Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA Insider
Veteran ahead Danilo Gallinari has exercised his $6.8 million participant possibility to go back to the Boston Celtics for the 2023-24 season, his agent, Michael Tellem of Excel Sports activities Control, advised ESPN on Thursday.
Nearest just about attaining a complete healing from a torn ACL in his left knee that led to him to omit the 2022-23 season, Gallinari gets to assemble his franchise debut this yr in what is predicted to be a large function for the Celtics.
Gallinari used to be injured enjoying for his local Italy in a FIBA qualifying sport in August. He had signed a two-year, $13.3 million offer with the Celtics endmost offseason that incorporated the participant possibility for the second one season.
It used to be the second one month Gallinari had torn his left ACL, together with an April 2013 shock that led to him to omit the 2013-14 season.
Gallinari, 34, averaged 11.7 issues in step with sport on 38.1% 3-point capturing for the Atlanta Hawks in 2021-22. In 13 NBA seasons, he has averaged 15.6 issues and four.8 rebounds in step with sport and has made 1,426 profession 3-pointers — the 5th maximum via a participant 6-foot-10 or taller, in line with ESPN Stats & Knowledge.
