I don’t know if he chose not to compete, can’t imagine he would, but it appears Danilo Gallinari won’t be 
representing the Knicks during 3 Point shooting contest, All-Star weekend.
“…Van Gundy, whose three-point shot resembles that of a young Craig Hodges, was announced today as one of six Three-Point contestants during a press conference in Dallas. Van Gundy will be joined by defending champion Daequan Cook(notes) of the Heat, rookie Brandon Jennings(notes) of the Bucks, Matt Bonner(notes) of the Spurs, Anthony Morrow(notes) of the Warriors and Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro — if he isn’t fired by then…”
And no word if Gallo will be competing in the Rookie/Sophomore Challenge…
No big deal to me. That stuff stopped being cool for me years ago. I think it was the Cedric Ceballos “blindfold” dunk… Besides, of course Nate (“50 KENNY, 50!!”) and the Vince Carter show in 2000…that was sick.
Gallo better be at the Rookie/Sophmore game…and he better start.
Something else to keep an eye on. Terrence Williams is in all kinds of drama over in New Jersey. From being isolated from everyone to regretting getting drafted by the Nets and voicing it on twitter…
Talented 2 Guard…I just want one guys dont blame me.
“How would it be if Mr. Stern called my name 10 min earlier #9 or 5 min later #12 hmmmmmmmmm to bad I can’t live off what ifs”
ROTFL – He’s a knucklehead, and he’s not even an NBA-level basketball player (what you saying Hahn? lol).
Chris Douglas-Roberts = GEM
Terrence Williams = FOOL’S GOLD
Interesting Mucha. Aren’t you the one who preached patience for Gallo last year. Why the rush to judgment on Williams?
Because Gallinari was injuried.
And he showed promise last season (great shooting touch, above-average ball handling skills, willingness to pass the ball etc).
T Will chucks but he can’t shoot, his percentages have always been terrible. The fact that he has a poor shot selection, EXTREMELY poor shooting percentages and a questionnable attitude is “repulsive”.
Larry Hughes is a chucker look at him now getting doubles on assists. Yea T Will may be one but he can change just like Larry has and he makes up for it on the defensive side and he rebounds well. His attitude isn’t that bad either .
Larry Hughes was just a freshman when he declared for the draft, Terrence Williams was a senior. And here’s the problem in my opinion, look at his percentages :
Freshman : 39.1 FG%, 61.2 FT%
Sophomore : 36.7 FG%, 60.4 FT%
Junior : 41.1 FG%, 57.1 FT%
Senior : 43.1 FG%, 58.1 FT%
Horrible. Why should I give him the benefit of the doubt regarding his shooting percentages considering the fact that he hasn’t shown any sign of improvement throughout his college career (his FT% got worse) – and then believe that he’ll be a “legit chucker”?
Listen, I hope that Williams will have a succesful career in the NBA. But he’s totally OVERRATED in my opinion and I don’t think he’ll ever become a good player!
Im not sayin he’ll be a shooter one day im just saying its not impossible for him to stop chucking.
Call me whatever but I can really see T Will becoming Iggy 2.0. Probably not better but at least at Iggy’s level.
Alright.
The jury is still out obviously, maybe time will prove me wrong.
Predictions are fun.
Peace.
Yea he may be a Kncklehead but he is talented. I think this is the 6’6 Nate Robinson right there.
Gallo should be home resting his back.do you really want to risk injury in a silly pick-up game?
Gallo should be in the 3 point contest.
BTW, just saw that Walsh is trying to pass the buck on not taking Jennings. What a frigging Zero old man Walsh is. The buck stops with you, Donnie, own up like a man.
Thats fake, man
I hope you didn’t really believe that Tommy
I mean c’mon, a coach in the 3-point contest? LOL
LOL wow i cant believe you thought this was real. hahaha
lol.
Out of all the All-Star game festivities, IMO the 3pt shooting contest is the most exciting event.
No one outside of New York cares about Gallinari.
btw: I don’t think this is a real report. He’ll probably be in it.
Nowitzki does.
Kobe does.
LeBron does.
You really think they care about him?
In any case I was speaking more of the fans of other teams.
Fans love to watch college basketball. They couldn’t monitor Gallinari’s developpment because he was playing in Italy and then barely played in his rookie season.
The fans don’t matter, but the experts/commentators/players/ex-players love his potential.
“…experts/commentators/players/ex-players love his potential.”
Other than fans, people on MSG’s payroll and people paid to follow the Knicks, who is raving about Danilo Gallinari?
I like him, I think he will be a decent player, maybe even a good player if he can make the move to the PF position, I’m just saying that people who are outside of NY aren’t really taking as much notice of him.
Why do you say that?
I hope you aren’t addressing me dog.
Yea I am I was asking why do you say no one outside NY aren’t talking about Gallo?
I mean just because you haven’t heard it doesn’t mean it hasn’t been said.
Dude, I have absolutely nothing to say to you. I guess you haven’t noticed that I never respond or reply to any of your posts (as difficult as it is resist at times when you continue to pontificate pure gibberish at times). Feel free to converse with anyone else here.
