The Celtics were finally able to legally negotiate an agreement with veteran Danilo Gallinari on Sunday.
Gallinari will sign a two-year, $13.3 million deal with the Celtics, his agent Michael Tellem told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics signing Gallinari has been expected for over a week, but both sides weren’t able to legally negotiate a contract until the Spurs waived Gallinari and he cleared waivers. Gallinari, who was traded from the Hawks to the Spurs in late June, was waived on Friday and cleared waivers at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
While the Celtics are well above the salary cap, they’re able to sign Gallinari using the taxpayer’s mid-level exception.