BallinEurope’s man in Italy, Enrico Cellini, today gives us a few choice quotes from Italy’s man on the New Orleans Hornets, Marco Bellinelli. In an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport weekly, Bellini decries the relative drawing power of his NBA compatriots Danilo Gallinari and Andrea Bargnani as opposed to himself; plus, there’s a further comment that a certain Chicago Bull might not dig too much…
In an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport weekly magazine Sportweek, New Orleans Hornets guard Marco Belinelli went through his supposed inferiority complex toward the other two Italian kids in the NBA, Bargnani and Gallinari.
In slightly contradictory fashion, Belinelli says, “I never felt I’m competing with them. Sometimes people talk more about someone else, it happens. Sure, I’m not pleased that Italian journalists and fans keep on considering Il Mago and Il Gallo more important [than me]. I can’t do anything about it but I feel a little bad.
“So why do the other two guys have more appeal? Just because they score more points or because they sell themselves better?” [It’s gotta be the market, Marco. Or the lack of flashy nickname... – Ed.]
Belinelli argued that status as high NBA draft picks paved Bargnani and Gallinari’s ways to smooth entrances and then reckons, “In the past, I’ve been penalized for being considered just a shooter, but I’ve showed I can do much more. I’m not a Kyle Korver type of guy, someone who shoots and that’s it: I can pass, do pick-and-rolls, drive the lane.”
As the Gazzetta dello Sport journalist desperately tried to portray him as a superhero with icebreaking questions on the order of “How could you turn from zero to hero?” and “Do you feel like a monster?”, Belinelli finally surrendered: “Well if it means that I never surrender and that I will fight to become the best player possible, then yes, I am a monster.”
Take take, Kyle Korver!
Enrico Cellini is lifelong basketball fanatic and a long-time sportswriter with a focus on Italy and Spain. He was born among European hoops, was raised watching the NBA, and thinks choosing between American and European basketball is like choosing between one’s mother and father. You can follow him on Twitter or check out his Italian-language blog Hoop Addicted.
Tags: Andrea Bargnani, Chicago Bulls, Danilo Gallinari, Italy, Kyle Korver, NBA, New Orleans Hornets
Ummm Maybe because both Bargnani and Gallinari are much better players than you. Gallinari is one of the best players on a contending team, and Bargnani, while on a bad team, is one of the top two players on his team. Belinelli is a role player on one of the worst teams in the league!
i dont know if u can call the nuggets contenders, but yea gallo has shown flashes of becoming a star on a solid playoff team in denver, marco on the other hand is completely delusional about his “status”, thinking hes better than korver, who just so happens to be a key bench guy for the best team in the league, hey marco if u really are as good you think you are how bout you take your team out the basement of the west, the only reason your even in the league is based on on a couple summer league games where u went crazy and donnie nelson decided he wanted to give u shot cause he was drunk out of his mind, the only “skill” u have is shooting which you happen to not be very good at by the way as evidenced by your 42% shooting,
Exactly what Gabe said
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