Longtime NBA ahead Danilo Gallinari introduced his retirement from basketball Tuesday morning.
Gallinari, 37, spent 16 years within the NBA, taking part in in 14 seasons — and lacking two others with torn ACLs — for a number of groups, starting with the New York Knicks, who chosen him sixth total within the 2008 draft.
Certainly one of 299 gamers, per the Elias Sports activities Bureau, to have performed a minimum of 14 NBA seasons, Gallinari additionally performed for the Denver Nuggets, LA Clippers, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks.
The son of Vittorio Gallinari — a teammate and roommate of longtime NBA head coach Mike D’Antoni whereas the 2 have been members of Olimpia Milano within the Seventies and ’80s — Gallinari is the second-highest drafted Italian participant ever, behind former No. 1 total choice Andrea Bargnani, and his 11,607 factors are probably the most of any Italian participant in NBA historical past.
He was finest identified for his time with the Knicks, the place he was the fresh-faced on-court a part of their rebuilding venture forward of the star-studded 2010 free company class whereas D’Antoni was the pinnacle coach, and with the Nuggets, the place he arrived as a part of the huge commerce that introduced Carmelo Anthony to New York in 2011.
It was in Denver the place Gallinari was a part of a 57-win Nuggets staff in 2012-13 that was made up of a number of of the gamers that got here with him as a part of that Anthony commerce, and appeared able to make a run within the Western Convention playoffs when Gallinari tore his ACL late in that common season.
Accidents have been, sadly, a serious storyline of Gallinari’s profession, as he missed a minimum of 10 video games in all however certainly one of his NBA seasons. He not solely missed two complete seasons — 2013-14 and 2022-23 — to ACL tears, but additionally missed the overwhelming majority of his rookie yr with a again damage.
However when he was on the court docket, Gallinari was a tremendously expert offensive participant — notably given he was 6-foot-10. His 1,456 3-pointers are the sixth-most by any participant in NBA historical past who’s a minimum of that tall. In February 2021 whereas taking part in with the Hawks, he grew to become certainly one of eight gamers in league historical past to hit a minimum of 10 3-pointers whereas coming off the bench.
That season with Atlanta marked the one time Gallinari would make it so far as the NBA’s convention finals in his 14-year profession, whereas he capped off his skilled profession by profitable the Puerto Rican league title, and profitable the championship collection MVP award, with Vaqueros de Bayamon this previous summer time.
Gallinari’s final recreation within the NBA was Sport 6 of the Bucks’ first spherical loss to the Indiana Pacers within the 2024 NBA playoffs.