Knicks retain his rights, btw.

purple012870 wrote:This is a good thing, but needs to be combined with an Earl Barron signing by the Knicks.

Yeah, we should pick Barron back up. That Russian kid is probably not ready to play yet and we are going to need another true center since there is no way Curry will be ready to play.

JohnWallace44 wrote:As much as people love Gallo - he has to be a sub

He is the least consistent of any player on the team, so it makes no sense to start him over Chandler and Walker. I'd rather bring him in to change games. See if he's on. If not, back to the pine.

Most rookies are inconsistant. Thats why you keep playing them. So they get consistant. Walker is what he is, a 900k bench player. Walker is Shandon Anderson. Nice when he's your 9th guy off the bench. Not nice as your starting SG.

Gallo is the opening day SF, no questions asked. The only question is if MDA starts a center (Mosgov/Turiaf) or if he starts the 3 forwards together in Gallo/Amare/AR with Felton and Chandler in the backcourt.

Gallo starts because he's 6'10, can play everywhere, defends, causes mismatches and stretches the floor w/ his shooting range. The guy is a key.

Walker? Really? He will be a nice bench player if Azu isnt ready.

knicks1248 wrote:why is no one interested in Earl Barron, not even for cheap..guy played solid, but has games were he looks lost(thought is was becasue he didn't play much) and nobody is talking about him at all.

You are forgetting Earl's agent side...

purple012870 wrote:Lou Amundson would be a nice grab too.

He's suppose to be signing soon to either NOH, GS, or IND

JohnWallace44 wrote:As much as people love Gallo - he has to be a sub

He is the least consistent of any player on the team, so it makes no sense to start him over Chandler and Walker. I'd rather bring him in to change games. See if he's on. If not, back to the pine.

come on now...1st full season for a rookie you already think that was a failure?

Pros
- If he signs this 1-yr deal with Serbia we won't have to pay him, he doesn't count against the cap and we keep the roster spot open.

- We managed to retain his rights.

Cons
- We'll have no control over his playing time - meanwhile if he played in Reno, I'm willing to bet we would've had full control over all aspects of his development-- Reno is the Knicks D-League affilate after all. Players drafted or acquired by the big club (rather than the typical walk-on D-league FAs) will most likely be given special attention as they should. Hopefully this Serbian coach will play him enough mins. where he's able to get some benefit from going there though there are no guarantees..That coach has a team to run and ball games to win -- developing Jordan for us may not be a top priority for him. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a Brandon Jennings European situation -- Jennings got limited/sporadic PT while in Europe for his 1 year there and was generally unhappy--he barely played from what I remember and his overall numbers were underwhelming and his production suffered. You hear this kid Jennings talk about Europe now, he chalks up the whole experience as a complete waste of time.

- It would've been much easier to monitor his progress if he stayed State-side.

- Suppose Mozgov and/or Turiaf ever went down, God-forbid at the same time. Calling up Jordan from Reno will not be an option now -- now all of a sudden we'll be scrambling for a big-man replacement instead of one being just a phone call away.

Fields finally was signed today and that makes 14. So who takes that 15th spot? If it winds up going to Mo Ager then that means we're in more trouble at 2-guard than we initially thought..It better be someone who makes more sense than Jordan because Jordan makes a lot of sense taking that spot starting out his career as either a Knick or a Reno Bighorn.