Nick galis

[konkmv]

For celtics fans over 40.. living in greece watching his career in europe makes me wonder... a guy who could win by himself teams with sabonis drazen divac at their prime... scoring like a beast... he could be a scoring threat next to larry... great handling, speed, lower body strength, jumping, attacking the rim scoring in variety of ways... would be hudge if we kept him... even though he was short... but IT is not the tallest player in the world either
Find some videos in the net.. there is even one of him playing next to larry in a college all star game..

[iadera]

Yes, I am from Croatia and I remember him and Giannakis, Fassoulas, Christodoulu, a great team facing Yugoslavia and later Croatia so many times at the EC and WC, Olympics as well.
Although, Galis was a marvelous player it always stands the same question as for any other European player who never tried overseas, was he good enough for the NBA? My opinion is that only Petro, Kukoc, Divac and maybe a Celtic Dino Rađa were on this level. Today, there are plenty of them, but thanks to the level of european basketball now; much faster, phisically more dominant than previous years.
Anyway, Galis was a hack of a player. Enjoyed watching him in Aris jersey as well.

[trickybilly]

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[ashanm10]

@konkmv kai esi ellhnas? gia pes xD

[ederson]

I was able to watch Galis in his prime and i consider myself very lucky although to be honest was painfull at times watching him torching my team(well every team) time after time

I was thinkig about this a few days ago and found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUdOiTjIcxo
Galis and Bird together.....

[greece66]

Being Greek and given that Galis was drafted by the C's I often ask myself whether he could have made it in the NBA.

There are several problems here:

-he was 6ft and playing SG

-he scored mostly from the mid-range

-by natural inclination he enjoyed being the leader of his team

I think it made a lot more sense for him to a top-5 player in Europe than a mediocre bench player in the NBA; in any case, the NBA never gave him a chance, so we'll never know.

[ederson]

In college Galis was the complete opposite of the payer we watched in Europe
He was a pass first PG and pretty good defender.

I think he could have been a nice rotation player. 

I am happy though he opted for a carrier in europe

[slamtheking]

Being Greek and given that Galis was drafted by the C's I often ask myself whether he could have made it in the NBA.

There are several problems here:

-he was 6ft and playing SG

-he scored mostly from the mid-range

-by natural inclination he enjoyed being the leader of his team

I think it made a lot more sense for him to a top-5 player in Europe than a mediocre bench player in the NBA; in any case, the NBA never gave him a chance, so we'll never know.

At the time he was playing, a 6ft SG wouldn't have been as much of an issue and it seems like he'd be more of a combo guard (ala Joe Dumars). 

Mid-range shooting was just fine in the early 80's before the 3-pt shot came into play.  it wasn't exploited back then as it is now.

if he could have been a solid rotation player in the NBA where he'd provide solid backup as our 3rd guard, he may have been just enough to get the C's to more than 1 finals in Bird's first 4 years.  If he as a solid PG, he may have prevented the meltdown the C's had in the '83 playoffs where they were swept by the Bucks.  (that could have also prevented the DJ trade which may or may not have been a good thing with a younger PG available for the 84-87 title runs)

[gift]

Somehow I only heard about Nick Galis a few years ago. Sounds like an intriguing "what if"

[konkmv]

Ναι

[PAOBoston]

Now I've seen it all. A Nikos Galis thread on CB.

[ashanm10]

Now I've seen it all. A Nikos Galis thread on CB.

hahah XD padou imaste leme xd

[apc]

Now I've seen it all. A Nikos Galis thread on CB.

Its not the first one, Galis thread come up every now and than.

I did enjoy watching him as a kid, he had some great matches playing vs Maccabi. 

[konkmv]

I hoped celtics would manage to draft papagiannis...  Or adetokunpo some years ago.. Both will have great careers... 

[greece66]

Being Greek and given that Galis was drafted by the C's I often ask myself whether he could have made it in the NBA.

There are several problems here:

-he was 6ft and playing SG

-he scored mostly from the mid-range

-by natural inclination he enjoyed being the leader of his team

I think it made a lot more sense for him to a top-5 player in Europe than a mediocre bench player in the NBA; in any case, the NBA never gave him a chance, so we'll never know.

At the time he was playing, a 6ft SG wouldn't have been as much of an issue and it seems like he'd be more of a combo guard (ala Joe Dumars). 

Mid-range shooting was just fine in the early 80's before the 3-pt shot came into play.  it wasn't exploited back then as it is now.

if he could have been a solid rotation player in the NBA where he'd provide solid backup as our 3rd guard, he may have been just enough to get the C's to more than 1 finals in Bird's first 4 years.  If he as a solid PG, he may have prevented the meltdown the C's had in the '83 playoffs where they were swept by the Bucks.  (that could have also prevented the DJ trade which may or may not have been a good thing with a younger PG available for the 84-87 title runs)

Good points.

I guess what I was trying to say was that IMO his offensive game would not have translated well in the NBA. NBA bigs would have made his life much more difficult.

He might have become an OK backup SG or combo guard if you prefer, but again, given his personality, it suited him much better to be the leader in a lesser league than an average player in the best one. So the rejection from the NBA turned to his benefit- at least this is how I see it.