Comments on: Gallo’s Fourth Quarter

By: BobbyFromBK

BobbyFromBK — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:11:02 +0000

Agreed. Walsh had been a disaster from day 1. From hiring D’Antoni to drafting Hill and not Jennings. He said he didn’t have a feel for Jennings’ game. That’s why you pay people top dollar to scout talent. Saying he didn’t know Jennings’ game is unacceptable. Walsh is a putrid GM.

BTW, Jennings needed only 3 quarters to score his double nickel.

By: JustinCharles

JustinCharles — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:49:09 +0000

European ball dropped his stock – if he would have been able to go out of high school he could have been top 5.

But, it’s all for nothing. He would have been exciting on the team, he’s clearly a great scorer, but when push comes to shove he’s a small point guard who can really score. Jamal Crawford dropped 50….twice.

By: Dave the Rave

Dave the Rave — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:27:58 +0000

Not having a strong, confident point guard is obviously killing things. The way the Knix are going, 8-10 wins will be it. If they have a decent pt guard, maybe 18-20. But there is no strength up front. This season is a bust. Curry will be rusty and one-dimensional as ever, and he will break down as usual.

I am not going to dump on J-Hill. He showed us some brilliance in the 1st 7 mins of the 3rd quarter the other night, exactly what DW and others expected of him. D’A should play him and Gallo more and instruct Duhon, Douglas and N8 to feed them non-stop.

What happened to Lee at the top of the key running pick and rolls? Did Duhon leave his brain at home?

Where is this team’s brain???

By: BMan

BMan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:09:59 +0000

Gallinari has to be more assertive and MDA has to make sure the team knows he is one (or perhaps, THE) of the primary options. Gallo dutifully stands in the corner, waiting for Steve Nash to create and kick the ball out to him. Problem is we don’t have Steve Nash at PG, and Gallo is not going to get a pass back out to him from Harrington when he his trying to play superman in the post.

If any of you actually watched the Jennings’ performance, you know that he was the beneficiary of numerous high picks which Nelson and his team could not figure out, terrible D by GS (especially its guards(, and, of course, a jumper that was as unconsciously deadly as I have ever seen. He was also able to drive to the basket with impunity like the GS guards did to us the other day.

I don’t think he ever had a hand in his face when he was taking his J. I don’t think they ever doubled him to make him give up the ball. I don’t think they ever hammered him when he drove to the basket.

Those high picks are what allowed Hedo to have a good time in Orlando last year, and should help Gallo, who can drive to the basket to score, pass off, or, like Jennings was able to do yesterday, take a jumper.

I also believe that Douglas could do similar things (not 55- maybe a 30 pt game) to what Jennings did yesterday if confronted with the terrible D Jennings faced, the seemingly unsolvable high pick strategy, and a green light from MDA to shoot as soon as he was open.

The only way Gallinari becomes the man in crunch time, is for him to be playing in a lineup with Hill, Douglas, maybe Chandler, (Darko?) and any other player willing to defer to him as the option #1 or 1a scorer at the end of the game. He should also be more assertive in using the ball when he does have it, and not just be the good teammate who passes off for someone else and watches while someone else tries to get things done.

By: Tommy Dee

Tommy Dee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:58:00 +0000

How many of us got blown off when we flew over to scout him?

By: Eduardo15

Eduardo15 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:01:48 +0000

Here we go with this nonsense… yeah, but how many of us are paid million of dollars to scout basketball talent?

How many of us have a strong background in Italy?

Give me a break…

By: Eduardo15

Eduardo15 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:58:24 +0000

“J Hill was the smarter pick.”

Sure… we only have some 560 forwards on this team and we desperately need a real PG, but Hill was the smart choice.

Even if Hill turns out to be a good player, because of the things said above, it was a dumb move.

By: joetheknick

joetheknick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:28:56 +0000

Sacramento is talking to New Orleans about taking Okafor off their hands for an expiring contract. Who else believes CP3 and Stojakovic are coming to the Knicks for Curry or JJ and some rookie players. This will be the beginning of a new era. It could happen.

By: the oak

the oak — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:57:43 +0000

AT least someone sees what I see. You can’t blame Donnie for this and Milwaukee admittedly took a huge gamble because not many people knew too much about Jennings. They knew he had talent but there wasn’t much to go by.

By: the oak

the oak — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:53:37 +0000

While Jennings looks really good, don’t act like all you guys knew this was coming. How many of you guys saw more than a McDonalds all american game or a few you tube clips of Jennings? If you guys actually wanted Jennings at draft time( which im sure some did, but some of you didn’t) the only thing you were going off of was the hype of the kid out of High School. By all accounts his time in Europe was less than stellar. I guess there were 9 other teams that really screwed up huh?

Its so easy to make judgments after the draft and after games start.
What idiots for all those teams passing on Kobe, Dirk, Redd, Amare, etc.
Who knew?

And lets not forget that it is only 10 games in to a career.

And for all those who think Donnie screwed up last year too by not taking Lopez, how many wins exactly does NJ have? So don’t act like he is tearing it up. And Eric Gordon is Gallo only 7 inches shorter. there are a lot of guards who can score but there aren’t a lot of 6′10″ guys who can stoke it.