Gallinari Explains First Knee Surgery

Feb 27, 2014; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari shoots the ball prior to the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports

Danillo Gallinari has been pushing hard to get back on the court for the Denver Nuggets. He has been rehabbing and is looking good to go for the Nuggets season opener. He recently came out and talked about his first knee procedure that ultimately failed and resulted in him getting a new surgery. Obviously, the injury forced him out of Nuggets lineup all season last year, and he didn’t have kind words for his surgeon.

He told cbssports this.

"“I feel great. I am ready to return seven months after my last knee surgery. I had a few contact practices in Milan. Now I have to re-gain confidence and be ready. I will need to be patient because after more than a year without basketball you have to work also on the mental aspect. But I want to be a better player than before the injury” said Gallinari. “Steadman? It is clear that if I could go back, I would not go to Steadman Clinic.I will write a book on my last year and half with some things never told. But it is better not to talk about that. I just say that one month after my surgery, Steadman said that he would not work anymore. I made a wrong choice but he was considered one of the best surgeons and his clinic was within a hour’s drive from Denver. Now I see what happened to Giuseppe Rossi, Westbrook, Vonn and many other maybe not famous that went to his Clinic.”"