Should international players be playing in the intense, high-volume of play tournaments like the European Basketball Championship — better known as the EuroBasket — so close to the start of the next NBA season? The Boston Celtics likely wish Danilo Gallinari hadn’t — but shouldn’t it still be his decision?
With the 2022-23 preseason slate of games less than a month away and players from Europe potentially playing in them until just before preseason kicks off, there is a case to be made that such participation could be disruptive to the rest and recovery needed as well on the basis of injury risk.
