We had a chance to listen to Danilo Gallinari speak right after he was selected at the draft. Take a read of the transcript given to us courtesy of ASAP Sports.

Q: Talk about your feelings about being picked.

DG: I’m so excited, I have no words. It’s a dream for me and I really don’t know what to say. I’m so excited and happy to be here

Q: As I am sure you already know for the most part, European players are pretty much hit or mis; can you explain what makes you different then any other European player?

DG: I just don’t know. I like to say to journalist and coaches that say this — I don’t know, I let you say that.

Q: Were you expecting to go to the Knicks?

DG: I didn’t really know where I was going, so to be here, I am so happy, but I didn’t know.

I know this is a dream come true for you, but was it hard to hear the boos when your name was announced and the city you were going to play in?

DG: It’s part of the game, all of the players have go to hear this. Not ever time you can hear good things. So it’s normal here.

Q: Being a foreign-born player, was it important to be in a big city like New York where some players who have wound up in smaller cities say its a harder adjustment; Was that on your mind?

DG: Yes, I think its a good situation for that, and I think New York is similar to Milan and I would like to be here, and it’s nice.

Q: How familiar are you with Coach D’Antoni?

DG: If I met him? Oh, I met him only one time. My father knows him. I don’t know him like my father. So I met him only one time six years ago.

Q: Do you feel it was unfair to get booed since they don’t really know you or your game?

DG: No I feel normal and comfortable with that. I have no problem and it’s my work to prove to everybody that I am a good player

Q: for people that have not seen you play, what NBA player would you say you are most similar to?

DG: I really don’t know. I will try to bring my European game. Mike D’Antoni played many years in Europe. I played in Europe and now to be here, I don’t really know how to compare me to another player; I don’t know.

Q: How much do you know about the Knicks franchise and the hard times they have fallen on the past few seasons?

DG: I know, I have seen some cassettes in Italy, and I remember the time when Ewing was playing here and New York was doing so well. IN the last two or three year, they didn’t do so well, but I hope in the future that they come back.

Q: Did to talk to Andrea and Mark about this process?

DG: We didn’t talk so much about the process because when we came for the European Championships, everybody was talking about the NBA to them and I didn’t want to rock the boat and talk about the NBA, so we talked about other things.