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Strengths: Feel for the game is tremendous as his creativity and efficiency offensively is unusual for a player his age … Possesses the prototype height and all around skills that the NBA covets at the small forward position … Has legit three point range on his shot … Quality ball handler who is able to bring the ball up the court to initiate fast break opportunities … Fundamentally sound player who understands the game’s nuances … Solid finisher in transition … Defensively demonstrates good effort and intensity … His decently quick hands allow him to get steals … Unselfish player with good court vision that enables him to make point guard quality passes to open teammates … Understands how to get open utilizing screens and will make adjustments depending how the defense plays him, thanks to his basketball IQ … Crafty player who does a great job creating contact to get to the free throw line … Owns a nice step back jumper that, coupled with his height, makes it very difficult to defend … Unlike last year when he settled for the perimeter shot too often, Gallinari has done well this season using hesitation moves on shot fakes to set-up drive opportunities … Extremely confident in his ability - no matter how he is playing he wants the ball in his hands in crucial moments … Plays with toughness that enables him to continue to play unfazed even when defended physically … Versatile player who would have no problem playing the shooting guard position in the NBA … Improved since last year moving without the ball in his hands …
Weaknesses: While there is no doubting his ability to hit the three point shot, Gallinari does struggle with consistency issues … Athletically, he isn’t very explosive and would be considered a slightly below average athlete on the NBA level … This hurts him defensively as he struggles to defend athletic assignments on the perimeter … Some of this will improve as his instincts and, most importantly, his lateral quickness continue to develop … Doesn’t have the blow by speed needed to gain full separation from his defender ... Neglects the mid-range shot too often, which he should utilize more in his game - most of his shots are three pointers or drives to the basket … Despite his size he doesn’t rebound the ball all that well, which speaks a little about his athleticism … Doesn’t move with the greatest of agility as his legs and waist are a bit stiff - while this doesn’t hurt him, most of the time Gallinari’s body control suffers a bit on drives to the basket because of it … Lack of post-up skills prevents him from being able to take full advantage of mismatches … Like most young players, Gallinari could stand to add more strength to his body, but there are some concerns that his athleticism could take a bit of a hit … While he has passing ability, he doesn’t always use it when situations call for it, as he can become too focused on scoring … At nineteen years old he will improve, but his potential isn’t tremendous because he’s not going to grow by vast amounts due to athletic limitations …
Matthew Maurer - 3/13/08
Statistics | |||||||||||||||||
SEASONS |
GP |
FG% |
3PT% |
FT% |
SPG |
BPG |
RPG |
APG |
PPG |
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2006-07 Armani Milan |
42 |
42.3 |
29.9 |
82.3 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
10.8 |
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2007-08 Armani Milan |
41 |
47.3 |
40.5 |
85.0 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
5.9 |
1.4 |
17.6 |
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Totals |
83 |
45.3 |
36.1 |
83.7 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
4.8 |
1.2 |
14.2 |