tkf wrote:yea... good find.. at some point, the importance of gallo becomes just more than "homer talk", not only does he space the floor, but he is a ball mover.. He may not get the assist, but he often is that pass before the pass that leads to thge assist...

You guys seems to take it the other way; that we win because he's making shots.

Gotta impose his will more.

Of course the knock on Chandler was just that over the past 2 years: that he floats during games, and viola, this year he is a LOT more assertive.

Everyone can dissect individual stats like these, or even set the criteria to favor their argument (why make the threshold at only 1 3-pter for example?). I'm sure someone can parse the past 20 games to learn that when the team has X number of team assists, we win a lot, and when we have less than X team assists, our record is awful. "Clearly playing a team game is key to winning!!1!" Or when our 3-pt% is over 40% we win, but when our 3-pt% shooting is below 30%, we lose. Clearly then we are a team that lives and dies by the three.

All these stats really tell us is that the Knicks, as a whole and individually, play better in wins. Shocker.

JohnWallace44 wrote:This is basically the same post as when I was stating he shoots 22% (worse than the other wing gunners in the league) in our losses. I take that to mean that he essentially prevents us from winning when he shoots terribly.

You guys seems to take it the other way; that we win because he's making shots.

Panos I agree about the #s smokescreen. If Gallo hits his first 2 3's does that mean we win???

I think these types of #s do emphasize how important the outside shooting is to our total offense, and Gallo is the key guy to that attack, or certainly relied on to be the most consistant

crzymdups wrote:i think it just shows that we're a better team when gallo is contributing on offense.

he averages something like 17ppg in wins and 11ppg in losses (the difference of those two three pointers, i guess...)

it is wild. two of the three games he hit two threes and we lost in were the sixers game and the first minnesota game... aka games they should have won.

i guess he does create important spacing for the team. just proves he needs to be aggressive and shoot (and mix in the drive).

on monday night against minny, gallo did something i've rarely seen him do - fake a three, drive, get cut off and create his own mid-range jumpshot. it was an impressive move. if he can add that to his arsenal, he gets even harder to guard.

bernard wrote:My big issue with Gallo remains shot selection. That 3 he took last night when we were up 3 w/ something like 1 min. left was just stupid and almost cost us the game. We obviously didn't need a 3. Amare was going absolutely nuts. We had to work the ball through him. Gallo wanted to be a hero, but a 3 was no better than a 2 in that situation.

It's true he sometimes is out of control going to the hole, but he draws lots of fouls, makes some tough shots and gets some lay-ups. Still much better for him to drive or pass most of the time and take 3's only when he's open and not rushed. He hits some of those quick release 3's when he's not really open and some of the step-back 3's too, but not at a high enough %.

He was more assertive going to the basket during the first half, I think...more passive the second half, when I seem to recall he took most of his 3s.

He took 9 foul shots last nite. I assume a passive player does not shoot that much!

Knicks are winning more, he collects a high rate of fouls. He just needs to hit a few more jumpers per game.

He hit a big shot last nite. Dude is clutch.

We expect the world from him but he is more advanced than last year and doing it on a better team. Last nite Gallo was far more agressive than Wilson.