SOURCE I don't blame him. It's still early, but I've been saying that all season. It doesn't look like he will get his chance here. Sad thing is, he seems to really like the Bay Area, the people, the culture. I was listening to his interview with Tim Roye last night on KNBR and he says all the right things and has the right attitude, but you can't blame the guy for being frustrated. I really hate it when a team drafts a player but that player never gets his chance. This season is probably the most I've seen this happening. I mean, we drafted Todd Fuller and that guy got more PT than Belli. We drafted Clifford Rozier and that guy got more PT than Belli. To me, this whole Bellinelli thing was a big tease. He got all this PT and success in Summer League but that didn't translate to anything during the regular season. Supposedly he was promised a chance to play, but that's not panning out so well. I'm not going to blame Nellie fully on this. The front office loaded the Warriors with 2 guards this season, so it's like too much for Nellie to handle. He loves wing players but apparently when he gets like 10 of them, conventional wisdom (ha...) gets thrown out the window. In this case, conventional wisdom says to play the guy you drafted in the first round who has shown flashes of brilliance. I told myself I wouldn't rant about Bellinelli anymore, but I think the guy has something. Something more than CJ Watson, more than Azubuike, more than DeMarcus Nelson, and more than Anthony Morrow. Yet, those guys have gotten more opportunities.
He's just got to keep his head up and collect his paycheck and work on his game. He'll get his shot somewhere else and blossom like Rip Hamilton or James Jones. He's got a pretty shot.
He's JUNC (Just Another Nelson Casualty). Seriously, it is sad though, I'm fed up with Nellie's "tough love" act on year 1-2 players.
