Former San Antonio Spurs guard and NBA champion Marco Belinelli has retired from basketball, he announced Monday.

Belinelli, 39, last played in the NBA for the Spurs during the 2019-20 season. He spent the last five seasons playing in his native Italy for Virtus Bologna, where he began his professional basketball career in 2001-02.

“I gave it my heart. Every piece of me. Every single day. Basketball gave me everything … and I gave it everything I had,” Belinelli wrote in an Instagram post . “Saying goodbye isn’t easy. But it’s time. I carry with me every emotion, every sacrifice, every cheer. Thank you to those who always believed. To the next generation—I leave a dream. Make it count.”

Belinelli, a 13-year NBA veteran, was drafted 18th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the firs

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