Charlie Bell (basketball)

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Charlie Bell
Otto Caserta
As coach:
2016–2017Texas Legends (assistant)
2017–2019Iowa Wolves (assistant)
2020–2021Flint United
Career highlights and awards
As player
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Charlie Will Bell III (born March 12, 1979) is an American professional

NBA. He also served as an assistant coach for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League.[2] and as an assistant coach for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League
.

High school

Bell began playing basketball at Flint Southwestern Academy High School, in Flint, Michigan.

College career

Bell had an excellent

Final Fours
, and being named Michigan State Defensive Player of the Year, in each of the four years he played there.

Professional playing career

Bell wasn't selected in the

ABA and played four games for them. He initially signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks
on January 10, 2002, and was then signed for the remainder of the season on January 15, but only appeared in two games.

After a rather brief stint in the NBA, Bell took his career to

Spanish League player of the month
.

Bell signed with the

postseason, Bell led the Bucks in scoring with a postseason career-high 13 points in 24 minutes of playing time during their first game, a 92-74 Game 1 loss to the Detroit Pistons.[4] The Bucks would end up losing the series four games to one.[5]

The following

season
, to 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per games in 35 minutes on average, while appearing in all 82 games.

On September 17, 2007, being a restricted free agent, Bell signed an offer sheet from the Miami Heat worth $18,500,000 over five years.[6] Although he stated that he did not want to play for Milwaukee, they decided to match the offer three days later.[7]

On June 22, 2010, Bell, along with

amnesty clause prior to the 2011–12 NBA season.[9]

Bell's final NBA game was on February 22, 2011 in a 93 - 115 loss to the Boston Celtics where Bell played for only 2 minutes and recorded no stats.

In January 2012, he signed with

Pepsi Caserta.[10]

Coaching career

On November 3, 2016, Bell was hired by the

NBA Development League to be an assistant coach. Later, Bell was hired by the Iowa Wolves to become an Assistant Coach, this is where he will be for a few years.[11]

On November 16, 2020, Bell was hired by Flint United of The Basketball League to be their inaugural head coach.[citation needed]

Off the court

Bell stars in a popular series of webisodes titled, "Hey Charlie, Do My Job!" in which he takes up a fan's occupation (e.g. working at

interior decorator) for a day, and currently works for UWM (United Wholesale Mortgage) as an Account Executive.[12][13]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Phoenix 5 0 8.4 .273 .000 1.000 .8 .4 .0 .0 1.6
2001–02 Dallas 2 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
2005–06 Milwaukee 59 6 21.7 .439 .423 .708 2.0 2.2 1.0 .1 8.4
2006–07 Milwaukee 82* 64 34.7 .437 .352 .780 2.9 3.0 1.2 .1 13.5
2007–08 Milwaukee 68 5 23.9 .381 .341 .805 2.5 3.1 .8 .0 7.6
2008–09 Milwaukee 70 23 25.5 .414 .363 .825 1.9 2.2 .7 .1 8.4
2009–10 Milwaukee 71 39 22.7 .381 .365 .716 1.9 1.5 .6 .2 6.5
2010–11 Golden State 19 0 9.0 .279 .286 .500 .9 .7 .3 .0 1.7
Career 376 137 24.9 .412 .361 .769 2.2 2.3 .8 .1 8.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006
 Milwaukee 5 0 21.6 .395 .455 1.000 .6 1.4 .6 .4 9.2
2010
 Milwaukee 3 0 2.7 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 8 0 14.5 .378 .417 1.000 .4 .9 .4 .2 5.8

References

  1. MLive.com
    . November 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Iowa Wolves Finalize Coaching and Basketball Operations Staff". Iowa Wolves. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Bucks get 18 3-pointers, Bell's first triple-double in win
  4. ^ Pistons win, have four in double figures led by 'Sheed
  5. ^ 2006 NBA Eastern Conference First Round Bucks vs. Pistons
  6. ^ HEAT: HEAT Sign Charlie Bell to Offer Sheet.
  7. ^ BUCKS: Bucks re-sign Charlie Bell.
  8. NBA.com
    . June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  9. ^ "Warriors waived Bell under new amnesty provision". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 11, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  10. ^ Charlie Bell signs in Italy with Otto Caserta.
  11. ^ Wynn, Britney (November 3, 2016). "Legends Add Charlie Bell to Coaching Bench from NBA'S Assistant Coaches Program". NBA.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "What Playing For A National Championship Winning Basketball Team Taught This CEO About Leadership". Forbes.
  13. ^ "Charlie Bell". LinkedIn.

External links

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