Kid had a decent debut, scoring 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting, to go with 6 boards and 2 dimes in the Knicks 97-94 win over Clevo in the Las Vegas Summer League on Monday.

What made Gallinari’s debut even more impressive is that he bounced back from a start that was exactly the sort of performance his multitude of detractors in the five boroughs anticipated when the Knicks picked him. Not only did he miss his first four shots but Ben Couch, NBA Vegas Summer League blogger, wrote that “He was tentative, seemingly attempting to figure out where he was on the court, getting scored on repeatedly and setting screens Euro-style, shuffling instead of holding his ground.” Shades of Frederic Weis anyone?

Not in these case since Gallinari bounced back so well that Couch, who admits to being skeptical about Danilo, wrote that “(he) looks like he could be a player.”

Obviously it’s going to take more than a decent second half in a Summer League game to convince Knicks fans that Gallinari could be a player but it’s a start.