{"id":895897,"date":"2026-09-14T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895897\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:00:10","slug":"danilo-gallinari-kawhi-leonard-landed-me-in-a-mess-with-los-angeles-clippers-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895897\/","title":{"rendered":"Danilo Gallinari: Kawhi Leonard \u2018landed me in a mess\u2019 with Los Angeles Clippers signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saying that Kawhi Leonard<\/a> should be forced to pay back all of his earnings from \u201cno-show\u201d sponsorship deals from his time with the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, Danilo Gallinari<\/a> says the two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player \u201caltered the trajectory of [his] career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on his A Cresta Alta podcast<\/a> (in Italian) alongside his brother Federico Gallinari, Gallinari lambasted Leonard and accused him of forcing him out of Los Angeles. Gallinari and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> were the two players sent to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, along with five first-round picks, as part of the trade to land Paul George<\/a> ahead of Leonard signing with the Clippers in the summer of 2019. He would go on to play one season in OKC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, we ended up taking some great paths \u2014 my year in Oklahoma was fantastic \u2014 but my NBA journey wasn\u2019t shaped by a GM or an owner, like it was [when I was dealt by] the [New York] Knicks [in 2011]; it was shaped by a player,\u201d Gallinari said. \u201cA player who decided the team wasn\u2019t working and wanted something else. And that set off a chain of events that, as you can see, were far from normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old Gallinari, who appeared in 778 career NBA games across 14 seasons, says the $700,000 fine doled out to Leonard as part of the Clippers\u2019 cap-circumvention punishment isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, considering he altered the trajectory of my career and landed me in a mess by shipping me out of Los Angeles, he deserves to pay the full amount,\u201d Gallinari said to his brother. \u201cHe needs to pay every single cent of that money he took. He ought to give it to charity \u2014 since he has to pay it anyway, let it go to a good cause. But first and foremost, he absolutely has to pay it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallinari says he, more than anybody else, felt the effects of Leonard\u2019s move to the Clippers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the one who ultimately paid the price,\u201d Gallinari said \u201cI was the one who suffered the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallinari last played in the NBA during the 2023-2024 season when he spent time with all of the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, Detroit Pistons<\/a> and Washington Wizards<\/a>. He also suited up for the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, Denver Nuggets<\/a> and Knicks.<\/p>\n

Leonard, 35, closed his Clippers chapter on Monday as he was dealt back to the Toronto Raptors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saying that Kawhi Leonard should be forced to pay back all of his earnings from \u201cno-show\u201d sponsorship deals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[712,49,48,310162,75910,75911,459,139173,82],"class_list":["post-895897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-danilo-gallinari-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-456448","tag-kawhi-leonard-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-512591","tag-los-angeles-clippers-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-12","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-25","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}