Gallo’s gonna be very good, he showed flashes of his true ability last year even while he was hurt. I like Rubio, but there is just too much uncertainty there to give up a player like Gallo. I’d probably give up Hill or Chandler for Rubio if he came over right now, but not Gallinari.

trading gallo for rubio is like trading a $100 bill for a $20 scratch-off: yeah, you could win more money, but chances are it’s not happening.

Fuck that Fraggle.

a gallo in hand is worth two in the bush.

To be fair, here’s how I view it.

In my opinion Rubio has a bit higher ceiling and I’m actually fairly sure he’ll surpass Gallinari. On the other hand, we all seem to overvalue our own players…

I was expecting you guys wouldn’t want to trade Gallo for Rubio’s Rights and certainly not with a pick attached to Gallo BUT I don’t get that you wouldn’t trade Gallo for Rubio straight up.
That, off course, is only fantasy speculation as Rubio is in a contract and all that, but that you wouldn’t trade the two players straight up, with no contract problems, that I don’t get. But .. as said, your replies enlightend me :). Had no ideo Gallo was so big in NY.

i wouldn’t play in minnesota without kevin garnett either.

I would burn Target Center if Kahn pulled this trade. So, uh, kind’ve a moot point.

Gallinari’s nice enough. He’s not going to be a franchise player. Rubio has a significant shot at that.

Honestly, you’ve got two young guys who earn some pretty high reviews from other players, both with success in Europe. One could be great, both could be great, or neither could be great. I don’t want to even risk being known as the guy that traded a great young player away for a Euro-scrub so I’ll just pass on this one and take my chances with what I’ve got.

nrmax88… nobody jumped on anyone for offering theoretical trades. Stop jumping on your Conclusions mat for a damn second. Its you throwing out all this crap about Gallo being like LeBron and Knicks/Rangers fans treating our young guys as megastars. So maybe put a lid on it, and maybe recognize that a lot of stuff on here is sarcastic. Sometimes that has to be explained to the young-ins.

The original question was Gallo for Rubio’s rights. Theres an easy answer to this too. Stingy D posted about how trading for Rubio means waiting 2 years for him to even appear in a NY uniform, amongst other things. Not only that, but for someone who is a pure PG and been playing pro for like 4 years already, he doesn’t seem to handle pressure so well. This is a guy who turned down his NBA career dream because he didn’t like cold weather and didn’t like that he had competition for a starting spot. Screw that hes 18, obviously hes way young. He chose to make himself eligible for the draft and he almost did it last year too.

So a lot of Knick fans want to give Gallinari a chance to prove his worth rather than dump him for a guy we have to wait 2 years for. Gallo wants to be here and wants to play for Coach Pringles. And once those 2 years are up, theres no guarantee he wont change his mind yet again. Do we want that indecisive mind running the show at MSG…the biggest stage in hoops??
Nevermind Minnesota was likely looking for 2 of 3 of Chandler, Lee, or Nate so no way would they take just Gallinari.

He may have been hurt most of last season, but the consensus has been that Gallo can play. If he gets another big back injury this season, THEN maybe we can worry that he is injury prone. I’d much rather have the guy who is getting pissed over missed jump shots in practice, than the guy who isn’t sure he is ‘ready’ to play in the NBA. No doubt, Rubio will be solid if he comes over, but where the hell is his head at??

Oh and when you come out with something stupid like “..Knicks and Rangers fans are annoying.” Don’t expect us to compliment you on your supposed insight. Expect that we are going to point out your own premature judgements and overall idiocracy.