Peace.
ok thats ok with me. All I wanted to know was why did you think no one is raving about Gallo when in actuality on ESPN 95% of the time when they talk Knicks they talk Gallo. Plus Kobe and Lebron reaching out to him.
Also what you look at as gibberish is just me wanting this team to get better.
dude chill.
Players and commentators!
Can you provide a link? I haven’t run across those articles.
I’ll do some research but I know it is real : wait a few minutes
Sometimes I accidently tivo the opposing teams’ broadcast on league pass, and on several occasions the opposing team’s announce team has taking time to gush about him. National media will only take note when we start to win
i like the hot dog eating contest
HaS: he has hit more Threes than anybody in the NBA, and is doing it at 45%. Trust me, plenty of people finally know all about him. They love him over on NBA TV.
not to mention, he’s being harassed on a nightly basis by whoever is guarding him; swatted at and denied the ball, as if he were LeBron or something.
Um no, they are guarding him at the perimeter because their scouting reports say that he rarely puts in on the floor and does not have the lateral quickness to beat anyone.
Story is a fake, Van Gundy (?) but I would like to see Gallo in the 3 pt contest and on the sophmore team for no other reason than to see him play with some real talent. I could see him going off in that game.
I really laugh at Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro being in the three point contest and Tommy printing it.
I didn’t say he was unknown, I said no one cares. That said, I still think he’ll be in it if he maintains his present numbers.
Lateral Quickness? Beat Someone? What are you talking about. I hope you don’t mean He doesn’t have the lateral quickness to beat someone off the dribble.
I’m saying that is what their scouting reports are showing and that is why they are crowding him like that and biting on pump fakes.
Do I believe he can’t, no I think he is crafty and has very deceptive moves that can get around some people. Is he Dirk like some here think, absolutely not.
I don’t think anybody around here believes that he’s Nowitzki part 2.
Maybe I’m wrong though.
You are wrong, they said it and I was infuriated, which doesn’t take much.
who gallo? i believe it
O my bad I thought you were saying he doesn’t have lateral quickness to beat someone off the dribble.
He is one of the top three point shooters in the NBA, and would have an excellent chance to win this competition. He is one of the best set-shot three point shooters I’ve seen in a while.
If he deserves to be anywhere, it is the 3 point compeition. It would not be a gimick. It would not be a favor. He is one of the best and he should be a part of this compeition.
Plain and simple.
Agreed.
i said it the first week in the regular season he will be in the 3pt contest.
he will probably win it as the knicks will suck again but it will help take some pressure of the knicks if he wins.
What the heck are some of you talking about? Nobody cares about Gallinari? Yeah hes just another 21 year old European with less than a year of NBA experience under his belt and recovering from major back surgery who happens to be leading the league in 3pt made shooting at 45% with nobody to drive and dish to him. Guys like that are a dime a dozen, you could basically find a player like that in any high school or even ymca. Oh did I mention he is also close to 7 feet, because there are so many 7 footers who can shoot 3s like that. And he can’t drive or dish or do anything else right haters? I guess none of you have really been watching any games then. Why don’t you guys just go watch Net and Clipper games so you can see franchise studs Brook Lopez and Eric Gordon lead their teams to so many great victories???? Oh wait, that hasn’t really happened yet. Haha.
Just because other teams/players/fans don’t care about a player doesn’t mean he’s a bad player. That’s not what I’m saying, what I am saying is that us as fans are a lot more enamored with him/his game than fans from other teams. That of course, we all hope, should change by year’s end or within the next year or so. M point is opposing team’s arenas aren’t selling more tickets because Danilo Gallinari is coming to town.
The Clips are actually playing better basketball than the Knicks….
Then I don’t really understand the point of the comment then. How many players in the league do fans come to arenas to see specifically? ANd your probably wrong anyway because hes got the Italian thing going for him so Im sure he probably does sell some extra tickets for some arenas with Italian basketball fans. So again, what’s the point of your comment?
For HaS
yahoo : Count Dirk Nowitzki among the NBA stars who are taking notice of Gallinari’s blossoming game. Nowitzki (…) said he watched Tuesday’s win over the Suns and came away impressed with the 21-year-old Italian’s development. “I mean, he’s got an unbelievable stroke,” Nowitzki told Newsday. “He looks like he’s comfortable with the guys. His English has gotten better, so the sky’s the limit.” (the link is dead sorry but the story is real).
I can’t find the link but Kobe Bryant praised Gallinari after the game in Los Angeles. He said he loved Gallo, a 6’10 player with a great touch and above-average ball-handling skills.
I can’t remember where this report came from (Hahn? Berman? Isola?), I tried to google it but I didn’t find any result.
That sounds like a lot fewer than “…experts/commentators/players/ex-players…” though doesn’t it?
Again, I’m not saying he doesn’t have the potential to be a good player, just saying he doesn’t have the buzz of some of his peers. Period.
OK this was the players part.
