I feel like this is going to be a Jason Terry / Michael Finley type signing. Hope and excited quickly squashed out by the realization that you are signing an old man whose wheels have fallen off.
He's not that old - 34 in August.
With a lot of injuries and lost quickness at 6-10.
He never was quick so not sure what he lost. He’s very stiff and not switchable on defense. Can see him more as small ball stretch 5 but more to give Al and Rob rest during regular season. Just don’t see his fit for us defensively. Ime must be rolling his eyes right now. But the guy can score. Great shooter, especially against Celtics!!
The guy that is good defensively and adds punch offensively doesn't exist for what we have to offer
This sorta reminds me of Bryan Colangelo in Toronto.
TOR's biggest need was 3pt shooting so they went out and signed Jason Kapono (one of the league's best 3pt shooters) only Kapono was a terrible defender & rebounder who contributed nothing outside of shooting 3s so he made the team worse despite improving the team's weakness.
Next summer TOR's biggest need was rebounding (in part due to Kapono's inability to rebound) so Colangelo went out and signed Reggie Evans. One of the league's finest rebounders. Only Reggie Evans was a terrible defensive player and god-awful offensive player who made the team worse despite fixing that rebounding problem.
Guys who fix one problem while creating new bigger problems for the team.
Focus on a singular issue (3pt shooting or rebounding, in our case bench scoring & shooting) while paying too little attention to the overall quality of the player and whether he makes the team better or not.
Marginal additions who cause new problems but we focus only on what good things they offer while ignoring the bad.
So you think the team hasn't considered everything that he can bring to the team? You think they don't have a vision for the player and what he can add? Or maybe you see a guy available off the scrap heap that can do both and is willing to sign? Or, maybe we shouldn't add anyone since you know, any of those players are going to make us worse?
But sure, the issue of using the mle (and frankly even the tpe) was always going to be a crapshoot. In my mind anyone we got was either going to have flaws or be about as good as the guys we're trying to upgrade (i.e., PP and Theis). That was the deal going in so how can someone be unhappy when that is what we get?
The way I look at it, Gallo will help us win regular season games at the very least while eating minutes to keep guys fresher. As for the playoffs, he's been there before so I'm sure he knows what he's doing. If he's not playable, he's not playable. But I'm not going to hem and haw when I didn't come back with something classy while shopping and pick and save.