Posted by playa2:

Bip,nixluva I hope I'm wrong about the kid, by why is there so much contruversey surrounding this kid when he hasn't even participated in a preseason game yet.

To me, that's red flag material.

Posted by martin:

Posted by tkf:

Posted by Anji:

To hasten the recovery, Gallinari was given a cortisone shot on Monday. It typically takes three to five days for the shot to have an effect. Just 20 years old, the 6-foot-9 Gallinari is versatile and highly skilled and considered a potential star.


Ummm........... I'm probably wrong, but don't players get those kind of shots to stop pain to INJURIES that can't get any worse, because they still wish to play??? LOL

actually those shots are not for pain, but for inflamation. If the pain does subside it is usually due to the swelling in that area going down....

my impression of cortisone is a heavy duty Aleve/Ibuprofen.

Posted by Paladin55:

Thank God he didn't go to the rookie orientation camp. Beasley would have tried to turn him on to the medicinal aspects of marijuana and who knows what this might have done to his career.

Posted by playa2:

Gallinari, the sixth pick in the draft, has not played basketball since July 14, when he injured his lower back in his summer-league debut. He sat out the rest of the schedule and withdrew from the Italian national team, which played a tournament in August.
The two months of inactivity raised questions about the extent of the injury and about Gallinari’s readiness for camp, which starts Sept. 30 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. But team officials insist that the injury, which they refer to as back soreness, is not serious. Gallinari was examined by team doctors upon returning from Italy last week and has been working with Knicks trainers.
To hasten the recovery, Gallinari was given a cortisone shot on Monday. It typically takes three to five days for the shot to have an effect. Just 20 years old, the 6-foot-9 Gallinari is versatile and highly skilled and considered a potential star.
The Knicks have declined to comment on Gallinari’s status, other than to confirm that his back is still sore.

The guy is 20 yrs old, if his back is still sore now, will he make it thru training camp and preseason ?

This is not a good sign IMHO, one bad hit by curry and "THE GALL" will be hurting all over again.

Posted by playa2:

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by playa2:

Gallinari, the sixth pick in the draft, has not played basketball since July 14, when he injured his lower back in his summer-league debut. He sat out the rest of the schedule and withdrew from the Italian national team, which played a tournament in August.
The two months of inactivity raised questions about the extent of the injury and about Gallinari’s readiness for camp, which starts Sept. 30 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. But team officials insist that the injury, which they refer to as back soreness, is not serious. Gallinari was examined by team doctors upon returning from Italy last week and has been working with Knicks trainers.
To hasten the recovery, Gallinari was given a cortisone shot on Monday. It typically takes three to five days for the shot to have an effect. Just 20 years old, the 6-foot-9 Gallinari is versatile and highly skilled and considered a potential star.
The Knicks have declined to comment on Gallinari’s status, other than to confirm that his back is still sore.

The guy is 20 yrs old, if his back is still sore now, will he make it thru training camp and preseason ?

This is not a good sign IMHO, one bad hit by curry and "THE GALL" will be hurting all over again.

Playa, I think everyone understands your point of view.

And I believe when you keep posting optomistic views people know your too, but they don't remind you they just debate or discuss the situation on article.

Why can't you do the same?

Mine are optimistic? I think I've been pretty neutral on this. My take is you don't know how bad the pick was until this players career gets going. As a matter of fact I even posted that this is a "pink flag" and worrisome. But I'm not going slam the pick based on an injury this early in his career.

Now if that is too optimistic than you either don't read the names of those who post what, or you consider those that don't want to condemn the kids career this early are too optimistic.