Boston ahead Danilo Gallinari suffered a torn ACL in his left knee whereas taking part in for the Italian nationwide workforce, the Celtics introduced Friday, an harm that might trigger him to overlook all the 2022-23 NBA season.

Gallinari beforehand tore the identical ACL in April 2013 and missed all the 2013-14 season after present process a pair of surgical procedures. The everyday restoration time for an ACL tear is six to 12 months, and a supply instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Gallinari is set to try to return in some unspecified time in the future late within the 2022-23 season.

The 34-year-old Gallinari was injured Saturday throughout a FIBA World Cup qualifying recreation in opposition to Georgia. He grabbed his left knee after a bounce go within the lane earlier than hobbling over to the sideline, holding the again of the knee as trainers rushed to his assist. Gallinari then limped to the locker room with the assistance of a workers member and a teammate.

The Italian workforce had introduced that Gallinari suffered a torn meniscus.

Gallinari signed a two-year, $13.2 million contract — together with a participant choice for the second season — with the Celtics as a free agent final month. The sharpshooting ahead, who averaged 11.7 factors and shot 38.1% from 3-point vary throughout 66 video games for the Hawks final season, was introduced in — alongside Malcolm Brogdon, whom Boston acquired in a commerce with the Indiana Pacers in July — to bolster the Celtics’ depth and provides them some extra offensive punch after the Jap Convention champions noticed their offense battle at instances of their NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors. Gallinari has by no means performed within the Finals over his 13 NBA seasons.

Lengthy thought of one of many NBA’s elite-shooting huge males, Gallinari is a profession 38.2% 3-point shooter, and his 1,426 profession 3-pointers ranks 23rd amongst energetic gamers and third — behind Kevin Durant and Kevin Love — amongst gamers 6-foot-10 or taller.

Based on ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the Celtics will be capable of apply for a delegated participant exception to exchange Gallinari. That can give the Celtics $3.2 million to both signal, commerce for or declare a participant on an expiring contract value as much as that quantity.

Together with Al Horford‘s practically totally assured deal, Boston has 11 assured contracts on its roster together with a number of gamers with nonguaranteed or partially assured offers anticipated to combat for roster spots in coaching camp.