BRIGGS wrote:play close to 40 minutes--sit Amare start Randolph @ 4 and Gallo @3. I want to see production over a full game whether good or bad. I want to give these a guys a full 35-40 minutes--thats good business--lets not panic here--lets see what we have.

i agree. it's more important to let them play through the kinks at this point.

Vmart wrote:Why not make them feel like they are being showcased.

Do you mean this, or is it sarcasm (not being critical).

Gallinari is not going to want to be showcased, in fact his pre-season play has probably lowered his trade value at this point. He is not looking to leave NY, and I don't think it was ever something he even imagined happening when he came to the NBA.

You know it is bad for him when even a Gallo suck-up like myself is wondering were his head is at, and where are the post-up skills he was fine tuning in the off-season.

I don't think he is holding up that well under the shadow of a trade in which his name has been mentioned, and I think this has affected his game, but I'll also say that it does not look as if he has added any new wrinkles to his game, and in some area, I feel he has even regressed, a bit.

Vmart wrote:Why not make them feel like they are being showcased.

Both of these guys have played limited minutes with new players. I want to see them where they are the guys for a night randolph at 4 gallo at 3. 35-40 minutes this might be a time to stop and think in every direction. we could make a perilous move by evaluating 3 pre season games with two 21 year old guys playing limited minutes under trade pressure and for randolph a new system. let them run and play ton ight

doesn't look as if he has ever mentally gotten over his back issues....or if the back problem just never goes away 100%. Last night in the 2nd qtr was a good sign....except he was rushing his shots in the paint. Amare looks so smooth, Gallinari looked like HOLY SH*T i better hurry before i get hammered....his timing will only come if he continues to attack...we'll see

martin wrote:AR wont start against Brand, no way. It'll be Chandler.

Randolph is much more of a four than Chandler despite his few bad games of rebounding. Elton brand has been rebounding very poorly and is slow as molasses right now

Rookie wrote:well...last night was the first time I've seen Gallo not shy away from contact...curious to see if he goes for contact again tonight or goes back to chucking

doesn't look as if he has ever mentally gotten over his back issues....or if the back problem just never goes away 100%. Last night in the 2nd qtr was a good sign....except he was rushing his shots in the paint. Amare looks so smooth, Gallinari looked like HOLY SH*T i better hurry before i get hammered....his timing will only come if he continues to attack...we'll see

I have not been impressed with any of Gallo's moves in the post, but Amare looks terrible at times, and "smooth" is never a word I would associate with this part of his game. He gets foul calls, which is good for us, but Amare gets a lot of shots blocked and I've been a little surprised at the lack of technique. He is more likely to bull his way into a basket, than look like a Tim Duncan in the post.

Gallinari's value to the Knicks, and the skill which will make it easier for him to drive to the basket is his outside shot, and what you call "chucking" will continue until he finds consistency on his shot. If he does not have the shot going down, guys will lay off until he hits the J.

He is also getting few, if any, goods shots off of drives by our PGs. He had one shot from the outside yesterday, and it was a lightly contested corner 3 on a Felton penetration assist. Watch the last two games and tell me how many times he has been given a free shot off of a penetration or a ball rotation pass.

I have not been impressed with Gallo so far this pre-season- I expected to see some new tools in his offensive toolbox, and he has shown me nothing new at all. But an NBA game is not a 2/2 or 3/3 pickup game, where you can frequently get by without help from your teammates.

The back comments seems foolish, seeing that he takes so many charges and ends up on the floor. If his new move was the Jazz-hands, you might wonder about his back, but he has taken a number of charges and flopped once or twice- not things you do with a bad back.

Nalod wrote:
What I want to see is a glimpse of the potential we speak of. A 10 minute stretch were that peter pan magic starphuch dust swims on the court where the majestic fundamentals of basketball come together in one glorious moment and Donnie says, "No dammit, I won't do it!!!!!!The hell with Isiah and Jim Dolan, this team will persist and god willing MDA will lead these men to lead the league in scoring and we will all be a witness!!!"

Or,

Don't give it away Donnie. They get one of Gallo or AR, but not both. Phuch em, they got bupkus.

Phew, at least everyone hasn't been drinking the KoolAid. Thanks for keeping it real, Nalod.

They can have one of the Yoots, not both. And forget about Toney Douglas.

Moonangie wrote:

Nalod wrote:
What I want to see is a glimpse of the potential we speak of. A 10 minute stretch were that peter pan magic starphuch dust swims on the court where the majestic fundamentals of basketball come together in one glorious moment and Donnie says, "No dammit, I won't do it!!!!!!The hell with Isiah and Jim Dolan, this team will persist and god willing MDA will lead these men to lead the league in scoring and we will all be a witness!!!"

Or,

Don't give it away Donnie. They get one of Gallo or AR, but not both. Phuch em, they got bupkus.

Phew, at least everyone hasn't been drinking the KoolAid. Thanks for keeping it real, Nalod.

They can have one of the Yoots, not both. And forget about Toney Douglas.

TD is I'm afraid trade fodder.

- Ray Felton to switch to white adidas because the black ones look clunky with white socks

- Dancing Harry

- Toney Douglas, Anthony Randolph and Landry Fields to be The Untouchables

- another 6'10 240 pound power forward in the mix built like Kurt Thomas

- Mark Jackson as Knicks Head Coach if they fail to make the playoffs

- a throwback night when they break out the white warmup jackets