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Raptors exercise option on G Belinelli (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

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.