Well not quite yet, but as soon as my grandfather catches wind of the fact that there is an Italian in the league that can actually play than they will get a new fan who's in his low 80s. I'm sure that was the demographic they were looking to hit with the drafting of Marco Belinelli, the Italian American who associates himself with all things Italy and roots for all Italians in pro sports.
Hell, my grandfather became a Yankee fan simply because the Yankees had DiMaggio and Berra and ignored the fact that he lived in central Mass. Thank my lucky stars, else I could have been a Red Sox fan at birth.
Belinelli dropped 37 in a summer league game, good thing my grandfather doesn't read this else, he might already have run out and wasted all his savings on Bellinelli jerseys.
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