Danilo Gallinari "What we are Fighting for is More Important Than Free Agency"

Danilo Gallinari is set to become a free agent at the end of this season. He could have sat out in order to avoid injury or something more serious, We'll tell you why he chose to come back.

Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari will be a free agent at the end of this season. It can be argued that skipping the NBA restart to avoid injury or unforeseen effects from the coronavirus would be in his best interest. Still, Gallinari doesn't see it that way. 

"We are fighting for something, and I think that what we are fighting for and what we play for is more important than the free agency I am going to approach."..."We are trying to win something, to go far."

Brooklyn Nets forward Taurean Prince has tested positive for the coronavirus and will sit out the NBA’s restart, per @wojespn

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DeAndre Jordan
Spencer Dinwiddie
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Gallinari adds that he doesn't want to see all the work the Thunder did since last September go to waste. Davis Bertans of the Washington Wizards has torn his ACL twice and is up for a big payday after having a career year won't be making the trip.  

 Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics points out that anyone who is in line for an extension or to become a free agent is taking a significant risk by participating in the restart. "[There's] a lot of guys in my situation; a lot of guys are going to be free agents," 

 "We've been off for four months, not being able to be in the facility."..."Obviously, we're supposed to stay at home and not having the normal access that we would have to the training facility or the weight room or the gym." 

"And then, [we're] kind of being asked to ramp up and pick it back up at such a rapid pace and go down there and play."... "Guys are putting a lot on the line."

 Even with some danger involved Gallinari and his agent never went down that road. "I never thought about not playing for my free agency."

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