Danilo Gallinari has exercised his $6.8 million participant possibility for the 2023-24 season and can return to the Boston Celtics, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Boston signed the 13-year NBA veteran to a two-year contract (with a second-year participant possibility) final summer time with their mid-level exception. Nonetheless, the veteran tore his ACL taking part in for Group Italy in a FIBA World Cup qualifier in September.
Gallinari, who might be 35 years previous earlier than the beginning of subsequent yr, missed the whole lot of the 2022-23 season and can now sit up for an official debut in Boston, as he stated it was a straightforward option to signal with the Celtics final summer time.
“When you consider the Celtics — I grew up, with my dad, ever since I used to be slightly child, I used to be a Celtics fan and a Larry Hen fan,” Gallinari stated at his introductory press convention final July. “So, when the Celtics got here on the desk, it was virtually a no brainer,” Gallinari defined.
In his final full season, Gallinari appeared in 66 video games for the Atlanta Hawks, taking part in 25.3 minutes per contest. He averaged 11.7 factors, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.5 assists on 43.4% capturing from the sector and 38.1% capturing from behind the three-point line.
