Gallo would cause huge mismatch problem, and we know how D’Antoni feels about that.
You realize how many guard Gallo could shoot over?
I realize he would have trouble guarding some 2s, but I think Gallo would out produce most of them.
Landry would be the sixth man.

ess-dog:
These stats mean very little since they are not adjusted for pace.only eFG is something to hang your hat on.The fact that Gallo, WC, Stat and basically everybody except Turiaf are below average playmakers for their position probably puts a lot of pressure on Ray to always handle the ball.Maybe Moz can chip in there a little as well?Wishful thinking, I know.
Despite his drawbacks, one useful aspect of Melo is that his assist% is double that of Gallo’s or WC’s so he could take some of the burden to make plays away from Ray.
Just sayin’.  

Agreed. As I noted earlier, pace is the bigger issue

Brian Cronin: Seriously, what the heck kind of a trade is that? Is that seriously going to be it? That? After all this BS and nonsense, that’s the trade?
AR and Chandler?
I mean, don’t get me wrong, I totally think it is a fair trade (I’ve always been “so long as it is only 1 of the 3, I’m cool with it,” but what the heck, media? WC, Fields, AR and Curry is a “lowball” offer and yet it’s going to get done for less than that? How far did all of these people fall on their face with their prognostication of this deal?  

I had the same reaction.

latke:
The part to growl about:
this seems like the real deal to me, and I think it will happen. The article says sometime next week. I think ‘melo will be better than people expect and we’ll be a nice 2nd round playoff team this year. The key to me is that you’ll get Paul pressuring for a trade to NY. That will be the story starting at the end of free agency this summer until it happens (and don’t doubt that it will happen).  

I definitely agree with the Paul part, although no idea where the money to sign him will be coming from.

but a second round team this year? you think Melo instead of Chandler will let us beat Chicago or Orlando? not sure I see that.

Actually check that, Fields will be wide open on every possession and could average 10 offensive rebs per game since he would have a free lane to crash for offensive rebs all game long lol.

Melo is obviously an upgrade over WC, and since AR wasn’t playing anyways, this would basically just be a notable upgrade at WC’s spot.

I know many here will still kill the trade because of the money Melo will be getting paid but man a starting lineup of Felton-Fields-Gallo-Melo-Amar’e could be scary offensively. I know, I know many will say all it is is switching Chandler for Melo whats the difference but tell that to the opposing coaches.