Boston (United States), 12 July 2022 – “The place I’ve always dreamed of”. With these few words and a photo of him in a green-and-white shirt Danilo Gallinari has in fact formalized its transition to the Boston Celtics. The “Gallo”, after being cut by the San Antonio Spurs, where he had arrived in the trade that led Dejounte Murray to wear the Atlanta Hawks jersey, has in fact dissolved the reserves by rejecting the flattery of other important franchises such as the Miami Heat and signing a one-year contract with an option for the second in favor of the player for a total of 13 million dollars. Money that is added to another 12-13 million that the player will receive after the cut from San Antonio. Originally, in fact, Gallinari would have been guaranteed to receive only 5 of the 20 million contract envisaged for the third year of the three-year contract signed with Atlanta in 2020, but an agreement with Spurs at the time of his “landing” in San Antonio and before the cut raised this figure.
The “Gallo”, who has returned from a season in which he traveled at an average of 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists, thus crowns the dream of landing with an important role – he will probably be the first spearhead to come off the bench between the wings – in a team ready to fight for the title as already demonstrated in the last “Finals” and joins another important addition such as Malcolm Brogdon that not later than a few days ago he married the Celtics project. Two shots welcomed with great favor by team star Jayson Tatum: “It’s fantastic and great for us – commented the green-and-whites number 0 -. They are two experienced players who can make us take a further leap in quality. I am thrilled with their arrival ”.