Marco Belinelli, another season at Virtus Bologna

The future of Marco Belinelli

Marco Belinelli could stay another year at Virtus Bologna.

The three-year contract of the former NBA champion, who will return to Italy in 2020, is set to expire, but according to the Bologna edition of La Repubblica, the parties are reportedly talking about an extension for next season, partly in light of his latest performance.

Beli is coming off a game with nine threes scored and in general a period in which he has returned to prominence, after he had instead started 2023 slipping back in coach Scariolo’s hierarchies.

Last season, Virtus Bologna saw the confirmation of the Scudetto it won in 2021 slip away only in the playoff final, lost 4-2 to Olimpia Milano. The highlight of the Felsinians’ year, however, came on May 11, with the conquest of the Eurocup, won in the final against Turkey’s Bursaspor. This success gave Scariolo’s men a pass for the 2022-23 Euroleague season, a competition the Bolognese had not participated in for 14 years.