Time Is Now For the New York Knicks’ Danilo Gallinari & Wilson Chandler

July 26th, 2010 by Chris Palmieri Leave a reply »
The New look Knicks, as they have been called this offseason, have added an array of new players: Amar'e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Anthony Randolph, and Timofey Mozgov. "The Knicks are back" has been declared by Amar'e himself. New York has added depth, youth and offensive potency into a franchise that has not been a serious competitor for a decade. Because of this newly added talent the Knicks will most likely compete for a playoff spot this year. But what nobody has been talking about are the "old" Knicks. Specifically Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari.

Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari represent two of the five returning players from last year's team. They are coming back from a year that was overshadowed by David Lee's emergent All-Star season. They are the most important players next to Amar'e Stoudemire and are the biggest factors that will lead to the Knicks' success in 2010-11. If the Knicks are going to be a successful team this year, it will be largely dependent on the play and improvement of Chandler and Gallo.

Here's why:

Both Gallo and Chandler put up similar numbers in 2009-10. Chandler averaged 15.3 points a game along with 5.4 r ...

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