Celtics F Danilo Gallinari opts in for 2023-24

Forward Danilo Gallinari exercised his $6.8 million option and will return to the Boston Celtics in the 2023-24 season, ESPN reported Thursday.

Gallinari, 34, has yet to play for the Celtics since signing a two-year, $13.3 million free-agent contract with Boston last offseason. He tore his left ACL in August while playing for Italy in a FIBA qualifying game and missed the 2022-23 season.

He also missed the 2013-14 seaso