Brent Lewis, The Denver Post)
When the Nuggets signed Danilo Gallinari to a lucrative contract extension, they had this in mind.
When Gallinari re-signed with the Nuggets, for three years and $45 million, he had this in mind.
Playing out of his mind.
Exaggeration? Maybe. But Gallinari, the Nuggets veteran forward, is playing some of the best basketball of his career, perhaps his best basketball. Things are coming together for him in a way they haven't since late in the 2012-13 season before a torn ACL derailed everything.
In January Gallinari has been attacking the rim relentlessly and with purpose, rebounding at a higher level and making the plays required of a lead player.