Call it revenge or payback - or perhaps simply demonstrating to the Boston Celtics that trading him (Danilo Gallinari) to the Washington Wizards was a mistake (per BasketUniverso's Francesco Manzi):
Boston sold Gallo to the Washington Wizards last month, in the trade that brought Kristaps Porzingis to green and white. From his words, it seems that Gallinari did not take well the fact of being "unloaded" after only one year, spent all in the infirmary among other things.
“I am loaded, I can not wait to play against Boston. As soon as the calendar comes out I will put an X on all the times I play against Boston in Boston” said Danilo Gallinari. A few weeks ago there was also talk of a possible cut by Washington, but that track seems to have cooled down a lot.
There were reasonable hopes regarding Gallo's potenbtial to help bring Baaner 18 to Boston in the 2-22-23 season, but those hopes ended when the Italian star was injured in international play in the summer of 2022. He never took the floor for the Celtics.
Danilo Gallinari made $6,479,000 from the Boston Celtics last season without playing a minute. It’s a shame he got injured, I wish we got to see him play in green, but not sure why he’d be upset with Boston in any way. For trading him?
— Dan Kelley (@DanKelley66) August 1, 2023
(feel free to chime in @gallinari8888) https://t.co/KTCBbLU9Aa
No need for sour grapes from Gallinari. He chose to play for Italy that summer, even with a past injury history and advancing age.
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