Per Ken Berger on Twitter..
Denver smoking some strong shit. They gave Affalo a crazy deal too. LOL.
42 mil is reasonable. It's about half of a max contract, and he'll still be tradeable at that salary.
That's Shandon Anderson money! But he probably will earn it.
Always liked Gallo, but i figured he was getting that much and i'm glad we aren't spending almost 20% of our salary cap on a good role player. When you are trying to build a championship team it is all about finding quality role players for far less money, such as mid-level or cheaper. Only exception would be paying market value for a quality center, which is acceptable. But paying gallo and afflalo that sort of money won't lead you anywhere but the first round every year.
he got half what Melo got and $3mil less than David Lee per year
Look at it this way
What were you going to give Felton/Nelson/Nash? Perhaps $7MM
Gallo (10.5MM next season)
17.4pts 5.2rbs 2.4ass 1.7stls 1.7tos 46%
11.5fga a game
Carmelo (21.4MM + Balkman 1.67MM)
24.1pts 7.1rbs 4.2ass 1.3stls 3.2tos 40%
20fga a game
It's interesting you call Gallo medicore because is playing medicore and making everyone on his team worse with his selfish play. He's shooting almost 9 more shots a game and turning it over at a high percentage and shooting a low percentage
So for 23MM that's what you get. I take the Gallo contract and another player all day long.
Seems like a reasonable contract to me. When you look at what other players are earning, this really is not out of line.
If both sides are happy , then its a good deal for all!
Very fair deal. Denver probably drafted it right after he dropped 37 on the Knicks fearing he'd ask for more lol.
gunsnewing wrote:he got half what Melo got and $3mil less than David Lee per year
That David Lee contract is terrible! Gallo is a good fit for denver, and denver for Gallo- he doesn't have to be the man, and it's a deep team, so his team mates will cover for him the games that he plays passively. $10mil per year sounds a lot, but lets be honest, how many players get signed to bargain contracts?
I wonder what happens to Mosgov- doesn't his contract run out after this season?
Gallo is going to be the man in Denver. He is averaging 17.5pts and he is still very young. Should average 20 next year and who knows what his selling is 30pts per game?
Maybe this will end all of the inane threads about people wishing he would come back now
gunsnewing wrote:Gallo is going to be the man in Denver. He is averaging 17.5pts and he is still very young. Should average 20 next year and who knows what his selling is 30pts per game?
Nah, this is Gallo's 4th year in the league, he's 23/24 years old- he's pretty much the player he is- I don't see him increasing his scoring by 13 points per game in the years ahead! He'll have games where he scores 30 odd points, but then he'll have just as many where he only scores 10- that's the kind of player he is.
matt wrote:Maybe this will end all of the inane threads about people wishing he would come back now
There's no reason it should. MS made the case quite well above.
LOVE Gallo. Glad he's finding success in Denver. I really would've liked to keep him, but that's how it goes when Dolan gets involved.
He'll be 28 when this deal goes and right in the prime. Even if "only" makes another 11 mil a year he would have made like 90mil in his career.
Say after expenses and taxes and does not procreate with mad abandon outside of a marriage he can walk away with 30+ mil without buying Briggs type stocks!
Decent investment return he won't have to worry about money. His celeberty in Italy will only increase as would endorsements.
I hope he has a long and healthy career! Bravo Gallo!
And..........
May Melo also succeed in NY!
With Melo's salary + Balkman
vs
Gallo extended
Wislon Chandler extended
MosGoV
not to mention the production of Felton, especially for his salary and the picks: 2 GS 2nd rounders, 1st round picks, 1 possible swap,
smackeddog wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Gallo is going to be the man in Denver. He is averaging 17.5pts and he is still very young. Should average 20 next year and who knows what his selling is 30pts per game?
Nah, this is Gallo's 4th year in the league, he's 23/24 years old- he's pretty much the player he is- I don't see him increasing his scoring by 13 points per game in the years ahead! He'll have games where he scores 30 odd points, but then he'll have just as many where he only scores 10- that's the kind of player he is.
LOL
Wow, this is so based on nothing seeing the guy never stopped to improve his game (O and D), came as a shooter, then morphed into a foul magnet driving machine...
Man, you gave a new meaning to biased there.
raven wrote:smackeddog wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Gallo is going to be the man in Denver. He is averaging 17.5pts and he is still very young. Should average 20 next year and who knows what his selling is 30pts per game?
Nah, this is Gallo's 4th year in the league, he's 23/24 years old- he's pretty much the player he is- I don't see him increasing his scoring by 13 points per game in the years ahead! He'll have games where he scores 30 odd points, but then he'll have just as many where he only scores 10- that's the kind of player he is.
LOL
Wow, this is so based on nothing seeing the guy never stopped to improve his game (O and D), came as a shooter, then morphed into a foul magnet driving machine...
Man, you gave a new meaning to biased there.
How am I biased? I like gallo, I just think people over rate him- is it really realistic to think gallo will average 30pts per game? Sure he improved each year, and that was fun to watch, but his scoring has stayed steady- also while he became great at drawing fouls, his 3pt shooting has declined. Players are pretty much what they are by their fifth year, sure they hone their skills a bit but they rarely radically improve.
smackeddog wrote:raven wrote:smackeddog wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Gallo is going to be the man in Denver. He is averaging 17.5pts and he is still very young. Should average 20 next year and who knows what his selling is 30pts per game?
Nah, this is Gallo's 4th year in the league, he's 23/24 years old- he's pretty much the player he is- I don't see him increasing his scoring by 13 points per game in the years ahead! He'll have games where he scores 30 odd points, but then he'll have just as many where he only scores 10- that's the kind of player he is.
LOL
Wow, this is so based on nothing seeing the guy never stopped to improve his game (O and D), came as a shooter, then morphed into a foul magnet driving machine...
Man, you gave a new meaning to biased there.
How am I biased? I like gallo, I just think people over rate him- is it really realistic to think gallo will average 30pts per game? Sure he improved each year, and that was fun to watch, but his scoring has stayed steady- also while he became great at drawing fouls, his 3pt shooting has declined. Players are pretty much what they are by their fifth year, sure they hone their skills a bit but they rarely radically improve.
Tell that to Chauncey Billups.
