Danilo Gallinari described his 16-season NBA career as defined by injuries, saying he may be the league's biggest what-if case in recent history. The forward explained that his two anterior cruciate ligament tears came exactly when he was part of teams with genuine championship aspirations.
Two injuries at key moments
Gallinari placed those setbacks in his third season in Denver, when the Nuggets won 57 games, and during his stint with the Boston Celtics after signing as a free agent, two contexts he viewed as capable of contending for a title. The account was published by TalkBasket and ClutchPoints based on the interview given to HoopsHype and journalist Cyro Asseo.
The New York alternative
In that conversation he also reflected on the 2011 trade that sent him from the New York Knicks to Denver in the Carmelo Anthony deal and on how his career might have unfolded had he stayed in New York. The Italian veteran stressed that, despite the frustrating balance, he accepts those episodes as part of a long career at the highest level.
