Danilo Gallinari

At 35 years old, Danilo Gallinari has this physical status:

Danilo Gallinari (Italian pronunciation: [dana ri]; born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gallinari was drafted sixth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the New York Knicks after spending his first four years as a professional in his hometown Italy. He was with the Knicks for two and a half seasons before being traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2011. He has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Atlanta Hawks.

Personal life

Vittorio Gallinari's father, along with future head coach Mike D'Antoni), Pallacanestro Pavia, Virtus Bologna, and Scaligera Basket Verona in the Italian league, with Olimpia Milano.

Gallinari has performed as a model for Armani outside of basketball.

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Professional career

Gallinari began playing for Casalpusterlengo in 2004, a team in Serie B1 (third level in Italy).

Gallinari was acquired by Armani Jeans Milano in 2005, allowing him to join Edimes Pavia, a team competing in the Italian league second division championship, so he could gain more experience with extended playing minutes. Despite the fact that he missed only half of the season due to a back injury, he was still named the best Italian player of the Italian league second division championship in 2006, with 14.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.0 steals, and 0.8 assists in 17 games.

Gallinari was recalled by Olimpia Milano in 2006 and later in the ULEB Cup. Gallinari was voted the league's best player under the age of 22, averaging 10.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.0 assists per game in 8 playoff games. He also won the 2007 Italian All Star Game 3-point shootout tournament for the fourth time in a row.

He spent his remaining season with Milano in the top Italian league, finishing first in the league's overall efficiency rankings. In 33 regular season games, he averaged 17.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 steals, and 1.3 assists per game, with 18.1 points, 1.8 steals, and 1.5 assists per game in 8 playoff games.

He played for the first time in the EuroLeague in 2007, where he averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in 11 games. In his last game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, he scored a season-high 27 points, and was named EuroLeague's Rising Star at the end of the season.

Gallinari's deal with Olimpia Milano included an exemption for playing in the United States, effectively removing major encumbrances from preventing him from joining the National Basketball Association, which would have barred him from participating in the National Basketball Association. He declared himself eligible for the 2008 NBA draft on April 23, 2008. Before being drafted into the NBA, Gallinari agreed to an endorsement contract with Reebok. "The Rooster" is Reebok's own sneaker.

Gallinari was drafted sixth overall in the 2008 draft by the New York Knicks. He then signed a two-year deal with the team.

Gallinari would most likely miss the remainder of the season due to back problems just one game into the 2008–09 season. Despite his back pains, he returned to action on January 17th, the Knicks lost to Philadelphia in a game. Gallinari had a season-high 17 points against the Atlanta Hawks on March 4th, shooting 4–5 on three-point field goal attempts.

The Knicks picked up Gallinari's contract option on October 23, 2009, according to him.

Gallinari's roster space was freed up for Gallinari following Quentin Richardson's trade, and Al Harrington was recalled to the bench, head coach Mike D'Antoni named Gallinari a starter two games into the 2009 NBA season. Gallinari scored a career-high 30 points and made eight three-pointers in an overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on October 31, 2009, just shy of tying a Knicks franchise record held by Latrell Sprewell and John Starks. Gallinari defeated the Boston Celtics 104–101 on April 6, 2010, setting a new career record of 31 points.

Gallinari was traded to the Denver Nuggets in a three-team trade on February 22nd, which also involved the Minnesota Timberwolves, which brought Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to New York. In an overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, he nearly tied his career high in just his second game with the Nuggets.

He returned to Italy to play for Emporio Armani Milan during the 2011 NBA lockout.

Gallinari and the Nuggets announced a multi-year contract extension on January 25, 2012.

Gallinari will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season due to an ACL injury, which was revealed on Friday 5 April 2013. He was forced to miss the entire 2013–14 season due to the same injury.

Gallinari returned to the Nuggets on October 29, 2014, scoring seven points on 1-of-8 shooting in a season opener over the Detroit Pistons. Gallinari won by 119-100 over the Orlando Magic on March 22, 2015, scoring on 12-of-21 shootings for his career. Gallinari later set a career high by scoring 47 points in a double overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks on April 10th.

Gallinari signed a two-year deal with the Nuggets on August 3, 2015. In a 115-98 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, he scored a season-high 32 points on Saturday. In a 115-110 victory over the Chicago Bulls on February 5, he set a new season high of 33 points. Gallinari missed the final 22 games of the season due to an ankle injury.

Gallinari scored 22 of his season-high 34 points in the third quarter of the Nuggets' 106-105 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 9, 2017.

The Los Angeles Clippers traded Gallinari from the Denver Nuggets as part of a three-team trade that brought Jamal Crawford, Diamond Stone, and the Clippers' 2018 protected first round draft pick (via Houston) to the Atlanta Hawks and a 2019 second round draft pick from Denver (via Washington) to Denver. Gallinari scored 11 points in the Clippers' season opener, 108-92 over the Los Angeles Lakers on October 19, his first appearance for the Clippers in their season opener. Gallinari returned to action against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 6th after missing a month due to a glute injury. He was ruled out early December 20th and ankle tendons of his left glute muscle at least until January. In a 104-101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, he scored 28 points. He was then refused admission to his right hand after he suffered from a non-displaced fractured fracture on February 27.

Gallinari scored 20 or more points in nine straight games in March 2019, his highest scoring streak of his career.

Gallinari, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, five first-round draft picks, as well as the right to trade two other first-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder for NBA All-Star Paul George were traded on July 10, 2019. Gallinari underwent an appendectomy on August 4, 2019.

Gallinari was acquired by the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for a conditional 2025 second-round pick in a sign-and-trade agreement on November 24, 2020.

Gallinari was up in the final minute against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7, extending Atlanta's advantage to six. The Hawks won their first Eastern Conference Final since 2015 but only their second since moving to Atlanta in 1968.

Gallinari was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Dejounte Murray and Jock Landale on June 30. Gallinari's transfer to the Spurs was cancelled on July 8th.

Gallinari signed a two-year, $13.3 million contract with the Boston Celtics on July 12, 2022.

National team career

Gallinari served on the Italian national team under the age of 16 and 18. He competed in the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and gained the bronze medal at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships. He was later selected for the senior national team to compete in EuroBasket 2007, but he was forced to withdraw due to an injury he suffered in preparations for the tournament. He was called up to the squad that will compete in EuroBasket 2015.

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