At this point I’ll take his passing skills over his shooting. He’s a joy to watch shooting when he’s knockin ‘em down, but he really needs to work on consistency.

Could hardly see anything during that game.

Let’s see if he can play first. It’s tough to make a fair evaluation on the rook’s game when he didn’t even play. We’ll see what he does with the 10-15 minutes Nellie throws at him. If he plays well, great, if he doesn’t, I won’t shed tears for him cuz we’ll have another 1st or 2nd round prospect just like em next year. We all want Marco to do well obviously, but you also shouldn’t hold such high expectations for an 18th pick who didn’t even get a fair chance to show what he can do for you. Blame the media and beat writers for all the “love” Marco receives from the fans. Nellie went back on his word after labeling Belinelli a “help now” guy. But that’s his right as a coach if he feels the player isn’t ready. But the writers shouldn’t be putting sun god robes on Marco making him look like the second coming who’s going to do it all right the first time. They are the one’s who should be apologizing, not Marco.

Now I don’t consider myself a Belinelli guy. His attitude doesn’t really impress me. He seemed to be bitter about sitting out most of his first season in the NBA, when asked about it during post season interviews. I wouldn’t blame him if the disappointment lied within himself…but it almost seemed like he blamed the coaches while he was rolling his eyes around, like it was Nellie’s decision that kept him from tearing up the league. Maybe I missed all that completely, but I didn’t appreciate what I thought I saw.

I think Marco would do well to drop ALL expectations of himself, and just start approaching the NBA game like a young player should. Just focusing on improving his weaknesses, polishing his craft, and steadily working towards the kind of player he and staff think he can be. Do that, rather than thinking how well you should be playing, and thinking you’re ready when you’re really not.

I like his skills. He moves well, he handles well, he passes beautifully, he’s aggressive, and we’re all hoping the jump shot comes along very soon. There is nothing worse, more despicable, more useless, more scum…than a reluctant scorer, and he’s not that. Let’s give him a chance to show some improvement this year, rather than banishing him to the toilet, and sending Larry Bird to pick up the garbage.