With 11 games left in what hopes to be the final season of losing in New York, it seems Wilson Chandler will be shut down by the team. In a recent interview, D'Antoni made it clear that if there was no reason to push Wilson to comeback that the team would keep him out of the remaining games.
Chandler has not played since March 15th against Philadelphia in a game where he had a double double (12pts, 11reb.) and showed no signs of injury or fatigue.
What stinks about this situation is that Wilson will have to watch as Toney and Danilo continue to excel with more playing time. In March, both Gallo and Douglas have increased their scoring numbers. Danilo is averaging over 17 per contest and Douglas is averaging 14 for the month. Despite complaints from guys like Al Harrington, D'Antoni has stayed true to the important development of his young players who are under contract for next season.
Wilson will finish the season averaging just over 15 per game shooting a career high 47% while attempting a career high 13 shots per game. It was games like these where Wilson chandler first came onto the NBA radar. He has continued to excel and we should expect more of the same next season.
Friday, March 26, 2010
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I like this move by D'toni. As far as this season we know what we are going to get from Chandler. Give Gallo and Douglas more experience they needed it, and as we can see its giving them both more confidence and Gallo is really learning the NBA game. Hopefully during the offseason Chandler can will go to 5th avenue buy a handle and get rid of his weak costco one.
ReplyDeleteDo you think a handle is something that you can really drastically improve on at this stage? There is no question his is weak, I just wonder how much better it can really get, some guys just don't have a very good handle.
ReplyDeleteI mean yes, but if you don't have the fundamentals down pat. When your throw into a game time situation your gonna have to count your steps and know what moves your gonna do before you do them. If you get the fundamentals down to the point where you dont have to think anymore it will make you fast and all you have to do is react to whatever the defense throws at you, is how i look at it. And i agree i dont know how much better Chandlers handle can get. But i hope he can improve it
ReplyDeleteGreat call on the fundamentals. You're right and I too hope Wil can improve and add a move or two to his repertoire.
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