Bippity10 wrote:

TMS wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:

TMS wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:What's wrong with 16 and 6 or 17 and 5 from your small forward? It means he's not the star we hoped he would be, but. Are those numbers anything to complain about? Add in 40% from downtown and you are basically describing what a non superstar SF should be. It just means that Gallo is not our 2nd star and we have to build a different team,

i think it all depends on HOW he's getting those 16 ppg... if he's just launching up 3's all day & floating around the perimeter & not using his size advantage against smaller defenders, then it's a negative... if he's taking the ball to the rack, getting to the FT line, shooting some 3's when he's left open, then it's a positive... i don't want Gallo turning into another Rashard Lewis

You obviously can win with Rashard so its not all bad. Listen we all want him to be well rounded, just like we wanted allan houston to be. But if he doesn't improve his game and settles into a 16 and 6 guy that spreads the floor for the interior then that's not necessarily a bad thing. Its not what we want but that doesn't make it bad.

i would much rather Gallo becomes more Hedo (in Orlando) than Rashard in terms of the way he plays... i think that augments Amare's game much better... do a little orchestrating, hit the open J's, take his man off the dribble, play a little D... i think drifting on the perimeter all day long & just launching up 3's will make him lazy & complacent, & that's the last thing i wanna see out of Gallo... i think he's got great potential, but so far i'm not so sure he'll ever realize it to the fullest unless he becomes more aggressive & a more central piece to this offense... 16 pts is 16 pts obviously, but i think Gallo would be wasting a lot of his potential if he just becomes another 3 pt. specialist.

Id prefer he be more of a Larry Bird type then Hedo or Rashard. Do some orchestrating, hit 3's, postup rebound, get steals, but if he doesn't it does not make 16 and 6 and 40% bad. Now sitting on the perimeter can make someone lazy, but it doesn't mean you are lazy if you sit on the perimeter. You and I agree that this is where he has to become involved. You can still take a majority of shots as jumpshots and still be highly energized, effective and important to team success. There's a s difference between that and just standing on the perimeter and doing nothing like jumpshooters at the playground do. When I think of my game, I am a jumpshooter but I guarantee I'm tougher to guard then some of these more "well roundedN offensive players are.

Its not the amount of jumpshots he takes that is a concern. Its how involved he is at getting open, getting his shots and shooting in the flow of the game. Sometimes he does this and shoots 10 threes and kills the other team. Other nights he stands around and shoots 10 threes andkills us. Its not the amount of jumpers he takes that is the problem its his involvement in the offense

that's basically what i'm saying... i don't want to see Gallo standing around & just settling for jumpers every time he touches the ball... i've seen him fall into that pattern on occasion & it's worrysome... i don't want him to think that's how he needs to play this game in order to be effective... IMO he needs to take advantage of his size & his baller instincts... in the clips of him playing in Europe that i've watched, he did a lot more slashing, orchestrating, taking his man off the dribble & taking it to the hole than i've ever seen him do in a Knicks uniform... whether that's a product of MDA's system/coaching or Gallo just falling into bad habits, i think he needs to go back to doing more of that... now given i don't think his mobility will be the same as it was when he was 2-3 inches shorter playing in Italy, so if he doesn't have the same quickness off the dribble i give him a pass, but then he needs to learn how to make better use of that height advantage than just to lurk behind the 3 pt line all day long.

It would be nice if he developed a left hand too by the way