Marco Belinelli

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Marco Belinelli
Position Shooting guard
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg)
League NBA
Team Golden State Warriors
Jersey #18
Born March 25, 1986 (1986-03-25) (age 22)
San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
Nationality Italian
Draft 18th overall, 2007
Golden State Warriors
Pro career 2001–present
Former teams Virtus Bologna (2001-2003)
Fortitudo Bologna (2003-2007)
Official profile Info Page

Marco Stefano Belinelli (born March 25, 1986, in San Giovanni in Persiceto) is an Italian professional basketball player.

He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as a shooting guard, and he is considered to be one of Italy's greatest basketball talents. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

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[edit] Career

[edit] 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 met Carlos Delfino in the Italian Lega A and the elite Europe-wide Euroleague.

[edit] National team

Belinelli has also played for the Italian national team. He competed on the 2006 FIBA World Championship and scored 25 points vs. the United States national team in preliminary round play, and averaged 13.5 points per game for the rest of the tournament.

[edit] NBA

After being selected #18 in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, Belinelli dropped 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,[1] 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.

[edit] NBA career statistics

(Correct as of 1 May 2008)[2]
Regular season Team GP MPG SPG BPG RPG APG PPG FG% 3P% FT%
2007-08 Golden State 33 7.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 2.9 0.387 0.390 0.778
Career 33 7.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 2.9 0.387 0.390 0.778

[edit] References

  1. ^ NBA.com : Summer League 2007
  2. ^ Marco Belinelli Info Page - Career Stats and Totals, nba.com, accessed 1 May 2008.

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1 Jackson | 2 Piétrus | 3 Harrington | 5 Davis | 7 Azubuike | 8 Ellis | 15 Biedriņš | 18 Belinelli | 19 Perović | 22 Barnes | 23 Watson | 26 O'Bryant | 32 Wright | 44 Croshere | Coach Nelson
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