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Danilo Gallinari makes a play for Michelle Trachtenberg

The Knicks’ “Italian Stallion,” Danilo Gallinari, has a new love interest — “Gossip Girl” star Michelle Trachtenberg. The NBA heartthrob and the beauty have been spending time together in some of the city’s hottest clubs over the last few weeks. Sources tell us of the 22-year-old, 6-foot-10 “Gallo” and Trachtenberg: “They are seeing each other, but it is very early days. Michelle seems pretty excited about Danilo and was overheard talking about him at the Knicks game recently, saying she really likes him.”

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Trachtenberg wore a Gallinari No. 8 jersey and sat front row at Monday night’s game. She and Gallinari have also been spotted partying at 1Oak and Provocateur in the last week. Gallinari, who hails from Milan, is in his third year with the Knicks. In January, The Post listed him among the hottest bachelors in town. A Knick rep said, “We do not comment on the personal lives of the players.” A rep for Trachtenberg didn’t get back to us.