Despite losing their first three games, the Knicks must be excited about second-year player Danilo Gallinari.

Already labeled “the best shooter I’ve ever seen” by head coach Mike D’Antoni, Gallinari has walked into his second season guns blazing.

The 6-10 forward is currently leading the league in three-point attempts (12) and makes (6) per game while shooting 50% from beyond the arc in 30 minutes of play.

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Already the 21-year old has set his NBA career highs in points twice in just New York’s first three games.

First he came off the bench to score a then-career high 22 points in the Knicks’ opener vs. Miami, and last night he recorded a career-high 30 points in an overtime loss to the Sixers in his first start of the season.

After a season of injury and inconsistency, Gallinari is averaging 22.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and six three-point field goals a game; makes not misses.

Gallinari is still shooting 46.8% overall from the field, great considering that of the 47 total shots, 36 of them (76%) have been from downtown.

The season just started, and it has been only three games, not enough data to to conclude too much.

However, Gallinari has shot and made enough threes in that time (18-36) to show his confidence and determination this season, not to mention the Knicks’ willingness to develop Danilo Gallinari.