Raptors exercise fourth-year option, keep Belinelli

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TORONTO (AP) -- 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.

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