Breaking News - Marco Belinelli Extended

by Raptors HQ - Vicious D on Oct 29, 2009 3:33 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

Belinelli smiles about his new contract. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit)

Just a quick hit from us. According to Matt Devlin and other sources, the Raptors have picked up the 4th year extension option on Marco Belinelli's rookie contract. This will secure a young player who will hopefully have the chance to blossom into a consistent piece on this roster. Buying into potential is something I can always approve of, if the price is cheap.

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Nice move...

… but not terribly surprising (with the Italian front office). I think he’s shown enough to deserve the extension.

by RaptorsHQ - Defensive Stance on Oct 29, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

damn it, you never say anything about the other 29 Bastard American GMs who extend American players…. wait

by renato on Oct 29, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha. No offence meant to our wonderful Italian front office — just pointing out the obvious. They have to take care of their boy!

by RaptorsHQ - Defensive Stance on Oct 29, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cool, anyway, please, do not tell me he was extended for being Italian….

by renato on Oct 30, 2009 5:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And we got him for Devean George. Wow! This kid looks good, but I’ll wait and see after a full season.

Nice move by BC.

by Frag on Oct 29, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What is it with the Raptors? They always do extensions and signings at the beginning of the year. lol.

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by Raptors HQ - Vicious D on Oct 29, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

?

The deadline for all rookie contract extensions is this Saturday.

When would you suggest they extend him? Never?

by dhackett1565 on Oct 29, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess B.C. made him an offer ‘he couldn’t refuse’……

by Jenge on Oct 29, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, it is a team option, so… you’re right!

by dhackett1565 on Oct 29, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Official Raptors Press Release:

RAPTORS EXERCISE FOURTH YEAR OPTION ON MARCO BELINELLI

The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have exercised
the fourth year team option on the Rookie Scale Contract of guard Marco
Belinelli. Belinelli is now guaranteed through the 2010-11season. In
accordance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement, the
Raptors had until October 31 to exercise their option on Belinelli. Per
team policy, financial terms of the deal was not disclosed.

Belinelli had 10 points in 19 minutes in Wednesday’s season-opening win
versus Cleveland.

The 18th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, Belinelli averaged 8.9
points, 2.1 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 21.0 minutes in 42 games last
season with Golden State. He registered four 20-point games during the
2008-09 campaign, including a career-high 27 points December 12, 2008 at
Atlanta.

Through 76 career games Belinelli owns a .397 mark from three-point
range (69-for-174). As a rookie he appeared in 33 games, averaging 2.9
points in 7.3 minutes.

Prior to joining the Warriors, the 23 year-old, 6-foot-5 guard from
Bologna, Italy, played professionally in Italy for five seasons. In 33
games during the 2006-07 season with Fortitudo Bologna in Serie A,
Belinelli averaged 16.4 points, while shooting .544 (99-for-182) from
the field. In 13 Euroleague contests, he averaged 12.9 points on .438
(32-for-73) from the field.

by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Oct 29, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Excerpts from David Stern's favorite book, Blowing the Whistle, by Tim Donaghy

That was a very interesting read. I almost missed it as I didn’t think about expanding the Lunchbox links, glad I did.

It really puts things in perspective when you see the Bosh blocking call last night that everyone knew was a charge on James. I’m sure this kind of stuff happens all the time. It’s infurating as a fan and I can only imagine how frustrating it must be as a player/coach.

Instead of spending his time trying to bury the book, Stern should be taking a close look at fixing the root cause of the problem. This kind of stuff is toxic!

by Zona. on Oct 29, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs