Updated: October 29, 2009, 6:16 PM ET
Raptors keep Belinelli through 2010-11
TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors plan to keep Italian guard Marco Belinelli for another season.
The Raptors exercised the fourth-year team option on Belinelli's contract on Thursday, two days before the deadline.
Belinelli, whose contract is now guaranteed through the 2010-11 season, was the 18th pick in the 2007 draft. He was acquired by Toronto in an offseason trade with the Golden State Warriors.
The 23-year-old Belinelli scored 10 points in 19 minutes in a season-opening win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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