Paladin55 wrote:SlimChin wrote:martin wrote:
"go-to" at age 17 or 18 is pointless cause just about every NBA player was "go-to". So your point is pointless.
No... Palladin's point is pointless.
Nice alliteration, SlimJim, but you really miss the point.
Gallo was a kid playing with adults in Europe, and would have been given the responsibility to do his thing in big moments by his coaches. He was not a guy playing solely with other players his own age.
If a guy is willing to take on the burden in certain moments, this is important, IMO. I feel that Douglas, by the way, is actually the same kind of player, and I don't think he would shy away from the responsibility of being a go to guy in big moments if it was handed to him.
Everyone talks **** about "developing" players- well you develop players by giving them opportunities and seeing how they respond. You put them into situations where their skills/abilities are maximized, allow them to have a degree of control at big moments, or set plays for them, and you go from there, giving them more or less opportunity based on their success or failure.
It is not like Gallinari hasn't had some big moments in his career, which spans all of 146 games. Its not like he hasn't been the deciding influence in some of those games.
uh no i didn't miss the point Pally. so he was playing amongst adults in Europe and was "given the responsibility to do his thing in big moments". and i'm gonna say it again. this isn't Europe.
1/25/2011 9:43 AM