Posted by CrushAlot:
The concerns about this pick have been expressed way too often. Isiah scouted him and recommended him,, D'Antoni didn't want him; Isiah may have wanted him. Whatever you say, Bayless, Gordon, Randolph, and Lopez all will most likely have better careers. DeAndre Jordan will probably have a better career. The only thing I am sure of is that it appears Isiah Thomas is still playing a role in the decision making of the front office and I think he is messing up.
At this point in time nobody can know who will most likely have a better career than anyone else, and you could find a lot of faults for any player mentioned above, and for anyone in the entire draft, for that matter. With the ages of the kids coming into the league, it will also take more than a year or two to see how good people really are. Some people are already calling the Rose pick a mistake based on a couple of summer league games! That is ridiculous.
You would be foolish to think that Isiah was the person behind the Knicks' pick- Gallinari had been scouted by people associated with the Knicks for over 3 years, and was a well known European talent. A little research would have told you that, And don't be fooled into thinking that DAntoni did not want him, either. Gallinari is perfect for his system. The only players I think they wanted more than him were Rose and Mayo- I think they would have traded down if they had been in the 3 spot, for instance, and Rose and Mayo were gone, and Beasley remained. I also believe that on draft day they gave the ESPN reporter who reported that "The Knicks have found their point guard," misleading information because they wanted Seattle to think that if they traded down with the Clippers, who had Gallinari in for a look and may have wanted him (
Gallinari had his family come over to the U.S. after that final practice in LA.), they (Seattle) were not going to get Westbrook at 7. (My theory, but nobody has given me an explanation about why the Knicks told that reporter that they had "found their point guard, despite Walsh's practice of not giving hints at who he would take.")
If you are a Knicks' fan you just have to assume (hope and pray), at this point anyway, that Walsh and DAntoni chose the best player possible for the future. There will be a lot of time in the future to criticize the Gallinari pick if he turns out to be a chicken and not a rooster.
[Edited by - Paladin55 on 07-12-2008 02:51 AM]No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
7/11/2008 11:02 PM
