Riding on the "the process" train of the Philadelphia 76ers, Marco Belinelli's unbalanced flying jumpers and various unreasonable shots began to be broadcast in the playoffs broadcast nationwide. Fans around the world began to discover how many shooters can move. For this team, Belinelli and Ersan Ilyasova are considered important keys to accelerate Philadelphia's growth in the playoffs.
Belinelli, who was trained in Europe, developed an exaggerated jump shot and even dared to make such a "hero ball" philosophy on the court that goes against normal shot selection. The reason comes from American super idols Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
"When I was growing up, there were a lot of good shooters in Italy, but I always wanted to be a player like Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan."
In the 76ers' 130-113 victory over the Heat in the first game of the series, Belinelli's 4-for-7 three-point shooting rate is not amazing. What is amazing is that none of the four goals he hit were taken off while facing the basket. Made in a traditional shooting pattern. He dropped the ball left and right while knocking it in with a move that would make a shooting coach jump off the couch and ask you not to do it again.
These shots exist in his 11-year basketball career and are Belibelli's daily life.
"Sometimes my balance is a little bit exaggerated, but that's the way I play. Sometimes these shots go in, sometimes they don't, but it's my way of staying aggressive."
"No one can shoot like Belinelli. He is the best shooter in the league when he is off balance." Coach Brett Brown left the Spurs coaching staff in 2013 and lost the opportunity to coach Belinelli, but five years later, he also Colleagues Gregg Popovich and Ettore Messina also had the opportunity to have their hearts stimulated by an Italian neurotome.
However, this Italian basketball national treasure has more than just an exaggerated shooting touch.
"He was really special," said Popovich, 69, a former basketball coach for 45 years. "Opponents would get annoyed with him when they were preparing to play. He was one of the smartest players in the league, and he understood Drawing fouls, finding gaps, scoring points, and then he's also a very good passer. He's a more versatile player who can play more than you think."
Belinelli's versatility led the Spurs to take a fancy to him in the 2013 free market, and he subsequently led the team to defeat the Heat and win the NBA championship that year. Belinelli was the most important source of firepower on the Spurs' bench that year. His total playing time in 2016 is still a career high. This championship made him the first Italian player to win the championship, which allowed him to take the throne that symbolizes the throne.O'Brien's gold cup tattooed on his bicep.
"I and all Italians respect him very much because he has the courage to come to the United States to challenge without being guaranteed to be selected by any high-ranking team." Spurs assistant coach, also an Italian national Team coach Messina added: "I think the label of shooter hurt him. He has put in a lot of practice in every aspect of the game. He has put in a lot to become what he is today."
Since his teenage years, Belinelli has been trained in the youth training system of the powerful Virtus Bologna. When the team had a vacant roster due to injury, they found the 17-year-old Belinelli and let him start before he was an adult. Experience the life of a professional player. After a year of professional competition, he joined the nearby Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna. He reached the Europa League finals in 2004 and won the Serie A championship with the team in 2005.
In 2007, at the age of 21, he decided to participate in the NBA draft that year and was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 18th overall pick in the first round. Set foot on the same ground with Kobe Bryant once again and continue to chase his idol.
"It's really bullshit. We always ask, 'How does he do that?' Did any coaches try to fix his shot selection? Absolutely, but maybe like rookie Markelle Fultz said, he scores over and over again. Destroyed those attempts to adjust. "It's obviously a way he's comfortable shooting, that's his shot. It's really bullshit, really. But when you see over and over again someone can do something like this , you will know that this is definitely not luck. He worked too hard on this."
"Even now, his passion for basketball is still the same as that of a teenager." From a teenager to an adult, Messina has the greatest qualification to make this comment.
There are two success stories about growing up in Italy and dreaming of one day playing in the NBA. Marco and Kobe, they both speak Italian, they both have won NBA championships, and they can both shoot crazy jump shots while off balance. Enthusiasm and commitment seem to be the same meaning behind these two stories.
11 years, 9 teams. Belinelli's ordinary mobility and explosiveness may be just like the "stereotype" that the coach complained about for him. He has always been unable to be regarded as an irreplaceable member of the team. The highest salary in his career was just after leaving the Spurs. Give him a three-year, 19 million contract.
In the third year of his contract, he changed four teams. However, under the shadow of the same Pop Tree system, Belinelli not only relies on the excellent frame protection ability of teammates such as Joel Embiid to defend forward desperately, but can also continue to use his all-round weapons of passing and cutting, as well as his unreasonable falls. Three points.
Philadelphia is the city where Kobe Bryant made his fortune.
