It's not true that Mike dislikes the midrange. The thing is that Clyde often says that the Midrange pull up jumper is a lost art in the NBA and it's true. Only a few guys actually do it consistently. That's more of the reason we don't see it. If we had players that were good at it, i'm positive that we'd see it used more.

NYKBocker wrote:Our best mid-range shooter is the Mayor.

I think Amare has been better this year.

Douglas had a better midrange game in college, so it's surprising to me that he hasn't had similar success here.

Gallo's shot in general has been disappointing, though I don't know how much of it has been injury related. He does not seem to have a midrange rhythm or stroke at this point in his career. To me it is a strange that he is showing an excellent arc on his foul shots, but is much flatter on his other shots. I wonder if he is using his legs enough when shooting from deep- my guess is that he is using too much upper body action and not getting enough from his legs, and this is the reason for a flatter, and less successful, shot this year.

nixluva wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Our best mid-range shooter is the Mayor.

I think Amare has been better this year.

Douglas had a better midrange game in college, so it's surprising to me that he hasn't had similar success here.

Gallo's shot in general has been disappointing, though I don't know how much of it has been injury related. He does not seem to have a midrange rhythm or stroke at this point in his career. To me it is a strange that he is showing an excellent arc on his foul shots, but is much flatter on his other shots. I wonder if he is using his legs enough when shooting from deep- my guess is that he is using too much upper body action and not getting enough from his legs, and this is the reason for a flatter, and less successful, shot this year.

I think you may be right, cuz I felt he hasn't been shooting with the same form. His midrange jumper is horrible. He also tends to do that step back when it's not necessary. He's near 7' and thinks he needs to fade away!?! I think he needs to really work on his midrange game and take a page from the book of Dirk. You don't need to be able to blow past your man, just know how to create space and it won't take much for him to get his shot off if his release is high like Dirk.

he just needs to stop fading away or shooting of the dribble. pick a spot, square up and shoot. simple case of trying to do/be to much.

TymeLessKnicks wrote:I was thinking that while watching the game. The pick and pop with amare or mozgov would be nice. Also if gallo could develop a midrange game. He attempted a few midrange shots but it looked forced and uncomfortable.

No......It looked horrible, and conitues to baffle me, thats definitely keeping him from being an elite player

nixluva wrote:Actually Amar'e is good but he's often caught trying to get to the basket and isn't really trying to pull up for a jumper. I think he's got the stroke and accuracy for it, but he has to look for it more often.

It's not true that Mike dislikes the midrange. The thing is that Clyde often says that the Midrange pull up jumper is a lost art in the NBA and it's true. Only a few guys actually do it consistently. That's more of the reason we don't see it. If we had players that were good at it, i'm positive that we'd see it used more.

VDesai wrote:

simrud wrote:Its strange, looks like they are playing NBA Live out there. Its either 3's or dunks/layups. Maybe the developers were on to something back in '98 lol.

More like NBA JAM

Heh. That game was awesome.