Jordan Bell

Jordan Bell
No. 2 – Golden State Warriors
Position Power forward / Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1995-01-07) January 7, 1995
Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Long Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)
College Oregon (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017–present Golden State Warriors
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jordan Bell (born January 7, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. As a junior in 2017, Bell earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12, when he was also named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. He was drafted in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft. Bell won his first championship in his rookie season when the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018.

High school

Bell was born in Los Angeles,[1] and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.[2]

College career

Bell committed to the University of Oregon to play college basketball.[3]

Bell redshirted in 2013. As a redshirt freshman at Oregon, Bell averaged 5.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game.[4] His 94 blocks were a school record for a season.[5] As a redshirt sophomore, he averaged 7.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.[6] As a redshirt junior, Bell averaged 10.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game and helped lead Oregon to the Final Four.[7][8]

Professional career

Golden State Warriors (2017–present)

On April 18, 2017, Bell declared for the 2017 NBA draft,[9] and was picked with the 38th pick by the Chicago Bulls and later traded to the Golden State Warriors for $3.5 million in cash considerations.[10]

Bell participated in the 2017 NBA Summer League.

On October 23, 2017, Bell dunked the ball after bouncing it off the backboard to himself during at the end of a 133–103 rout over the Dallas Mavericks. The play angered the Mavericks' players and coaches and ignited a debate on social media.[11] On December 1, 2017, Bell scored a career-high 16 points on 8/10 shooting in 16 minutes of playing time against the Orlando Magic in a 133–112 victory. [12] On December 22, 2017 against the Lakers, he scored a career-high 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting to go with his career-high 10 rebounds in 25 minutes.[13] On April 14, 2018, Bell made his debut in NBA playoffs, coming off from bench with three points and two rebounds in a 113–92 blow-out win over the San Antonio Spurs. [14] The Warriors made it to the 2018 NBA Finals where they would sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games.

On June 27, 2018, it was announced that he will play in the 2018 NBA Summer League for the Warriors. He sat out a game versus the Mavericks with a sore shoulder.[15]

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
† Denotes season in which Bell won an NBA Championship

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18† Golden State 571314.2.627.000.6823.61.8.61.04.6
Career 571314.2.627.000.6823.61.8.61.04.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018† Golden State 17010.2.531.000.5002.8.9.4.52.4
Career 17010.2.531.000.5002.8.9.4.52.4

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Oregon 352023.7.597–.5246.11.3.82.75.1
2015–16 Oregon 31420.5.576.000.5195.31.21.11.76.8
2016–17 Oregon 393828.8.636.214.7018.81.81.32.310.9
Career 1056224.7.610.188.6306.81.51.12.27.8

References

  1. ↑ http://goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5983
  2. ↑ Guardabascio, Mike (March 31, 2017). "Jordan Bell has traveled a long way from Long Beach to Final Four with Oregon". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ Guardabascio, Mike; Hendrickson, Tyler (November 14, 2012). "Basketball: Poly's Jordan Bell Commits To Oregon". Gazettes Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Alger, Tyson (December 10, 2015). "Jordan Bell could make debut Saturday when No. 24 Oregon Ducks face Boise State". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Whicker, Mark (March 25, 2016). "Whicker: Jordan Bell brings block party to Oregon Ducks". Daily News. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ Alger, Tyson (October 13, 2016). "Jordan Bell expected to play smaller for Ducks: Oregon rundown". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Greif, Andrew (March 30, 2017). "Jordan Bell's summer work has paid off during Oregon Ducks' Final Four run". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ Helfand, Zach (March 31, 2017). "Given direction, Oregon's Jordan Bell finds way to the Final Four". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Jordan Bell latest Oregon player to declare for draft". FOX Sports. Associated Press. April 18, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Warriors Trade Into Draft, Select Jordan Bell In Second Round". NBA.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Durant: Jordan Bell's dunk 'an incredible play, but...'". Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  12. ↑ http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064427/jordan-bell. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Jordan Bell impresses as Warriors hold off Lakers".
  14. ↑ "Durant, defending champ Warriors get defensive, beat Spurs". ESPN.com. April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  15. ↑ Medina, Mark (July 9, 2018). "NBA summer league: Jordan Bell to sit out vs Dallas with sore left shoulder". The Mercury News. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
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