NEW YORK - The Golden State Warriors have signed Italian guard Marco Belinelli, drafted by the Warriors with the 18th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft, the NBA club announced on Monday.

Marco Belinelli of Italy poses for photographers after being selected by Golden State Warriors as the 18th overall pick at the 2007 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden in New York in this file photo from June 28, 2007. The Warriors have signed Italian guard Marco Belinelli, the NBA club announced on Monday. [Reuters]

Terms of the deal were not released.

Belinelli, a 6-foot-5 (1.96 m) guard from Bologna, played on the Warriors NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas and averaged 22.8 points and 2.5 assists in four games, shooting 43.5 percent and earning Summer League All-Star honours.

The 21-year-old Belinelli played professionally in Italy for five seasons. In 33 games last season with Fortitudo Bologna in Serie A, Italy's top professional league, he averaged 16.4 points per game, while shooting 54.4 percent.

He averaged 13.5 points per game during last summer's FIBA world championship, including 25 points in a losing effort against the United States in a preliminary round match.