Getting back on topic, Danilo was 7th in the Italian league in PER, 8th in PPG, and top 20 in True Shooting %. For all those who have asked just who he was playing in the Italian league, check these league leaderboards.

http://www.draftexpress.com/stats.php?qual=all&per=pergame&league=ITALIAN&year=2007%2F08&stage=&pos=&q=eff&min=20&q=base

Quite a few former NBA players and college stars that you'll recognize. Jumaine Jones, Travis Best, Romain Sato, Hassan Adams, Tamar Slay, Allan Ray, Roger Powell, BJ Elder, Horace Jenkins, Joe Forte, Julius Hodge, Reese Gaines, Marcus Hatten, Tskita etc.

Again we're not talking about superstars, but there are several guys that dominated on the NCAA level on this list, and Danilo is younger than all of them. So as far as the numbers he might've put up in the NCAA, he quite possibly would've come out with very similar stats.

Gallinari vs. Bargnani, courtesy off http://www.knickerblogger.net:

However Gallinari’s age 19 European season is superior to Bargnani’s. For instance Bargnani was a reserve (13.1MPG), while Gallinari was a starter (33.3MPG). Per 40 minutes Danilo scored more points (20.2 to 17.8), turned the ball over less (2.0 to 2.4), committed fewer fouls (3.1 to 6.2), and went to the foul line more often (7.6 to 4.1). He also shot better from downtown (38.1 to 35.2) and from the free throw line (83.5% to 59.5%). Even by Bargnani’s second season in Lega A, he still didn’t play as many minutes (23.5MPG) as Gallinari did as a 19 year old.

Posted by djsunyc:

now that's just uncalled for...

The more apt question might not be whether we would've picked Ryan Anderson no.6 if he was Italian, but rather if we would've picked Danilo no.1 overall if we were Canadian...

http://www.draftexpress.com/stats.php?qual=all&per=pergame&league=ITALIAN&year=2007%2F08&stage=&pos=&q=eff&min=20&q=base

Thanks for that link. I like to keep tabs on my St. Johns boys. That just goes to show that college success does not neccesarily translate to the NBA.

Hatten was all Big East twice, averaged 21.2 points per game, was all-defense, and was a stone cold assassin at the end of big games, leading SJU over Mike Sweetney's Hoyas for the NIT championship as a Senior. (Watching Sweetney that year I did not think he was an NBA player, too short for his game, and my jaw dropped in horror when the Knicks drafted him.)

I thought Hatten would definitely play at least a few years in the NBA, but getting busted for pot in a car in queens and probably some other personal issues got in the way of his career.

Anyway, a player like Hatten absolutely dominated in the Big East, was a true NCAA star, but it seems he was not as good as Galinari in the Euroleague. I think that tells you what caliber of player Galinari is at 19. I think he is a Turkoglu, but maybe he'll be bigger and less jump shot oriented.

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Posted by martin:

nice stuff V. Thanks.

Was just about to post the same thing. Thanks for that find V, it's cool to find out these subtle things about Gallo, I will say, I'm liking the pick more and more but still just really want to watch the kid play some.

Believe me, I'm not asking for everyone on this forum to come out and say that we made the best pick in the draft, I just wish everyone would have more of an open-mind and actually watch this kid play some games before we criticize and pick apart his game and what he can and can't do. I mean honestly, doesn't the kid atleast deserve that?

Maybe 11 points and 5 rebounds total in the 2nd half of the season

It is good to see that time has not dulled your razor sharp wit!

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