Posted by Allanfan20:

Positives:
Nice shot, and he has the skills to create his own shot. Good passer. Plays within' the flow of the offense. Good awareness on D' and doesn't give up. Gets hands on loose balls. Plays smart. Not the slowest, and he's far from a slug. Seems to be a good teammate and well liked by the rest of the Knicks.

Negatives:
Needs a ton of upper body strength, and even lower. He needs overall body strength. If he doesn't gain it, he'll become Channing Frye. Gets boxed out easily and gets out muscled easily. Needs to gain the strength so he can finish his drives. Not the fastest and he's far from a gazelle.

Overall, I thought he played well against the Bulls until the end. His lack of experience got himself back on the bench. I like him so far.

Posted by crzymdups:

wilson doesn't exactly pound the glass either.

Posted by EwingsGlass:

Couldn't watch the game [working], but the box score numbers were solid for 16 minutes. 4 rebs,2 asts, 2 stls, 1 block with 4 of 7 shooting is decent work (even if it is a small sample size)

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by islesfan:

Seriously, where are some of you getting these "special" feelings about Gallinari???

Like most euros, I see a guy that can shoot and because of that he likes to play on the perimeter. Aside from maybe court vision, I don't see any part of his game that is even good to average. He's not a good defender. He's not a good rebounder. His much talked about passing skills are so far nothing but a lot of talk.

What's different about Gallinari than all the other soft euros who liked to shoot and didn't do much else?

That's because you hated him before you even saw him play.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by islesfan:

Seriously, where are some of you getting these "special" feelings about Gallinari???

Like most euros, I see a guy that can shoot and because of that he likes to play on the perimeter. Aside from maybe court vision, I don't see any part of his game that is even good to average. He's not a good defender. He's not a good rebounder. His much talked about passing skills are so far nothing but a lot of talk.

What's different about Gallinari than all the other soft euros who liked to shoot and didn't do much else?

That's because you hated him before you even saw him play.

And I understand that others are going to build him up even before they saw him play. That's fine. But what has he done in the 2 games that warrant the word "special" to be used to describe it?

Posted by martin:

Posted by Ira:

I don't get the Gallo-Frye comparison. Frye's one weapon was a medium range jump shot which was ineffective if someone played him tight. Gallo can take a three or put it on the floor and take a defender off the dribble. In his summer league game, he actually showed a pretty good crossover move. Also, he seems to play some d - something that no one could possibly accuse Frye of.

The concern about Gallo's strength is legit. I'm wondering if his back problems may make it hard for him to improve his strength in the weight room.

Agreed here. I thought that a lot of Gallo's D that we saw - a few tips and steals in the passing lanes - were signs of court awareness. He isn't a strength defender by any means, but he does use his noggin and length to get to balls.

There was also 1 sequence which was telling for me at the end of the 3rd quarter, about 1 minute left. Knicks had the ball on a semi fast break with Duhon on the right side coming up the court. Al was a little behind Duhon and to Duhon's left (as was Gallo, but further to the left and towards the middle of the court), and Gallo kept pointing/telling Harrington to spread the court and go behind Duhon to the far right of the court to spread the defense out. I don't even think Harrington was paying attention or could even gather what he *should* have been doing to best help the fast break. And this was from a rookie 20-year-old in his 3rd game.