Re distribution of wealth will be one of the early stories of the exhibition schedule

The current order of preference: Amar'e and Gallo (approx 30 shots total)... the other 50 shots are up for grabs

Vmart wrote:Probably the most irritating part of Gallinari's game is the fact that he is 6'10'' and you can stick a gaurd on him and not have to worry about him on offense. I hope he corrects this quickly and gets more aggressive going to the basket, enough with jacking up three pointers. I think he might have picked up some bad habits from Al Harrington.

You almost have to set up a post-up play for him, since his primary role at this point is to open the floor up.

He had some success posting up last year- and he should build on it this year. I think this is especially so when his shot is not going down from the outside.

The offense has to develop a flow to it, and we clearly don't see one at this time, but it is still too early to really make predictions about how this team will develop.

I was very happy with how Rautins played yesterday, but that was only one game, and it comes after a terrible SL performance. Do we extrapolate his performance from yesterday, and declare that he has a spot in the rotation? No way, because one game does not give us enough info to make a decision.

Gallinari was showing a more diverse game by the end of last year, and you have to assume that it was not an abberation and that he will build on this.

At this point the team does not have an identity or a chemistry to it, and I don't think this is so strange since we have so many new faces.

I just feel that people are getting too excited at this point, and that what you are seeing now is not what you will be seeing 25 games into the season.

AnubisADL wrote:

sidsanders wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:I just can't stand Gallo's disappearing acts. You're a scorer kid. If the three isn't falling, do something else. Don't just stand around on the 3pt line.

this is what i hope they have been and still are trying to get him to do... he has mismatches at times and doesnt take advantage of them.

Did you see him shoot in the post? Guy was shooting airballs. His mid range game is basically TRASH.

We have 6 more games before the start of the season. If his post and mid range game is still trash by the season opener then he needs to focus on jacking 3's. NBA guys need to work on their games during the summer not during the season when they should be focusing on their strengths to win games.

thats why i said i hope they have been and still are working on it... sure as heck can hammer this home in practice and i sure hope they had him working on things in the off season.

Time to bench him? Cut an run and get some value for him? Maybe we need to hire a new shooting coach? some one like Mike Glenn or Ticky Burdan?

Maybe he is allergic to Nutella Crepe's?

TymeLessKnicks wrote:

sidsanders wrote:from my view, it isnt about preseason as much as its a continuation of what he has been doing. was hoping to see some changes that havent shown up yet (not settling for 3s, drive-drive-drive). thats why i say i sure hope they are working on this (both before now and currently)...

do you think he will regress?

i think its impossible, i think this year will be better than his last.

i hope not. for sure want to see him do more then take 60%+ of his shots as 3's. he doesnt have al to defer to and if he can drive -- do it. get to the line, make something happen, pass out to other open guys, etc...