"Anonymous Anonymous said...
Regarding Knicks: Since you admit you essentially know nothing about the pick or the Knick's situation, why not offer a grade of "Inc." rather than a "D."
I have a feeling Gallinari is going to be one of the big positive surprises of the draft.
June 29, 2008 1:41 PM"
I started to respond in the comments section but it got long and I decided to make it another post.
First of all, I apologize for the poor formatting of the post (I definitely don't have this whole Internet thing down) but the grade I assigned actually comes AFTER the blurb so I gave the Knicks a C.
All I know about Gallinari is that he has the reputation of being an offensive player. One of the problems with the Knicks for years now has been they have too many guys looking out for their own stats and not enough guys willing to play defense and the role of distributor. Based on what I read about Gallinari, that is not a great fit.
Then again, you could make the argument that D'Antoni is trying to start over and Gallinari will be a better fit with the plans he has in mind. If the Knicks are going to get blown up shortly that could impact my opinion of this pick.
Further, what this illustrates is how stupid of an exercise it is to do what I did. People, myself included, like to look at draft night in a vacuum and say who had the best day and who had the worst day or even do something stupider and assign arbitrary grades for each team. This completely ignores that the draft is only a small part of an off-season and a single off-season is only a small part of putting a team together, especially for a team like the Knicks that need a lot of work.
At the same time, I love the draft and feel the need to throw some thoughts out there so just by the nature of the task you're bound to read some pretty stupid things.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I really appreciate the comment!
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