Danilo Gallinari on suiting up for World Cup: 'I don't know if it's going to happen this summer'

In a series like the Eastern Conference finals, where the first two games were really close and the Heat’s bench has outperformed the Celtics, it would be easy and fair to agree Gallinari may have helped a little, shrug and then get ready for a busy offseason in Boston. That is the next time Gallinari could realistically play in a game — for the Italian national team at the 2023 FIBA World Cup in the Philippines. “I think it’s something, just like every year, where I sit down with the team (the Celtics) and see what’s going on,” Gallinari said. “I’m far away from playing in a game. I’ve started doing a little bit of contact but not like game-type of contact.” -via The Athletic / May 23, 2023

The NBA is curbing the ability of the highest-spending teams, such as the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers, to continue running up salary and luxury tax spending while still maintaining mechanisms to add talent to the roster. The NBA is implementing a second salary cap apron — $17.5 million over the tax line — and those teams will no longer have access to the taxpayer mid-level in free agency. Those changes will be eased into the salary cap over a period of years. Under these changes, Golden State’s Donte DiVincenzo, Milwaukee’s Joe Ingles, Boston’s Danilo Gallinari and former Clippers guard John Wall wouldn’t have been able to sign with those teams last summer. -via ESPN / April 1, 2023

Jay King: Danilo Gallinari said a playoff return is “still in my head” but he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to actually do it. Said he’s on schedule with his rehab but still has “a long way to go.” -via Twitter @ByJayKing / March 23, 2023