Danilo Gallinari: Offensive Genius?
We read somewhere that Danilo Gallinari is an “offensive genius,” which is why he could legitimately go anywhere from #3 to #10 in tomorrow’s draft. In our future rookie projections, Andrew compared him favorably to Dirk Nowitzki. If you haven’t seen the kid play, here’s a clip that gives you an idea what he’s working with.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
jimmhumm says:
European version of Joe Alexander
June 25th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
jimmhumm says:
Better J and handles though….
June 25th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
fallinup says:
He’s faster than Dirk. Can finish like Ginobili with a little more control but not much of a dribble (no crossovers???). Mind you, I’m not saying he is a Manu, Dirk caliber type player from what I saw there. Overall, that video is nothing spectacular. One VERY BIG blaring thing missing from that video though……
Defense.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
yoda says:
well, its only one clip, but its nothing special to me. he dunks few times, and it wasn’t like he was above rim or something and he hit few circus shots. plus, he barely jumps when he shoots jump shots
June 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Jim says:
Hmmm, judging from this video and the assumed criteria, Stormile Swift is an offensive savant.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Mister Sun says:
who cares about jumping when shooting, if he is able to shoot over the defender.
look at bird, or billups now.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
You’ve got to be kidding me. I don’t think we can make a fair judgement from this video. They show maybe 6 different clips three times each in slow motion and most of them are dunks. Please. He’s 6′9″. He SHOULD be able to dunk. What’s up with showing that up and under four times like it was Jordan’s last shot against the Jazz in the 98′ finals? He has talent obviously but the “genius” comment is premature.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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June 25th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Plus he’s doing this against Euro players. Let’s see if he can do that with one of the NBA’s better lockdown defenders on him.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Will the fool pedaling this tall dating site please give it a rest. Most likely most of us posters aren’t even over 6 foot.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Logan Light says:
Offensive genius? That might be a little much… Correction: that IS too much. Dude has game I’m sure, but those moves that he pulls off there are things I see my D2 alma mater do on a consistent basis. I guess I’ll let coach know that they all have futures in the NBA…
Ok, that might have been too hasty. Dude is good, maybe even great considering his skill set and height, but not an offensive genius… to suggest that is plain offensive.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
dh says:
all i got to say is EVERYBODY looks good in highlights.
even kwame brown…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEvrcEpf4l8
June 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
hahns says:
dh, i was just going to post that.
btw. WTF is with ths tall dating crap that ppl keep posting.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Soopa says:
He looks exciting. Must admit im not sold on him tho. The NBA another game then the euro game, hard to predict if his game transfers well.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
sans says:
You never see Dirk grabbing alley oops. Ever. Kid has some moves, doesn’t need a cross to blow past defenders, just a seam.
June 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Duke says:
The only thing I’ll remember from that video is the huge bald spot of dude at the 3 minute mark.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Myrie says:
I didn’t witness anything impressive on that video reel.
June 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Brown says:
Didn’t they compare Andrea Bargnani to Dirk a couple years back and people were frothing at the mouth because of his “skills”? Having skill and athleticism doesn’t make you a baller. Heart, determination, intensity, drive, IQ, willingness to improve - these are all things you don’t see in a highlight reel, which wasn’t very impressive anyways. That first alley-oop he wasn’t even above the rim and barely finished it.
My only question is how much will he struggle his first couple years in the NBA? I’ll never get excited about Europeans in the draft because most of them look lost once they reach the NBA. All the Euros who’ve come out in the past number of years have been overrated. When will GMs learn?
June 25th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Billy Sunday says:
Dime is probably behind the tall dating thing I mean they put male enhancement pills ads in the actual magazine
June 25th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Dagomar says:
Nobody’s saying this kid is going to be Dirk. You can’t project greatness from a highlight video. But you can get an idea of a kid’s talent, and the variety of skills he shows in this video and - from the looks of it - his already developed basketball IQ makes him pretty impressive.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
doc says:
I wanna see him do that shit when somebody up in his chest.All Pau post moves went out the window when people started roughing him up.Until they come and prove it them overseas cats are soft to me.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
rk2 says:
overhyped…he is not that fast or athletic…um, a decent nba player at best…i hope the knicks dont pick him…
June 26th, 2008 at 4:45 am
karan says:
the only thing i remember from this video is rage against the machine’s cover of pink floyd
June 26th, 2008 at 5:57 am
nicky says:
@#18
calderon aint overrated, but then again he never had the hype of a bargnani (sp.?), or a gasol or whatever…but nobody’s gonna tell me that dude hasnt proved that he can ball.
exception that proves the rule, maybe.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
FLip says:
“Until they come and prove it them overseas cats are soft to me.” That comment made me laugh so hard my chest hurt… Youre one big expert, are you?