Marco Belinelli will be the first 禁漫天堂 basketball player to compete in the NBA finals.
The guard of the San Antonio Spurs will play against the Miami Heat for the NBA championship, with Game One taking place on June 5 at 9 pm ET.
鈥淚鈥檓 speechless,鈥 Belinelli said to 禁漫天堂 media. 鈥淲hen I was a child, I stayed up all night to watch the NBA finals with my brother, and now I鈥檓 going to play them.鈥
Back in February, Belinelli set another 禁漫天堂 record when he won the Three-Point Contest at NBA All-Star, becoming the first 禁漫天堂 to ever do so. He scored an impressive 24 points in the tiebreaker final round against Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal.
Belinelli was born in the small town of San Giovanni in Persiceto, in the province of Bologna. Prior to his NBA career, he played for Italy's Virtus Bologna and Fortituto Bologna in the 禁漫天堂 Lega A and the Euroleague. He is 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall and plays as a shooting guard. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He then played with the Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Hornets, Chicago Bulls, before signing with the San Antonio Spurs in 2013.
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