Where's the something new you ask???? Again, you hysterical crazy person, he's been in the league for 32 games. The great ones do it from year to year. He hasn't even played a season yet. Talk about impatience. Relax, the kid can play

another dumb ass step back 3 right after i posted this

this kid is a player... End of story!

nixluva wrote:

tkf wrote:even with a bad shooting night, he was a passing wiz earlier in the game. Two great passes to lee. he really set the tone with his ball movement tonight, eearly..... that block on okafor was sweet..

this kid is a player... End of story!

I might be wrong, but the last time we had a draft pick that had Gallo's level of BB IQ was probably Mark Jackson. I love smart players. That's why I don't have too much of a problem with Lee. Yeah he sucks on D, but you can run your system with this guy and he keeps things moving and understands how to play in space. Amazingly Darko is another guy with a good BB IQ. We need a PG with Gallo's BB IQ and team mentality.

yea, having great athletes is fun, but you need guys who understand how to play in order to win..

nixluva wrote:

tkf wrote:even with a bad shooting night, he was a passing wiz earlier in the game. Two great passes to lee. he really set the tone with his ball movement tonight, eearly..... that block on okafor was sweet..

this kid is a player... End of story!

I might be wrong, but the last time we had a draft pick that had Gallo's level of BB IQ was probably Mark Jackson. I love smart players. That's why I don't have too much of a problem with Lee. Yeah he sucks on D, but you can run your system with this guy and he keeps things moving and understands how to play in space. Amazingly Darko is another guy with a good BB IQ. We need a PG with Gallo's BB IQ and team mentality.

agreed, Gallo & Lee show a willingness & understanding of how to play team basketball, at least on offense... Lee seriously needs to apply himself on the defensive end cuz that's a huge problem right now, but offensively i like what he brings to the table... Darko has his uses, i like his shotblocking & passing ability for a bigman... he needs to play w/more intensity tho IMO.

NineMike2Whiskey wrote:

McK1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

McK1 wrote:i sure can. now as soon as he stops shooting stupid ass step back 3's when he has a wide open 5-10 ft in front of him for an easier more high % shot then I can redirect my discontent to the well deserving Jordan Hill pick.

another dumb ass step back 3 right after i posted this

Man you need to relax. The KID is still learning and you would think that given the fact that he's practically a rookie, you'd give him some credit for being able to show his overall skill level and understanding of the game. They'll get the kinks out of his game. You basically want the kid to be perfect! If he had it all together he'd be a rare kid. Most have to learn to stop doing stupid things. All the things you're pointing out will be addressed eventually.

i did give him credit and no i'm not going to excuse the dumb ass shots. year 2 of nba ball under a marquee coach - he should know what a good and bad shot is. mike pulled him so he must think gallo should know better as well.

I agree with you, good thing pulled him. Gallo actually made those step back 3s agains philly so it must have gotten into his head.

Great analysis guys

JohnWallace44 wrote:You always want to take it one step too far Orange... You should be in PR for the Knicks.

Just like it was one game when Gallo scored 30. It's one game that they put out a cohesive effort. There is still a gaping hole at point guard and with Hughes playing the way he is Duhon isn't much more than a warm body out there.

If there's a trade out there for a big combo guard to play next to Hughes then you'd start to really have a team that makes a lot of sense on the floor.

Why do we need a combo guard? Haven't we seen enough of those for a while?
How about a good distributer with some decent penetration skills?

Bippity10 wrote:

NineMike2Whiskey wrote:

McK1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

McK1 wrote:i sure can. now as soon as he stops shooting stupid ass step back 3's when he has a wide open 5-10 ft in front of him for an easier more high % shot then I can redirect my discontent to the well deserving Jordan Hill pick.

another dumb ass step back 3 right after i posted this

Man you need to relax. The KID is still learning and you would think that given the fact that he's practically a rookie, you'd give him some credit for being able to show his overall skill level and understanding of the game. They'll get the kinks out of his game. You basically want the kid to be perfect! If he had it all together he'd be a rare kid. Most have to learn to stop doing stupid things. All the things you're pointing out will be addressed eventually.

i did give him credit and no i'm not going to excuse the dumb ass shots. year 2 of nba ball under a marquee coach - he should know what a good and bad shot is. mike pulled him so he must think gallo should know better as well.

I agree with you, good thing pulled him. Gallo actually made those step back 3s agains philly so it must have gotten into his head.

Great analysis guys

Hey, I like the kid as much as anyone here, just pointing out a little bit of inexperience here. I would love for him to take a stepback 3 all year long ; he's that good a shooter IMO , but last night with the momentum we were building up and considering the fact he was ice cold he should have settled for the high percentage shot. He'll learn though

Panos wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:You always want to take it one step too far Orange... You should be in PR for the Knicks.

Just like it was one game when Gallo scored 30. It's one game that they put out a cohesive effort. There is still a gaping hole at point guard and with Hughes playing the way he is Duhon isn't much more than a warm body out there.

If there's a trade out there for a big combo guard to play next to Hughes then you'd start to really have a team that makes a lot of sense on the floor.

Why do we need a combo guard? Haven't we seen enough of those for a while?
How about a good distributer with some decent penetration skills?

We need a combo guard because Hughes is handling the ball most of the time anyway. What's Duhon doing for you? He was invisible for large parts of the game last night when Hughes or Gallo was initiating the offense. If you had a big, defensive oriented combo guard (insert complaint about Walsh and Holiday) who can get to the line, then you're maximizing what you already have on the floor.

We don't have too many chips to trade. Even a player like Boobie Gibson, at 6'2" with a lot of skills, would help in my opinion.

Nate for Boobie? More instant scoring for the Cavs, more balanced player for us? You'd think Nate would agree to that at least.

{edit} nevermind, Boobie's signed for 3 more years... what a bad deal that was for the Cavs

JohnWallace44 wrote:I'm more impressed with the things that Gallo did in a bad shooting night against the Hornets than what he did in scoring 30 against Philly. If he can drive and set guys up and make some anticipation type plays a couple of times a game that save or steal possessions then that's just incredibly huge for us.

He's got to do more than just score. We just gave away two guys that could score with anyone last year. Gallo has to make the defense react and be able to use that to get other people, especially Chandler and Lee easy scores since they can't set themselves up. There's a balance between setting people up and going 1-6 from three and going 8-16 like he did against Philly. So much depends on him finding consistency on thie crazy team.

Agreed. His passing was pretty impressive last night. Even though his shot was not falling, he was still integral to the game. That is what a superstar does. Even when they are not scoring, they are creating scoring opportunities for their teammates. If Gallo can stay healthy, then the idea that he can become a mix between Bird and Dirk is not that far-fetched.