HB

Will this guy play this year?

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luther

Do you mean as in will his injury prevent him from playing, or as in if he's healthy is he good enough to see the court? His injury is a lower back problem, so it's likely to linger. But he's been basically taking it easy for months now, so one would hope he's near a return. And I think that if he's healthy, he'll get on the court. He's pretty talented offensively, and considering some injury problems the Knicks have in the forward spots (Jeffries out; Q is always getting banged up and has back problems of his own), I think he's likely to see some time. But back injuries at that young age ... those don't tend to disappear.

HB

As for being talented offensively, I always thought he was overrated and more so a terrible pick for the Knicks especially since Gordon and the Lopez twins were on the board. But, lest my words come back and haunt me I'll just have to take a wait and see approach on Gallinari. Lets hope he is healthy enough to play sometime this year.

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luther

Gotcha. Having only seen selected games and clips online, I can't say for sure. But I think he at least warrants a solid look, because to me he looks like a really solid complementary player, which is a good thing in D'Antoni's offense--someone to keep things moving. I agree that he may have been taken too high, though. I don't know about taking the three guys you named, though. Gordon, though, while I don't particularly like him, would be at his best for D'Antoni as compared to anywhere else. I don't know that he's going to be any better than Jamal Crawford, though.

RebelSun

Back problems are a concern, especially for someone without plus athleticism. I didn't like this pick at all at the time of the draft - couldn't believe D'Antoni of all people would pass on a mega-upside playmaking point like Bayless. Danilo will have to turn out better than Dunleavy to justify this pick; I would have to bet that won't happen, though.

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luther

Why? Last year, Dunleavy was a 19 point, 5+ rebound, 3.5 assist player. What makes that Gallinari's measure of success? He was, what, the 6th pick? Yi Jianlian, Brandon Roy, Martell Webster, Josh Childress, Chris Kaman, Dajuan Wagner, Shane Battier, DerMarr Johnson, Wally Szczerbiak, Robert Traylor, these are the past 6th picks. 20, 5 and 3 isn't remotely reasonable for an expectation from a 6th pick. Frankly, if he's a 12 and 4 kind of guy, that's on the positive half.

HB

His measure will be how well the guys picked after him do. Why they didnt pick Bayless will come back to haunt them? Also with their big men woes, wouldnt they have been better off with either of the Lopez twins?

As for wings, the Knicks also passed on several wings that might be better than Danillo.

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MB30

This guy reminds me of Boris Diaw...I cant figure out if thats a good or bad thing.

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DienerTime

I have seen footage of Bostjan Nachbar and he seemed to be just as good as Danilo in the clips, so I really do think that's about what he'll be in the NBA. Here's the Nachbar footage, he has good handles just like Danilo and also gets to the rim just like Danilo does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B29TMNP37OY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3wXfXSOyU

The second one has mostly shooting but you get my point, a lot of Euros look like superstars over seas just because the leagues aren't as tough. I wish that youtube had Boki vids from europe to prove my point because i'm sure Boki looked just as good as Gallinari in europe.

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luther

And Nachbar proved to be a decent player in the NBA, too, so that's not exactly a dour prediction (although a little rough for a 6th pick). But Nachbar wasn't a star in Europe: he was a role player, a decent but not great starter on a good team. I think he averaged something like 12 ppg his final season prior to coming over. He was also oler, draft-eligible, I believe, as opposed to an early entrant (as Gallinari was). Gallinari's numbers are better, but he was the focus of a bad team. Hard to say. We'll find out within the next few years, I guess.

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