TMS wrote:

technomaster wrote:

TMS wrote:

technomaster wrote:Gallo's pushing 15ppg in his "limited" role on offense. He's not being used as a focal point. Next season, if they call a few plays for him in the post or in the pick & roll, you figure he could be pushing 18-20ppg in 2010.

if we get Lebron & re-sign Lee or sign someone else like Bosh, i dunno about that... Gallo's not going to see as many touches on offense unless MDA starts to feature him more & that will have to come at the expense of somebody, no?

Assuming we have much of the same mix next year - I think we could easily see a reduced role for Al Harrington, who doesn't do a heck of a lot of other things other than score. Take away 2 shot attempts/game from him, and that becomes 3pts for Gallo (or Chandler).

Right now we've formed our "big three" - Lee, Chandler, and Gallo. It brings up some interesting questions on who our priorities will be next year on the FA market. Top priorities would be a pure shooting PG and a shot blocking threat, either at center or PF. You'd ideally like to see both Chandler and Gallo starting and getting at least 32mpg, but both of them are sized along the lines of an LBJ. In theory you could go with a big lineup, with Lebron at PG, and go 6'8+" from PG-PF. With that mix of players, you could probably deal with a non-scoring Jeffries type at center.

I wouldn't mind Wade as a PG either - given that our Lee, Chandler, and Gallo can all capably bring the ball up the floor, you could still play Wade off the ball.

I'm not 100% convinced on what Bosh would bring to the table on our team... but certainly he'd offer a mobile talent upgrade at the big man positions. It's just that we've got guys with scoring upside all around.

if we get Lebron i don't see any way Al Harrington will be here... Nate & Hughes will also be gone so you open up scoring opportunities, but Lebron will be taking a big chunk of the shot attempts too... i guess Gallo's increase or decrease in production will depend on how he is used next year... if he works on his strength & bulks up a little i can see MDA posting him up more & going inside... i have to figure Wilson & Lee will still be taking their fair share of shot attempts too in either case.

i don't see us getting D Wade, not a chance... i can see Bosh or Amare joining him down in MIA tho... Lebron will either come to NY or stay in CLE IMHO... i don't think there's any chance he goes to NJ or MIN... if Lebron decides to stay in CLE for some reason, i have a feeling we're going to get Joe Johnson.

I doubt D-Wade comes here also, but he might be a better fit than Lebron. We have SFs, what we don't have is a SG. A team of Wade, Chandler, Gallo, Lee, and Jeffries would be fairly good defensively and awesome on offense. Wade is a competent passer and could run our offense from the point and he is a good enough defender to guard most PGs.

TMS wrote:seb, hang in there bro... we all got your back, u know that brotha.

btw, i can't imagine any top 5 w/o Wilt.

Thanks family. That means a lot.

As for Wilt, I cant get passed the immense size advantage he had over the players in his era. I dont see Wilt beating in the 90s over Robinson, Ewing, Shaq, and The Dream. As a matter of fact, I think Olajuwon would make him look stupid.

I give Wilt his props, but I dont see him as top five.

1. Jordan
2. Wilt
3. Big O
4a. Magic
4b. Bird

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:

TMS wrote:seb, hang in there bro... we all got your back, u know that brotha.

btw, i can't imagine any top 5 w/o Wilt.

Thanks family. That means a lot.

As for Wilt, I cant get passed the immense size advantage he had over the players in his era. I dont see Wilt beating in the 90s over Robinson, Ewing, Shaq, and The Dream. As a matter of fact, I think Olajuwon would make him look stupid.

I give Wilt his props, but I dont see him as top five.

i dunno if he would or wouldn't cuz i've never seen Wilt play, all i know is the stats he put up over his career or absolutely mind blowing, i can't imagine anyone in this day & age doing the things he did in his heyday.

and if you add in all the women he claims to have slayed, not even ron jeremy can touch wilt....

That way you can debate the merits of Wilt and Russel, Shaq, and Olajuwon etc... while not doing a disservice to some equally great but more vertically challenged ballers.

Centers:
Russel
Shaq
Hakeem
Wilt
Kareem

Non-Centers:
Jordan
Magic
Bird
Oscar
Kobe

TMS wrote:

sebstar wrote:

TMS wrote:seb, hang in there bro... we all got your back, u know that brotha.

btw, i can't imagine any top 5 w/o Wilt.

Thanks family. That means a lot.

As for Wilt, I cant get passed the immense size advantage he had over the players in his era. I dont see Wilt beating in the 90s over Robinson, Ewing, Shaq, and The Dream. As a matter of fact, I think Olajuwon would make him look stupid.

I give Wilt his props, but I dont see him as top five.

i dunno if he would or wouldn't cuz i've never seen Wilt play, all i know is the stats he put up over his career or absolutely mind blowing, i can't imagine anyone in this day & age doing the things he did in his heyday.

Yeah. His stats are crazy, but I think a cat like the Dream would beast on him. I just dont think he was better than the '90s centers...

DrAlphaeus wrote:

blkexec wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Birds IQ was through the roof on both ends of the floor, but I need to see more from DG before i start comparing him to anybody.

why are white players compared to other white player, same for blacks ? I know the question sound a little ridiculous, but in the MLB young players get compared to older great players reguardless of race.

Question....What black (or non-white) nba player reminds you of Galo?

Err... Tim Thomas?
Lamar Odom?
Who else is 6'10" with a shot like that...

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