Also, I agree – our ability to shoot from the outside as a team has really gone up in the past few years. We suddenly have a plethora of guys that can hit the three with the additions of Gallinari, Chandler, and Felton, who are hitting 35%, 36% and 35% respectively. Nothing special there, but still all are options when you need a guy to hit an outside shot.

There’s also been a lot said about losing our “go-to” guy in Carmelo, and that’s one thing that this new batch of “Knuggets” doesn’t address. I think we’ve seen though that there are several guys capable of filling that role going forward, even if there isn’t one clear cut winner. Afflalo, Felton, Chandler, and even Kenyon Martin via a free-throw put back have all hit game winning or game clinching shots in the waning moments since the trade.

You are totally right on both corrections – thanks. I’ve edited both items in the article to set the facts straight. Gallinari did indeed score 30 but in an OT loss, in which he also ended up spraining his ankle in late in the game. I had heard that Masai worked under Colangelo, so I had incorrectly assumed it was Jerry Colangelo in Phoenix, when it was actually Bryan Colangelo in Toronto!