Thursday,
June 28, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
If
you want to know how good Marco Belinelli is,
all you need do is ask LeBron James,
Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade for their impressions
of the Italian guard from last year
They probably haven
Belinelli grew up outside of
Italy
is represented in the NBA by Mario Ginobli,
(considered by some as Argentinean) starring for the San Antonio Spurs,
Andrea Bargnani, last year
The first Italian
player in the N.B.A. was also the league
The 21-year-old Belinelli had been playing professionally in
His pedigree and
performances tantalized Chris Mullin. The Warriors
"He
This draft was a
relatively novel experience for the Warriors, who stayed out of the lottery by
ending their 12-year playoff drought. Their solid, exciting core reached the
second round of the postseason, and most of those players will return if Mullin
keeps his club together.
"He is the
type of guy that both defensively and offensively has a good feel for the game,"
Mullin said. "He shoots the ball so well, you
Belinelli has three seasons
remaining on his contract with Fortitudo Bologna, but
has an escape clause to join the Warriors.
Belinelli
Forward Ike Diogu and center Patrick O'Bryant have
been NBA disappointments so far, with Diogu already
traded to Indiana and O
But Mullin has
past draft successes as well. He unearthed Monta
Ellis in the second round in 2005, and the prep-to-pro guard won the NBA
This story is
from ESPN.com
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