NBA Offseason 2020: 5 potential landing spots for Danilo Gallinari

Danilo Gallinari is exactly the type of player several contending teams need to add.

While it took him a while to get going in the NBA, Danilo Gallinari has been one of the best stretch forwards for the last decade in the league. A 6-foot-10 big with a sweet three-point stroke and solid passing ability, Gallinari, who spent last season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, has had the two highest single-season scoring averages of his career over the last two years.

Gallinari will be eyeing a contender considering Oklahoma City’s likely rebuild, and these five teams could all be intriguing spots for the Italian sharpshooter.

Look for Danilo Gallinari to land with one of these five teams

While the James Harden and Russell Westbrook rumors are evolving with each passing second, the band is still together in Houston under new head coach Stephen Silas. Even though Mike D’Antoni and Daryl Morey are gone, Houston is going to play another up-tempo, high-velocity style of play given their roster. This team will always be in the market for shooting, and a roster that played 6-foot-5 PJ Tucker at center needs size more than any other team in the league. Gallinari would check both of those boxes with one move.

Gallinari has been shooting more than ever over the last few years, but his 42 percent clip proves that Silas should have the utmost confidence in Gallinari letting it rip. Gallinari is not going to demand the ball, but Harden can rely on him to finish off a jumper after he penetrates and kicks it out to the wing. Even though things are a bit shaky in Houston right now, Morey’s formula and roster construction has made them a perennial playoff team, and Gallinari looks like the perfect role player for an offense that plays as fast as they do.