Posted by BRIGGS:
Posted by franco12:
he would probably be putting up 15 & 10 in our system with our lack of depth, and would be looking like a ROY candidate.
Good read by Walsh.
And did he say they couldn't get the draft pick wrong, or did he say they were going to **** it up anyway, because nothing matters but 2010?
I think this is a tough call. While on hindsight I think it's a no-brainer pick--you have to adjust your believe in terms of who was coaching the team. This guy DOES NONT want a C--he doesn't. On top of it Gallinari was a lock--they obviously promised him the pick--which I hate in most cases. I can see why the two teams below us didnt take him and you might have cases of what teams thought were BPA above us--but you have a hard time as a Knick fan believing that he wasnt BPA in a need position at 6. I still believe that even if we traded down and picking 16th and Brook Lopez was still on the board we would not take him. Mike Dantoni does not want a C--he wants an athletic 4 playing the C spot and a mobile 3-4 playing PF. So don't second guess it--it was never going to happen even thought there is a lot of reasons we should have the player.
To some degree I think Donnie was in a tough place with this 1st pick.
It's likely he went to D'Antoni and (at a minimum) asked him what are you looking for in a player. D'Antoni probably gave him the - I need someone who is smart, can shoot on the perimeter, pass and handle the ball and who can play multiple positions.
If Donnie is in Indiana -- I tend to see him going with the big.
Here - with D'Antoni coming on board if he picked Lopez and the kid couldn't get out of his way in this system we all would have been on him. He went with the most versitile skill set he felt was available. It's also likely they didn't want to go for a scoring combo guard as it's been publicized that Westbrook would have been taken if available.
Here's hoping that Gallo has some magic in those hands of his and becomes a very good player for us.