holfresh wrote:3G4G wrote:holfresh wrote:3G4G wrote:holfresh wrote:TheloniusMonk wrote:Funny how "the only way it is justified is if we win a title" but God knows we weren't winning a title with Gallo, Moz and the crew. All logic goes out the window when it comes to talking about the trade I guess. *shrug*
Just watching them run up and down the court brings the same joy like winning a title...
Once again no one was opposed to moving ancillary pieces such as Gallo and Co as long as it kept us competitive and kept our options open. When you give up that much for essentially 1 player, then the expectations rises.
Trust if our young talent didn't continue their progression when here yep they'd be receiving the same type of criticism.
Define "give up that much"...These weren't difference makers...The idea was to get to where we are now..It's not realistic to think we will instantly compete...Looking back at the team we had at the time...Amare and Felton were our two key players...The way I looked at it is, that they needed help...I remember doing a thread saying Amare could not keep playing at this pace all year...He needs help...Gallo got hurt and we will still playing decent ball when Chandler stepped in...There was a controversy because MDA said Gallo would start no matter what...Chandler would have walked for nothing at the end of the year...AR wasn't getting playing time...Moz was a project and still is...So really, we are risky Gallo and Moz for Melo???...How is that not a no brainer???...
The way I look at it if Felton remains and D'AnToni gets disposed then there's enough left to make necessary moves to get them help but maintain flexibility. We've already proven we could have the current help we have now(Kidd/Smith/Novak/Sheed/Camby/Brewer) had we done nothing
As far as players changing teams some players get better and some players get worse. Melo while he's been good hasn't been better or his best as a Knick compared to Denver Melo. Since we're on our premature...before Gallo got injured last year(yes I agree he's proven to be brittle) he was playing his best 19ppg in November. I don't project what a player would have been remaining here by looking at what they are when they leave. Especially if they were showing signs of progress prior to exodus.
I think Gallo is more a hired gun who should come off the bench. He's not an "AT THE DOOR" player as Kenny Smith said on Inside the NBA a couple weeks ago. Doesn't mean Gallo can't greatly help a team win games either.
Which November had Gallo average 19ppg????...U using Hollinger's funky stats again???...Gallo has averaged around 15 points per game the last 5 years....But what's crazy is that you guys think we should get Melo and not give up anything....
Melo average 30ppg in April of last year and 7.3 boards...If that means anything..
Last year's January since you're so obsessed with bringing his name into the conversation on habitual basis. Stop being lazy and look ish up. Henpecking his January stats last year and then projecting out is premature as I stated much like projecting an MVP after 4gms played. I said November by mistake come on stop being overly technical. If I said last year then last year is last year therefore which month did he average those numbers
I've mentioned to you on several occasions that Gallo....
Was overrated when here
I would have traded Gallo in some other trade if needed without hesitation(I wanted him trade for K-Mart and pick several months prior too)
Gallo shouldn't start, plays more like a bench player who heats up in games
I do not assess Gallo based on any one metric or series of metris as a player as some others do, such as TS% as a means to build my premise around keeping him over other players.
Gallo was still improving young talent and not some All-Star, worth seeing his talent pan out. I mean if a 10yr stubborn vet can change his game into something he's never been before I'd like to think a 24yr old player with talent isn't a finished product
Gallo along with other talent would have been on a window of review, not necessarily a wide open one either
Now would Gallo's injuries have continued here, maybe, would Gallo have proven he can take on more of the load, maybe not, would we be any worse record wise the past 2yrs had we kept him, probably not, could we have the same talent here playing with Gallo such as Novak/Smith/Camby/Kidd/Brewer or comparable, probably so.
What numbskulls like you and others tend to do...... is change the rules of opinion according to current affairs. Trust if Melo was traded for a player like Harden send the current posts from you and others to an archive of Gehenna
