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American professional basketball player

Amir Bell
No. 5 – Anwil Włocławek
PositionGuard
LeaguePLK
Personal information
Born (1996-05-21) May 21, 1996 (age 28)
East Brunswick, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolEast Brunswick
(East Brunswick, New Jersey)
CollegePrinceton (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019Fortitudo Agrigento
2019–2020KL Dragons
2020–2022Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2022–2023Brose Bamberg
2023–2024Anwil Włocławek
Career highlights and awards

Amir Bell (born May 21, 1996) is an American professional basketball player of Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers. He plays the guard position.

Early and personal life

Bell was born in Brick City and raised in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He is 6' 4" (193 cm) tall, and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg).

He attended and played basketball at East Brunswick High School, where he was a three-star recruit according to ESPN.com as well as Yahoo! Sports’ Rivals.com. He was named All-Greater Middlesex Conference in 2013 and 2014.

College career

Bell attended Princeton University, majoring in politics and playing basketball for the Princeton Tigers. In 2014–15 he was the only player on the team to start all 30 games, and his assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.6 was seventh-best in the Ivy League. Bell averaged 8.8 points, 2.6 assists and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 49.4 percent from the floor. In 2015–16 he started all 29 team on a team that finished 22–7 and reached the NIT, averaging 9.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. In 2016–17 he played in all 30 games. Bell averaged 6.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game as a junior. In 2017–18 he started all 29 games and was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, finishing second in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5), third in steals per game (1.4), and fourth in assists per game (3.7). Bell also averaged a career-high 10.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a senior. He ended his Princeton career tied for fourth in career games played (118), and sixth in career assists (313), as well as 31st in scoring with 1,043 points.

Professional career

In the 2018–19 season, Bell played for Italian team Moncada Agrigento in Serie A2 Basket.

In the 2019–20 season, he played for the Kuala Lumpur Dragons in the ASEAN Basketball League, and in 17 games he averaged 15.8 points, 7.2 assists, and 7. 2 rebounds per game.

In May 2020 Bell signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League for the remainder of the winter league season with an option for another season. He averaged 9.2 points, 4.5 assist and 1.4 steals per game. On July 3, 2021, Bell re-signed with the team.

On June 22, 2022, he signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga.

References

  1. ^ "Amir Bell Player Profile, Princeton, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards – RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2019–20 Season | Hapoel Altshuler Shaham Be'er Sheva | Amir Bell". basket.co.il.
  3. ^ "Amir Bell Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Altshuler Shaham Beer Sheva, Princeton, News, Winner League stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
  4. ^ "Amir Bell – Men's Basketball". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "Amir Bell '18 Signs With Hapoel Be'er Sheva". Princeton University Athletics. May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. Carino, Jerry (November 9, 2015). "Jersey guys have Princeton hoops thinking big". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. "Boasting a Veteran Crew That Went 22–7 Last Year, Princeton Men's Hoops Brimming With Optimism". Town Topics. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  8. Carino, Jerry (March 11, 2017). "Amir Bell helps Princeton survive and advance". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  9. Carino, Jerry (November 7, 2018). "Princeton basketball still thriving with Jersey guys Bell, Stephens, Barnes". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  10. ^ Gomes, Jay (July 9, 2018). "Bell Signs Pro Deal". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  11. "AMIR BELL's MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: ABL2019/20". May 27, 2020.
  12. Skerletic, Dario (July 3, 2021). "Hapoel Beer Sheva keeps Amir Bell". Sportando. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  13. "Brose Bamberg verpflichtet Amir Bell". Brose Bamberg (in German). June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.

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  • Head coach: Ernak
  • Assistant coaches: Woźniak
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