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It is such a luxury to have a talented and deep bench, and they are a big reason why we are winning on the road. Whilst it appears we have a 8 man rotation set, some night the likes of Birdman and Brewer are called upon to play 20+ mins. Dre, Al, Rudy, Brew and Bird form an energetic bench that help keep our starters fresh. Right now, our bench contributes each game on average - 17 rebs, 12 asts, 5 stls and 47 points. Our 3 game road winning streak proves how valuable our bench is:

Vs Bucks - Brewer scored 22 points in 34 mins with Rudy out
Vs 76ers - Dre had a near trip dub with 28, 10 and 8
Vs Wizards - Big Al had 29 pts and was huge down the stretch

Playing the Knicks tomorrow is gonna be huge for some of these guys who were traded and/or let go by New York - Gallo, Mozzy and Brewer.

Don't forget the Knicks let big Al walk too

An all-roleplayers team isn't going to go far. It's easy to win in the regular season with this team, but nobody can step up in the playoffs.

role player and Gallinari in the same sentence, doesn't sound right to me

Yet that's exactly what he is.

almost famous wrote:An all-roleplayers team isn't going to go far. It's easy to win in the regular season with this team, but nobody can step up in the playoffs.

we've only seen this team in the playoffs once against a tough thunder team who had a home court advantage. that team was only together for about 20 games. so we'll but it is way too early to judge what this team can do in the playoffs, and calling gallo a role player is absurd. afflalo is a role player. gallo is playing much better and still has a lot of room to improve.

almost famous wrote:Yet that's exactly what he is.

You must consider Rudy Gay a role player too, since Gallo is outproducing his best seasons as of now.
And same thing goes for 30+ years old Pierce, and Granger's last two seasons.

Absurd? The guy isn't blowing people away with numbers. There are a lot of guys in the league who can score if they were given a situation like his, but that doesn't make them role players.

Perhaps we have a different meaning of the term "role-player". I've watched most Nugget games since the trade, and I haven't seen much that would leave me to believe Gallo can be the star player on a serious contender.

almost famous wrote:Absurd? The guy isn't blowing people away with numbers. There are a lot of guys in the league who can score if they were given a situation like his, but that doesn't make them role players.

Perhaps we have a different meaning of the term "role-player". I've watched most Nugget games since the trade, and I haven't seen much that would leave me to believe Gallo can be the star player on a serious contender.

mmmmh... as SF starter on a your serious contender outside of Lebron, Durant, (and maybe Carmelo) who would you see then before Gallinari?

At the moment, those are the only three small forwards I can see leading a contending team. I don't think Melo is even a question, if he's surrounded by the right pieces.

Gallo averages the same numbers as Manu Ginobilli. Is Manu a roleplayer?

^^^ Manu averages 20/4.5/6 per36, Gallois at 18/5.5/3
While I agree Gallo is more than a roleplayer (fringe all-star as of now IMO), comparing him to the likes of Ginobili is still madness. 36 minutes of Manu = DWade

Manu's career stats: 15/4/4/1.5, .426 FG%

Gallo's this season: 17/5/3/1.7, .462 FG%

Whilst it is unfair to compare Manu's entire career stats and Gallo's current career best season, I don't think it's mad to say Gallo's prime is an SF version of Manu. Don't get me wrong, Manu is the much better player but All-Star isn't out of the question for Gallo in a couple of seasons.

eathb_au wrote:Gallo averages the same numbers as Manu Ginobilli. Is Manu a roleplayer?

Because stats are everything? Look at the pace the Spurs play at compared to the Nuggets, the fact that manu averages higher stats in a much slower pace does not prove that Gallo is a future superstar, or all star for that matter.

Nothing I have seen from Gallo indicates that he will ever be the best player on a great team, hell right now it is arguable if he is even in the top 2 of the Nuggets right now, and they are just a good team.