Danilo Gallinari's injury grants Celtics more than $3 million / News - Basketnews.com

The Boston Celtics will receive $3.29 million Disabled Player Exception for losing Danilo Gallinari for the entire NBA regular season.

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The NBA has granted the Boston Celtics a $3.29 million Disabled Player Exception for the loss of Danilo Gallinari, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported Monday.

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When a DPE is granted, the team acquires an exception that is one-half of the injured player’s salary, up to the equivalent of the Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception.

Gallinari's salary for 2022-23 is $6.479.000. That means Boston's new DPE for Gallinari is for $3.239.500.

Just over a month after signing with the Celtics, Gallinari suffered a torn ACL in late August while playing for the Italian national team at the FIBA World Cup qualifier. He's expected to miss the entire regular season.

In addition to the $3.29 million, Boston has two notable traded player exceptions, worth $6.9 million and $5.9 million that expire just before the February 9 NBA trade deadline.

Boston's DPE expires a month after the trade deadline (March 10), which gives it extra value because the team could use it to acquire a free agent in the buyout market if Brad Stevens sees a roster vacancy.

The DPE also doesn't prohibit Gallinari from returning at any point in the regular season or postseason if he progresses in his rehab. However, if Gallinari was able to return before the DPE is used, or before it expires on March 10, the DPE is lost. That's extremely unlikely, as the Italian forward is expected to miss the rest of this season.

The DPE cannot be aggregated (combined) with any outgoing player salary, nor can it be combined with an existing Traded Player Exception. The DPE must be used by itself and can only be used to acquire one player who fits within the amount of the DPE.

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