{"id":78926,"date":"2025-08-19T03:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78926\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T03:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:01:29","slug":"marco-belinelli-retires-from-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78926\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Belinelli retires from basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Antonis Stroggylakis<\/p>\n

18\/Aug\/25 18:12<\/p>\n

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Marco Belinelli announced that he\u2019s hanging his shoes<\/p>\n

By Eurohoops team \/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Former NBA champion Marco Belinelli announced his retirement from basketball at 39 with a message on social media. To this day, he\u2019s the only Italian player with an NBA ring.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Belinelli wrote:<\/p>\n

I gave it my heart.
Every piece of me.
Every single day.
Basketball gave me everything\u2026 and I gave it everything I had.
Saying goodbye isn\u2019t easy.
But it\u2019s time.
I carry with me every emotion, every sacrifice, every cheer.
Thank you to those who always believed.
To the next generation\u2014I leave a dream.
Make it count.<\/p>\n

A 14-year NBA veteran and champion in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, Belinelli spent the last five seasons of his career with hometown club Virtus Bologna. In 2022, he helped the team win the EuroCup title to gain a much expected return to the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n

Throughout his NBA career, Belinelli registered 925 appearances, averaging 9.7 points in regular season games and 8.5 points in the playoffs. In 2014, he won the NBA All-Star Game 3-point contest, a few months before he was crowned NBA champion.<\/p>\n

Belinelli has been a member of the senior Italian team since the 2006 World Championship, appearing in multiple summer tournaments.<\/p>\n

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