Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Not good. I'm not surprised, in spite of assurances from Isles and Pharze I knew he was not right. But this is not good.

the comparisons to bird are dead on now...yikes...

Posted by Nalod:

Isles is guarding himself emotionally so he won't get hurt.

Its ok, let it out. DOn't be afraid!

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by JamaicanJetFan:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by Marv:

there was no recorded history of any injury prior to th draft. for all we know donnie walsh made a fantastic draft pick who fell prey to a freak injury when whalloped by tractor traylor. s##t happens my friends. the boston celtivs made a fantastic pick in selecting len bias and he offs himself with cocaine before playing a single game. what are ya gonna do?

Bias was a great pick and the right pick because he was the best player available to the Celtics. The same can't be said for the Knicks and their decision to take Gallinari.

What the Knicks should have done was pick a player who wasn't such a question mark when there were other players who were better and actually filled a need.

This is such a twist on the situation, that it's actually quite sickening.

The only 'questions' about Gallinari were whether or not he could translate his game to the NBA. It looks like he can...although it'll take another year or 2 to find out.

But you're stretching the situation to there having been 'questions' regarding his health...which were NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

Stop with the mindless ranting. You stated your case that you don't think he's talented. But don't lump that with the back issue.

I didn't. You're taking my comments out of context.

The questions that I'm talking about were about Gallinari overall, considering that the GM and the head coach both said they had never seen him play. There were other options that they could and should have evaluated to a greater degree than they did Gallinari. And better options at that.

Posted by newyorknewyork:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by JamaicanJetFan:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by Marv:

there was no recorded history of any injury prior to th draft. for all we know donnie walsh made a fantastic draft pick who fell prey to a freak injury when whalloped by tractor traylor. s##t happens my friends. the boston celtivs made a fantastic pick in selecting len bias and he offs himself with cocaine before playing a single game. what are ya gonna do?

Bias was a great pick and the right pick because he was the best player available to the Celtics. The same can't be said for the Knicks and their decision to take Gallinari.

What the Knicks should have done was pick a player who wasn't such a question mark when there were other players who were better and actually filled a need.

This is such a twist on the situation, that it's actually quite sickening.

The only 'questions' about Gallinari were whether or not he could translate his game to the NBA. It looks like he can...although it'll take another year or 2 to find out.

But you're stretching the situation to there having been 'questions' regarding his health...which were NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

Stop with the mindless ranting. You stated your case that you don't think he's talented. But don't lump that with the back issue.

I didn't. You're taking my comments out of context.

The questions that I'm talking about were about Gallinari overall, considering that the GM and the head coach both said they had never seen him play. There were other options that they could and should have evaluated to a greater degree than they did Gallinari. And better options at that.

It was also said that the Knicks have been scouting Gallinari for a few yrs under the Isiah Thomas regime. So while the head coach and Gm may not have seen him play. That doesn't mean that they weren't getting quality information about him from there scouts who were scouting him for yrs.

Gallinari wasn't drafted by the Knicks because MDA new the guys father. MDA wasn't the gm, Walsh was. Walsh drafted Gallo because of the reviews that the scouts (who again were scouting him for yrs as we were told) and Isiah Thomas who Walsh sent to Italy to watch play gave him.

If there were lingering back issues then Walsh would have known about it from the reviews from the scouts. He did not make a blind pick because of MDA's connections.

My quess is that all the scouts were in love with Gallo's passion, love, commitment, intangibles, IQ, Heart to and for the game of basketball plus the fact that he could flat out shoot it and felt he was a guy who would become great basketball player. They most likely sold Walsh on drafting him with there scouting reports of him. Walsh also said he never seen him play *live* I believe, he did see him on film though.

Posted by GKFv2:

Isles must be throwing a party at his house right about now.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Not good. I'm not surprised, in spite of assurances from Isles and Pharze I knew he was not right. But this is not good.

No no, the assurances were from that liar Mike D'Antoni. The coach who only gives lip service to doing what's right for his players.

No, I agree with you. We should only judge a coach on what he says to the press. And Gallo should have never been allowed to play limited minutes to see how he responds, that's irresponsible.

I'm glad we agree. Because I know when a coach says that they have to do what's right for a player's health and career, it's typically not a throwaway line to the press. At least it sure as hell shouldn't be because that would just be irresponsible.

So true, and we all know the responsible thing would have been what you suggested, which is if he's going to play 1 minute than he should be playing "at least" 15 mins every night. Never let a player progress slowly the way doctors advise, do it harshly out of spite.

Of course as a fan, I can only go by what the organization says it's going to do, which was not to let him play until he was 100%. That seems like the responsible thing to do and of course I always advocated that route by suggesting that he should play at least 10 minutes a night based on the medical staff and head coach declaring him 100% healthy.