Warriors trade Marco Bellinelli to Raptors for Devean George

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The Toronto Raptors’ intrigue with running a European-modeled franchise advanced again with a trade for Golden State guard Marco Belinelli(notes), NBA sources told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday night.

The Raptors will send Devean George(notes) to the Warriors.

[IamSofaKing]

Biggest steal ever...

[phoenix_bladen]

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Sources: Raptors nab Belinelli

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The Toronto Raptors’ intrigue with running a European-modeled franchise advanced again with a trade for Golden State guard Marco Belinelli(notes), NBA sources told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday night.

The Raptors will send Devean George(notes) to the Warriors.

Belinelli, an Italian guard, was a favorite of Toronto GM Bryan Colangelo prior to the 2007 draft when the Warriors selected him with the 18th pick. Belinelli averaged nearly nine points a game for Golden State last season. He joins fellow Italian Andrea Bargnani(notes) on the Raptors roster.

George, 31, arrived in Toronto this summer as part of the Shawn Marion(notes) sign-and-trade with Dallas. He averaged 3.4 points a game for the Mavericks.

[boozehound]

Originally Posted by IamSofaKing

Biggest steal ever...

is george non-guaranteed?

[boozehound]

couldnt bother to read the top thread in the forum huh?

[fos]

Very big steal. Marco is a very good player, just nelson hated him. For devon george haha.

[IamSofaKing]

Raptors are stacked with Euro players....

[phoenix_bladen]

Originally Posted by boozehound

couldnt bother to read the top thread in the forum huh?

we both posted at the same time idiot

[PaperClip]

Why do the W's do this?

[goldenryan]

dumb trade, i like toronto's offseason so far this year. another solid move, but why would nelly do this ass-backwards trade other than george being the more experience player.

[1~Gibson~1]

bad trade for GS (if George's contract is guarenteed)

[boozehound]

Originally Posted by phoenix_bladen

we both posted at the same time idiot

posts are time stamped douche, check again. 9:25 vs your 9:28

[OneMoreSucka]

Warriors are officially contenders.

[Qwyjibo]

Devean George wasn't going to see any playing time in Toronto. He stinks and to me is pretty much done in the NBA.

Belinelli isn't anything great but clearly more productive at this point than George and is only 23 years old. He'll get some minutes on the Raptors since the only people he'll have to compete with are Derozan and Wright.

I guess GS is just clearing up room and minutes for the rest of their backcourt players? Whatever. It's a win in terms of value and talent for the Raptors. Thanks Golden State.

[IamSofaKing]

^ It was probably an honest mistake you rude turd...