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Sources: Raptors nab Belinelli
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Yahoo! Sports
After failing to meet the initial expectations that surrounded his arrival as a first-round pick two years ago, the Golden State Warriors have traded guard Marco Belinelli(notes) to the Toronto Raptors, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday night.
The Raptors will send Devean George(notes) to the Warriors.
Toronto GM Bryan Colangelo and his assistant GM, Maurizio Gherardini, have long been admirers of Belinelli and tried to draft him in 2007. The Warriors selected the Italian guard with the 18th pick of the draft, and a sensational debut in that year's summer league led everyone, including Golden State coach Don Nelson, to believe Belinelli had a promising future in the free-flowing Warriors offense. Yet, he played little as a rookie, and although Belinelli averaged over 20 minutes and nearly nine points a game last season, the Warriors clearly lost some faith in his future.
Belinelli joins a Toronto organization that is fascinated with the European player. He'll join fellow Italian Andrea Bargnani(notes) (Italy), guard Jose Calderon(notes) (Spain) and Hedo Turkoglu(notes) (Turkey), among others, with Toronto.
George, 31, arrived in Toronto this summer as part of the Shawn Marion(notes) sign-and-trade with Dallas. He averaged 3.4 points a game for the Mavericks a year ago. George played seven seasons with the Lakers, before joining Dallas in 2006.
link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...F?slug=aw-belinelli072909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
... this will be a team worth rooting for as Bargnani, Turkoglu, Caleron, and Bellineli will all be intergral parts of the team. They should be able to contend for a playoff spot.
Interestingly, the Pacers should also be much improved and could also contend for the playoffs.
that gives us two teams to root for this year!
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Yahoo! Sports
After failing to meet the initial expectations that surrounded his arrival as a first-round pick two years ago, the Golden State Warriors have traded guard Marco Belinelli(notes) to the Toronto Raptors, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday night.
The Raptors will send Devean George(notes) to the Warriors.
Toronto GM Bryan Colangelo and his assistant GM, Maurizio Gherardini, have long been admirers of Belinelli and tried to draft him in 2007. The Warriors selected the Italian guard with the 18th pick of the draft, and a sensational debut in that year's summer league led everyone, including Golden State coach Don Nelson, to believe Belinelli had a promising future in the free-flowing Warriors offense. Yet, he played little as a rookie, and although Belinelli averaged over 20 minutes and nearly nine points a game last season, the Warriors clearly lost some faith in his future.
Belinelli joins a Toronto organization that is fascinated with the European player. He'll join fellow Italian Andrea Bargnani(notes) (Italy), guard Jose Calderon(notes) (Spain) and Hedo Turkoglu(notes) (Turkey), among others, with Toronto.
George, 31, arrived in Toronto this summer as part of the Shawn Marion(notes) sign-and-trade with Dallas. He averaged 3.4 points a game for the Mavericks a year ago. George played seven seasons with the Lakers, before joining Dallas in 2006.
link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...F?slug=aw-belinelli072909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
... this will be a team worth rooting for as Bargnani, Turkoglu, Caleron, and Bellineli will all be intergral parts of the team. They should be able to contend for a playoff spot.
Interestingly, the Pacers should also be much improved and could also contend for the playoffs.
that gives us two teams to root for this year!
