Danilo Gallinari has agreed to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks for the remainder of the season.
Gallinari was waived by the Detroit Pistons after the trade deadline. Gallinari also considered the Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls.
Gallinari previously played for Doc Rivers as members of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Despite receiving interest from the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers ahead of the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers were never close to trading LeBron James. In fact, the Lakers have made it known that their preference is to keep James moving forward.
Rival executives don’t know if James has the same feelings towards the Lakers.
There remains speculation that James desire to play with his son Bronny will be a major factor in what team he plays for in the future. If another team drafts the younger James, his superstar father could choose to go to that team. There’s also a belief that the elder James desire to play with his son could push the Lakers to draft Bronny.
The Lakers ability to potentially land a star ballhandler could factor into James’ willingness to stay too. Los Angeles is known to have some level of interest in Dejounte Murray and Zach LaVine. The Lakers could also think bigger and could look to add an All-Star level player like Trae Young, Donovan Mitchell or Kyrie Irving.
Ty Lue downplayed Kawhi Leonard’s left adductor strain on Wednesday.
“I don’t think it’s that serious. He played through it last game, was experiencing some soreness in the hip, so when the game got out of reach we didn’t bring him back in the fourth quarter to be smart about it,” said Lue.
Leonard’s status for this weekend’s All-Star Game is uncertain.
Sources add that Leonard is still expected to go to Indianapolis for the weekend even if he does not play in the game.
