Mr. Gallinari currently makes 0.36 free throws for every one of his possessions—good for second-best in the league. Using this statistic, a player is credited with a possession when the play ends with him either shooting the ball, turning it over or getting to the free-throw line. Mr. Gallinari's rate is exceeded only by Dallas's Tyson Chandler among the 150 players who average at least 25 minutes per game. Mr. Chandler and many others near the top in this statistical ranking play almost exclusively in the paint, where fouls are more frequent. Incredibly, according to play-by-play data at 82games.com, a team-high 84% of Mr. Gallinari's shots are jumpers. Therefore, Mr. Gallinari seems to draw an inordinate number of fouls for a player who rarely goes to the basket.

Mr. Gallinari easily tops the Knicks in free throws made per possession. Amar'e Stoudemire is 30th best in the league (0.24 free throws made per possession), and no other Knicks player is in the top 95. While Mr. Gallinari rarely misses from the line (87.8%), he's also sixth best in the NBA if we sort by free-throw attempts per possession.

Drawing fouls at an elite rate can limit the playing time of opposing starters and create penalty situations where all Knicks get to shoot free throws when they otherwise would not. The mystery is why don't the Knicks opt to have the ball end in Mr. Gallinari's hands more frequently? Currently, he only ranks fourth on the team in overall possessions.

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The more we feed Gallo the ball, the better chance we have of watching our Italian Stallion develop into the weapon we've dreamed of.

also, why does the stat credit a possession when the play ends with him shooting the ball, getting to the line, or turning it over? does the TO detract from the stat?

jimimou wrote:people can say what they want about gallo, but the fact remains that when gallo does well, the knicks as a team do well. i feel like every game i watch on tv, there is some stat that is displayed where this is pointed out. that would tell me he's a keeper for this team to continue to excel. i think over the last couple of games, most evident since returing from his knee injury, something clicked inside his head and he's now taking it to the basket more and more rather than settling for the jumper....progress is being made by gallo....and he'll continue to show progress w more opportunity.

i think this also means that if it were btwn gallo and wil to get melo here, wil is the one that goes.

I think it was a matter of confidence and trusting himself. We all knew he could take it to the hoop and he had ball handling skills and good footwork. At least most of us thought like this. There must have been a particular game (Like the one he hurt himself) where he was taking it to the hoop a few times and he completely realized "I cannot be guarded and I can go anywhere on the court that I want". In fact, it completely makes the most sense that it would be that Indiana game because he was very aggresive and he must have cherished that as he was sitting on the bench, injured.

The guy totally has to rev up the engines on the rebounding though. He's entering the Tim Thomas zone when it comes to that.

Since coming back from injury, 42% of Gallos shots have come from 3 point land. His season percentage is 47% and last year it was about 52 or 53%. One of those two. He has taken almost 7 free throws a game since coming back. He's been shooting 45% from the field as well. That could go up, obviously, but it's been a much bigger improvement. Plus his defense has been good.

Nothing to complain about him..... besides his rebounding.

Allanfan20 wrote:

jimimou wrote:people can say what they want about gallo, but the fact remains that when gallo does well, the knicks as a team do well. i feel like every game i watch on tv, there is some stat that is displayed where this is pointed out. that would tell me he's a keeper for this team to continue to excel. i think over the last couple of games, most evident since returing from his knee injury, something clicked inside his head and he's now taking it to the basket more and more rather than settling for the jumper....progress is being made by gallo....and he'll continue to show progress w more opportunity.

i think this also means that if it were btwn gallo and wil to get melo here, wil is the one that goes.

I think it was a matter of confidence and trusting himself. We all knew he could take it to the hoop and he had ball handling skills and good footwork. At least most of us thought like this. There must have been a particular game (Like the one he hurt himself) where he was taking it to the hoop a few times and he completely realized "I cannot be guarded and I can go anywhere on the court that I want". In fact, it completely makes the most sense that it would be that Indiana game because he was very aggresive and he must have cherished that as he was sitting on the bench, injured.

The guy totally has to rev up the engines on the rebounding though. He's entering the Tim Thomas zone when it comes to that.

