Spurs three-pointer! Retired on the spot after winning the championship! 23-year basketball career ends

On June 21, Marco Belinelli announced his retirement! The official Spurs also sent a blessing: "Your journey started in Italy and ended in Italy. We are very happy that you stayed in San Antonio for several stops. Congratulations on your outstanding career, you will always be the champion!"

Berlinelli was born on March 25, 1986. Recently, Bologna, where he is located, swept Brescia 3-0 and won the 17th Serie A championship in team history. This is Belinelli's third Serie A championship in his career, and he announced his retirement after winning the championship. His basketball career started and ended in Bologna, holding 3 championships, is there any more perfect ending than this?

is not just Spurs fans, but I believe many NBA fans remember Belinelli, after all, he has played in the NBA league for 13 seasons. Belinelli started playing in Serie A at the age of 16 and played in Bologna for five seasons. In the 2007 NBA Draft, Belinelli was selected by the Warriors with 18 picks in the first round, the same as Oden and Durant.

Berinelli has average physical fitness and a shortcoming defense, but his three-point shooting is excellent. In his rookie season, he shot 39% of his three-point shooting percentage with the Warriors. In the second year of his career, Belinelli shot 39.7% from three-pointers, and he was a sharpshooter in the NBA at that time. In the summer of 2009, Belinelli was sent to the Raptors by the Warriors.

Berlinelli was traded to the Hornets during the 2010 offseason. In the 2010-11 season, he averaged 10.5 points per game with the Hornets and shot 41.4% from three-pointers. In the summer of 2012, Belinelli joined the Bulls for a year. He has performed big heart performances many times, and he is definitely winning the Celtics and Jazz in the regular season, and many fans are beginning to remember this shooter. In the first round of the 2013 playoffs, Belinelli scored 24 points and 6 rebounds, helping the Bulls eliminate the Nets. Belinelli experienced the fun of winning in the playoffs, and he decided to join a strong team to chase the NBA championship. In the summer of 2013, Belinelli joined the Spurs for 5.62 million in two years, which was the wisest choice in his NBA career. In the regular season of the 2013-14 season, Belinelli averaged 25.2 minutes per game with the Spurs, scoring 11.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists, with three shooting percentages: 48.5%, 43%, 84.7%. In the playoffs, he averaged 15.5 minutes per game, scored 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists, and his three shooting percentages were: 44.4%, 42.1%, and 95.5%.

2014 NBA All-Star, Belinelli became the first three-point contest champion in the history of the Spurs. In the summer of 2014, Belinelli became the first Italian player to win the NBA championship. In the 2015 playoffs, Belinelli averaged 16.6 minutes per game with the Spurs, scoring 9.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists, and his three-point shooting percentage reached an astonishing 46.7%.

Since then, Belinelli has been to the Kings, Hornets, Hawks and 76ers, returned to the Spurs in the summer of 2018, left the NBA and returned to the Serie A in 2020. Throughout his NBA career, Belinelli played 860 regular season games, averaging 9.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, and a three-point shooting percentage of 37.6%. He was called the "Crooked Italian Cannon" by fans!

From his 23-year basketball career, he competed in Serie A in 2002 to his official retirement in 2025, he ended his 23-year basketball career. What memories do you still have about Belinelli?