn't hit the side of the backboard past 20 feet his first 5 years--how did he turn out? Wilson is a very good young player who should continue to improve. At a fast pace--I cant see why he can avg 18 points with the same 35 minutes per--he cant improve 2.5 points? If he can give me 17-18 46-47% and Gallinari give me 22 on 45%--I feel darn good that we have the 2-3 covered in spades for years.

BRIGGS wrote:

tj23 wrote:

Andrew wrote:This again? tj23 please google "Adjusted FG%" or "Effective FG%" and revise your Wilson Chandler comparison.

I admit those give me a slightly different outlook. I still see good development from all the players and Will is one of those guys who seems unstoppable when he is aggressive going to the basket. It's no mystery Will had an awful year from beyond the arc last season. He was halfway decent in 08-09 but last year he was atrocious. No idea what happened but he showed a nice stroke in the preseason opener.

The guy shot 48% from the field--wt heck is wrong with that? MJ couldn't hit the side of the backboard past 20 feet his first 5 years--how did he turn out? Wilson is a very good young player who should continue to improve. At a fast pace--I cant see why he can avg 18 points with the same 35 minutes per--he cant improve 2.5 points? If he can give me 17-18 46-47% and Gallinari give me 22 on 45%--I feel darn good that we have the 2-3 covered in spades for years.

I don't think it's fair to bring the greatest player to have played the game into the picture. MJ was an unstoppable workaholic on his game and not everyone will replicate his efforts in the off-season with the same results.

Wilson shot 26.7% from the 3-pt line last year. There is something very wrong with that, for someone we want as our starting SG in a D'Antoni-led offense, no?

I happen to agree with Briggs, Gallo's upside is high and I would not trade him. I think in 2 years he could be better than Melo.

Yep, I said it.

Also the same tools he acquired to score in the post (core strength, footwork) will help him defend there to I stead of just defending perimeter guys.

Fearless prediction:

20 points, 8.5 boards, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, 50% from the field, while providing solid D.

fishmike wrote:

joec32033 wrote:Gallo averaged 7 board while playing on the perimeter 95% of the time. I don't think he will be a league leader in boards. Probably not even double double guy consistently, but him working on his post game putting him closer to the basket may get him an extra board or two.

Also the same tools he acquired to score in the post (core strength, footwork) will help him defend there to I stead of just defending perimeter guys.

Fearless prediction:

20 points, 8.5 boards, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, 50% from the field, while providing solid D.

I'm thinking more like 20ppg, 1 steal, 1 block, 44% from the field, good D, 5-6 from the FT line. No way Gallo shoots 50%. He will be taking 10 3's a night. He will diversify his game but his main role will be spreading the floor. I would like to see him shoot 40-42% from downtown. That would be HUGE for us.

Can Gallo take over a game at the end of the 4th quarter? Can he get his own shot off with 2 guys draped all over him? Can he draw the foul when it's needed?

Does he have that killer instinct and win at all costs mentality?

Those are the questions I wanna know.

fishmike wrote:

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

joec32033 wrote:Gallo averaged 7 board while playing on the perimeter 95% of the time. I don't think he will be a league leader in boards. Probably not even double double guy consistently, but him working on his post game putting him closer to the basket may get him an extra board or two.

Also the same tools he acquired to score in the post (core strength, footwork) will help him defend there to I stead of just defending perimeter guys.

Fearless prediction:

20 points, 8.5 boards, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, 50% from the field, while providing solid D.

I'm thinking more like 20ppg, 1 steal, 1 block, 44% from the field, good D, 5-6 from the FT line. No way Gallo shoots 50%. He will be taking 10 3's a night. He will diversify his game but his main role will be spreading the floor. I would like to see him shoot 40-42% from downtown. That would be HUGE for us.

Can Gallo take over a game at the end of the 4th quarter? Can he get his own shot off with 2 guys draped all over him? Can he draw the foul when it's needed?

Does he have that killer instinct and win at all costs mentality?

Those are the questions I wanna know.

he certainly wants to. He's already taking some vocal leadership. We have seen him step up and take and make big shots.

His ability to do so will be huge this year. Teams will swarm and try to deny Amare the ball in crunchtime because he's going to score or be shooting FTs. Gallo will get a LOT of open looks I'm thinking.

we saw that from him in the Denver game last year when he scored something like 24 in the second half. He's gotta bring it each and every night. I wanna see that give-me-the-ball mentality, followed by the get-outta-my-way determination.

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

joec32033 wrote:Gallo averaged 7 board while playing on the perimeter 95% of the time. I don't think he will be a league leader in boards. Probably not even double double guy consistently, but him working on his post game putting him closer to the basket may get him an extra board or two.

Also the same tools he acquired to score in the post (core strength, footwork) will help him defend there to I stead of just defending perimeter guys.

Fearless prediction:

20 points, 8.5 boards, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, 50% from the field, while providing solid D.

I'm thinking more like 20ppg, 1 steal, 1 block, 44% from the field, good D, 5-6 from the FT line. No way Gallo shoots 50%. He will be taking 10 3's a night. He will diversify his game but his main role will be spreading the floor. I would like to see him shoot 40-42% from downtown. That would be HUGE for us.

Can Gallo take over a game at the end of the 4th quarter? Can he get his own shot off with 2 guys draped all over him? Can he draw the foul when it's needed?

Does he have that killer instinct and win at all costs mentality?

Those are the questions I wanna know.

we wont need to know if Gallo is double teamed--wont happen with amare ranolph chandler etc..