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Gallinari May Need Surgery

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We were all expecting it to be a gradual learning process for Danilo Gallinari, but its sounding more and more like we won't be seeing very much of Il Gallo at all this year. From the Times:

"His back just flared up again," Coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He was making progress, and then one morning he said he couldn’t put his pants on."

Ladies, chill.

Test results were not immediately available. Team officials are hopeful that Gallinari can avoid surgery, but they cannot rule it out.

"I’m worried about it at this point," D’Antoni said. "We’re just going to do what’s best for him. He’s 20 years old. We’d love for him to play in the next two or three weeks, we’d love for him to play in the next two or three months. But he’s got to be 100 percent well."

And so it is. Given that we're not exactly expecting a playoff appearance from these Knicks, Gallinari's absence isn't the end of the world. The draft doubters, though, will surely be shaking their chubby little fingers at the news. Gallinari's fragile, he's not NBA-ready, he's a bust, whatever. I say we all knew it was a long-term move, and while I don't wish season-killing injuries on anybody, I think we'll live. I was excited to see Gallo play, but his health comes first.

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Trying to be optimistic about this....

Bright side: he gets another year to develop his body and a consistent jumper – as well as learn the offense from an intellectual standpoint. He can come back healthy next year and just work on his conditioning and will have a chip on his shoulder to prove the doubters wrong. Plus, it wasn’t like he was going to see major minutes anyway this season as there’s do way Coach D would ruin his confidence.

Down side: he’s out for the year, the naysayers will speak up, etc., etc., development is stunted another year, yadda yadda yadda

Oh well, I think its somewhere in between. Not the worst thing that could happen, but a setback indeed.

by Cody K on Nov 12, 2008 2:24 PM EST reply actions  

i like the idea

that everyone who has already written calimari off have chubby little fingers.

personally… i like what little i have seen from pico de gallo.

by stingy d on Nov 12, 2008 3:12 PM EST reply actions  

no chubby finger shaking and

i’m troubled by the news.

maybe the rehab will give him a chance to bulk up a little bit and get more physcially prepared for the NBA. though i still don’t feel great about the pick, Gallinari still has undeniable potential.

the real bad news: this may mean Eddy Curry’s return to the rotation.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 12, 2008 4:02 PM EST reply actions  

i'm all for bashing curry

but i would take curry over malik rose any day of the week.

but i think the thing to look out for is jeffries on the comeback trail. dude is a cavernous liability to himself and the team. but apparantly d’antoni thinks he fits right in. so far coach has my total support.

by stingy d on Nov 13, 2008 8:00 AM EST up reply actions  

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