Gallo plays and guards the perimeter so his rebounding is effected

Last year he showed that he can grab 10 rebounds in a game if we play his in front court but we have Amare there

Gallo getting 5.5 as a SF is alot better then Amare grabbing 8 @ PF IMHO

jimimou wrote:people can say what they want about gallo, but the fact remains that when gallo does well, the knicks as a team do well. i feel like every game i watch on tv, there is some stat that is displayed where this is pointed out. that would tell me he's a keeper for this team to continue to excel. i think over the last couple of games, most evident since returing from his knee injury, something clicked inside his head and he's now taking it to the basket more and more rather than settling for the jumper....progress is being made by gallo....and he'll continue to show progress w more opportunity.

i think this also means that if it were btwn gallo and wil to get melo here, wil is the one that goes.

Michael Beasley is averaging 20 ppg with better FG%'s than Gallo as the primary scoring option and Minnesota is at the bottom of the west.

Gallo's stats are good but Amare is the primary reason we are winning games. Only person who is keeper on this team is Amare.

SupremeCommander wrote:

jimimou wrote:people can say what they want about gallo, but the fact remains that when gallo does well, the knicks as a team do well. i feel like every game i watch on tv, there is some stat that is displayed where this is pointed out. that would tell me he's a keeper for this team to continue to excel. i think over the last couple of games, most evident since returing from his knee injury, something clicked inside his head and he's now taking it to the basket more and more rather than settling for the jumper....progress is being made by gallo....and he'll continue to show progress w more opportunity.

i think this also means that if it were btwn gallo and wil to get melo here, wil is the one that goes.

I agree with this. I will say though that the same thing was said about Jamal Crawford. I'll be patient and see if he can mitigate the game to game volatility--be consistenet--but my fear is that he has one great game followed by a few stinkers.

at 22 yrs old, that's to be expected. he is making progress and that's all you can ask for right now. key for him is to keep adding to his game (mid range j would be IDEAL as a next step). by season 4-5, he should solidify his offense then begin to maximize on his spacing so that he can grab a few more boards. i think those few additions will help his game alot and also help the team win.

jimimou wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

jimimou wrote:people can say what they want about gallo, but the fact remains that when gallo does well, the knicks as a team do well. i feel like every game i watch on tv, there is some stat that is displayed where this is pointed out. that would tell me he's a keeper for this team to continue to excel. i think over the last couple of games, most evident since returing from his knee injury, something clicked inside his head and he's now taking it to the basket more and more rather than settling for the jumper....progress is being made by gallo....and he'll continue to show progress w more opportunity.

i think this also means that if it were btwn gallo and wil to get melo here, wil is the one that goes.

I agree with this. I will say though that the same thing was said about Jamal Crawford. I'll be patient and see if he can mitigate the game to game volatility--be consistenet--but my fear is that he has one great game followed by a few stinkers.

at 22 yrs old, that's to be expected. he is making progress and that's all you can ask for right now. key for him is to keep adding to his game (mid range j would be IDEAL as a next step). by season 4-5, he should solidify his offense then begin to maximize on his spacing so that he can grab a few more boards. i think those few additions will help his game alot and also help the team win.

right. What's interesting on this board is his detractors and supporters are so damned loud. I don't think he's great yet nor do I think he sucks. What I'm focussed on is, like you siad, those 4th and 5th years. If he can be consistent and develop into an 18/7 player that has a shot at 50% / 40% / 90% shooting, I will take that. I would have taken that draft night. Everyone would have. But he has a lot of work to do in upping his FG% and his rebounding. But there is a shot.

- can he develop a dynamic mid-range game?
- will I have a heart attack if I see he grabbed 10 rebounds against a team like the Lakers?

SupremeCommander wrote:This is how I am evaluating Gallo's development:

- can he develop a dynamic mid-range game?
- will I have a heart attack if I see he grabbed 10 rebounds against a team like the Lakers?

i hear ye but im not so worried about him rebounding so much more. we'll get that other big to help w the bounding and melo will help with that also. mid range for gallo is key. he needs to add some more moves to his repetoire b/c if he does continue to develop, there will be a time when he will be double teamed and he'll need to figure out how to deal with that.