NYKBocker wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:The minute he developes a mid range jumper, he will have taken his game to the next level.

Yup.

90% of all great players who played sg/sf/pf are very good mid range shooters, it seperates you from the rest..when he does that I'll be impress or encourage, right now i like the penetration, but 70% of those look forced and almost purposely hoping for a foul..

You can say that the midrange J is what makes Amare a different player than when he began.

As for penetration and finishing, Gallo plays like he is 6'1" instead of 6'10" at times, but I think it is something he will gain consistency on as he gets older and becomes more confident in what he can do.

I don't understand this assessment. Gallo when driving to the lane either gets fouled, make a dunk shot or layup shot, or find the open man. What makes him playing like a 6'1" player in your eyes?

Fades away too many times, or is trying to go for an extention type lay-in in order to put the ball in before opponents can get to him. He has been getting better, but he does not go to the basket all the time like a 6'10"+ player determined to score.

His post-up game also needs work- he seems like he is shooting to get fouled, and not always putting up a well-practiced shot.

I've brought up two names before- Duncan and McHale- why can Gallo, and Timo, for that matter, work on the moves/footwork that these big men used... and why can they use the backboard better?

NYKBocker wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Are there any black players we can compare with Gallo?

Anyone? What was odom like at 22? Pippen? Glen Rice? These guys were rail thin, raw and quick.

Someone else mentioned this before but I think he is a taller and rangier Paul Pierce.

Paul Pierce has an awesome midrange game, something Gallo hasn't really developed yet... i don't really see a 22 yo Odom either, he was more of a point forward, Gallo is more of a shooter/scorer.

TMS wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Are there any black players we can compare with Gallo?

Anyone? What was odom like at 22? Pippen? Glen Rice? These guys were rail thin, raw and quick.

Someone else mentioned this before but I think he is a taller and rangier Paul Pierce.

Paul Pierce has an awesome midrange game, something Gallo hasn't really developed yet... i don't really see a 22 yo Odom either, he was more of a point forward, Gallo is more of a shooter/scorer.

I don't see Gallo being any of those guys offensively. It used to be Glen Rice, but now he's driving to the bucket a lot more, so that is crossed out. Another player you could have compared him to was Rashard Lewis, but 2 things. Rashard, I think, is a better shooter, and now Gallo drives a lot more.

I think he's a very unique player to be honest.

Allanfan20 wrote:

Marv wrote:rashard lewis.

Yoooooooooou douchebag.

see? even at my age i got that quick first step.

NYKBocker wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Are there any black players we can compare with Gallo?

Anyone? What was odom like at 22? Pippen? Glen Rice? These guys were rail thin, raw and quick.

Someone else mentioned this before but I think he is a taller and rangier Paul Pierce.

i made the Gallo/Pierce comparison and I think it's pretty good. they both have a jerkiness to the way they drive to the basket. it highlights the contact and forces the officials to make calls. neither is an out-of-this-world athlete, but both seem to get to the hole. there's a craftiness to their games. if gallo adds the mid-range pull up jumper, then the comparison is spot on.

NYKBocker wrote:

TMS wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

TMS wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Are there any black players we can compare with Gallo?

Anyone? What was odom like at 22? Pippen? Glen Rice? These guys were rail thin, raw and quick.

Someone else mentioned this before but I think he is a taller and rangier Paul Pierce.

Paul Pierce has an awesome midrange game, something Gallo hasn't really developed yet... i don't really see a 22 yo Odom either, he was more of a point forward, Gallo is more of a shooter/scorer.

I don't see Gallo being any of those guys offensively. It used to be Glen Rice, but now he's driving to the bucket a lot more, so that is crossed out. Another player you could have compared him to was Rashard Lewis, but 2 things. Rashard, I think, is a better shooter, and now Gallo drives a lot more.

I think he's a very unique player to be honest.

yeah my first instinct was to name Rashard Lewis but this year Gallo's taking the ball to the hole a lot more & getting to the FT line... plus he's a much better defender than Rashard Lewis ever was... i agree Gallo's pretty unique, hard to peg him to any set mold... people thought he was only going to be a spot up shooter but he's proven to be much more.

Bird Lite!!!

is he black?

Ira wrote:One of the unique things about Gallo's game is the way he uses his lack of coordination to his advantage.

I don't know how someone with a lack of coordination makes it to the NBA league.

Panos wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

Ira wrote:One of the unique things about Gallo's game is the way he uses his lack of coordination to his advantage.

I don't know how someone with a lack of coordination makes it to the NBA league.

See Jarred Jeffries.