Danilo Gallinari has exercised his $6.8 million player option for the 2023-24 season and will return to the Boston Celtics, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Boston signed the 13-year NBA veteran to a two-year contract (with a second-year player option) last summer with their mid-level exception. However, the veteran tore his ACL playing for Team Italy in a FIBA World Cup qualifier in September.
Gallinari, who will be 35 years old before the start of next year, missed the entirety of the 2022-23 season and will now look ahead to an official debut in Boston, as he said it was an easy choice to sign with the Celtics last summer.