Go to nba.com, and watch the last Rick Kamla videos. The analysts show Gallinari love (including Steve Smith and Dennis Scott).
The “experts” (Stein, Sheridan, Legler).
Gallo DOES have a buzz, period.
*The “experts” (Stein, Sheridan, Legler) as well
Oh yeah, Gallinari was Rick Kamla’s No. 2 fantasy shooting forward last week.
No buzz?
the 3pt shooters i showing him love.lol
when NOWITZKI was gallos age,he couldnt hit a bull in the ass with a bass drum!
Oh and Has, I don’t have the specific links but right after the Suns game Sheridan on espn in his daily dime column talked about Gallinari having a really bright future. Tim Legler on NBA Fastbreak was also talking about him a few nights ago as finally coming out as a player and showing off his versatility. Lebron after the Cavs won the game at MSG earlier this year made it a point to say encouraging words to Gallinari about making sure he stayed healthy and to keep working on his back. Alvin Gentry the Suns coach called him a really special player in his postgame conference. Or more specifically it was something along the lines of I think We can all see the type of player he will develop into. Brandon Roy seemed to have something to say to him after the game against Portland although I don’t know what specifically. I don’t really know what else you want Has, because just making a blanket statement like that that nobody else cares or is paying attention is obviously untrue.
When teams come to New York they’re bombarded with questions from the “local” media and probably the only player on the Knicks that any reporter here is going to ask about is Gallinari. They’re not going to say anything disparaging obviously, people are looked at as having bad attitude when speaking their mind in the NBA. I’m not saying there is anything bad to say about the kid, but no one is going to say anything bad about him either. Coaches and players have said good things about Eddy Curry this year too. When the Knicks go to opposing arenas they’ll be asked about those team’s promising players also (well maybe not because no one cares what the players here think about anything).
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2009/11/27/2009-11-27_knicks_focus_on_.html
This is the link that just says Kobe and Lebron both asked Gallo how his back was doing.
A New York paper.
by Frank Isola who’s always pessimistic about the Knicks’ present and future.
And that’s not even the article I was referring to.
lmao.
they asked how is his back..
lmao..
Are you serious Has, this is ridiculous. What peers are you talking about? How many analysts and reports do you want? We are just pulling this stuff off the top of our heads now. How many of his peers had to sit out their rookie season with back surgery? The point is people clearly do care about him and are aware of how he is doing and what he is doing. Why don’t you go pull all the information you can for Lopez and Gordon with people talking about them and then come back here. Look guys, there are 3 more reports about Brook’s future than Gallos. Wow he is amazing.
Did I mention Lopez or Gordon’s name? No. No, I didn’t.
Then who are his peers?
HaS…….It really doesn’t matter who cares or doesn’t care about Gallo now because next year everyone will be on his jock
And I said that should/would happen by year’s end or within the next year or two. People read what they want and run with it.
mayb if his back gets better.
but let’s not get ahead of ourselves
if he gets hit hard again call his career over.
Kobe Bryant said he loved Gallinari’s game (can’t find the link).
Dirk Nowitzki : “He’s got an unbelievable stroke (…) the sky’s the limit”.
Rick Kamla (NBATV) : “Danilo Gallinari we love you” – ranked Gallinari 2nd amongst shooting forwards in fantasy rankings (ahead of Danny Granger).
David Thorpe (ESPN) : “He’s going to be very good”.
Chad Ford (ESPN) : “I’ve been really impressed with Danilo Gallinari. Kid can shoot the lights out. Is an excellent passer. And he can play some defense. I think a lot of the Knicks future hangs on his shoulders”.
Throwback (2008) – Ian Thomsen (Sports Illustrated) : “I think he’s the No. 1 pick,” an NBA scout says of Danilo (…) “I think he’s the best player in the draft”.
We’re not talking about Adam Morrinson or the average Grizzlies blogger showing Gallinari love Has. Recognize.
OK Gallinari has major buzz around the league. I stand corrected.
when dirk said”hes got an unbelievable stroke”he meant when GALLO was s***pin one out!
the only fans he has are the 1′s in ny an in italy an a few nba players.
thats it..
cAN’t really count analyse as fans cuz they just doing there job..
Thanks to mucha for taking the time to thoroughly prove our point.
No problem, you’re the man Jeff.
Still doesn’t dispel the main point of my opinion. Fans around he league are not buzzing about Gallinari. However, like I said that could change by years end or in a year two.
1. Because they couldn’t watch him play in college.
2. Because he was injuried last season.
3. Because many NBA fans don’t want to see the Knicks rise.
4. Because the Knicks haven’t had a promising player since… Frye?
Fan reaction is irrelevant anyways IMO, it will not affect LeBron’s opinion about Gallo.
Daequan Cook of the Heat, rookie Brandon Jennings of the Bucks, Matt Bonner of the Spurs, Anthony Morrow of the Warriors…….does not sound like a good 3 point contest to watch on paper. Might be interesting to see how Jennings does though. Would’ve been nice to have Gallinari in the contest or any other good shooters in the nba like Joe Johnson, etc…