Basketball player - NBA Star Danilo Gallinari (@danilogallogallinari) is an Italian professional basketball player for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the new face of the 2019’s D1 Milano campaign. His nickname is Gallo, which is Italian for "rooster".
This year D1 Milano chose to portray talent and attitude. These are a few of the characteristics that embody the pillars of our company.
After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy, Gallinari was drafted sixth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.
He played with the Knicks for two and a half seasons before being traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2011. In 2017, he joined the incredible Los Angeles Clippers.
Some of the remarkable achievements of his professional career are:
2006-07 Starts playing for Olimpia Milan Armani Jeans. He ends the season winning the award as “U22 Best Player”
2007-08 Best Italian scorer (508 points)
2008 Gallinari declares himself eligible for the 2008 NBA Draft
2008 Selected by New York Knicks
2011 Starts playing for Denver Nuggets
2017 Selected by Los Angles Clippers
2019 Nominated for the All Star Games 2019