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Marco Stefano Belinelli (born March 25, 1986 in
San Giovanni in Persiceto) is
an Italian professional basketball player
currently with the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.
He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as a shooting guard.
He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden
State Warriors.
Career
Europe
Prior to his NBA career, Belinelli played for Italy's Virtus Bologna where he had Manu Ginóbili
as a teammate/mentor and Fortitudo Bologna, where he matched
up against Carlos
Delfino in the Italian Lega A
and the Euroleague. At
the age of nineteen, in the 2005, he won the Italian League in the
series against Olimpia Milano,ended 3–1 for Fortitudo
Bologna.
National
team
Belinelli playing for Italy
Belinelli has also played for the Italian national team.
He competed at the 2006 FIBA World
Championship and scored 25 points against the United States
national team in preliminary round play, and averaged 13.5
points per game for the rest of the tournament.
NBA
Golden
State Warriors
After being selected #18 in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft by
the Golden State Warriors, Belinelli
scored 37 points in his first NBA Summer League game against the New Orleans
Hornets, going 14-on-20 from the field, including 5-on-7 from
behind the arc,[2] adding
5 boards, 2 assists and 1 steal to help the Warriors earn a 110–102
win. His performance is tied for second for the highest scoring
game ever in Vegas summer league history, behind Keith Bogans' 38
scored as a member of the Orlando Magic in 2004. Belinelli finished
his Summer League scoring an average of 22.8 points per game in 4
games with the Warriors, before flying back to Italy to be part of the Italian national team for
EuroBasket
2007. In his sophomore year in NBA, he has been improving his
presence in terms of minutes per game, points per game, and assists. On December 19, 2008, he
scored 27 points, his personal best, in a match the Warriors lost
to Atlanta
Hawks.
Toronto
Raptors
On July 30, 2009, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors
for Devean
George,[3] joining
Italian national squad
teammate Andrea
Bargnani.
NBA career
statistics
- (Correct as of 22 December 2009)[4]
Regular
season
| Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
| 2007–08 |
Golden State |
33 |
0 |
7.3 |
.387 |
.390 |
.778 |
.4 |
.5 |
.2 |
.0 |
2.9 |
| 2008–09 |
Golden State |
42 |
23 |
21.0 |
.442 |
.397 |
.769 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
.9 |
.0 |
8.9 |
| 2009–10 |
Toronto |
29 |
0 |
18.7 |
.397 |
386' |
.830 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
.7 |
.1 |
7.6 |
| Career |
|
104 |
23 |
16.0 |
.419 |
.392 |
.796 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.6 |
.0 |
6.6 |
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