Charlie Will Bell III (born March 12, 1979) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is the head coach of

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(TBL). He played college basketball for

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, and then played parts of 8 seasons in the NBA. He also served as an assistant coach for the Iowa Wolves of the

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. and as an assistant coach for the

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of the

High school

Bell began playing basketball at

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High School, in

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College career

Bell had an excellent

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career at

, appearing in three

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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 NBA draft, but he was signed by the

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, on July 23, 2001, as a

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, and played five games for them. After being released by the Suns, he signed with the Phoenix Eclipse of the ABA and played four games for them. He initially signed a 10-day contract with the

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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

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to play in the Italian and Spanish Leagues where he was regarded as a star. In March 2002, he signed with Benetton Treviso, of the

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, and he won the Italian League championship with Treviso. In the 2002–03 season, he played with Virtus (Kinder) Bologna, but he was injured in December 2002, and was sidelined for most of the season. In August 2003, he signed with Mabo Livorno, also of the Italian League. In July 2004, he signed with Leche Rio Breogan Lugo, of the Spanish League, and he was named to the All-Spanish League First team for the 2004–05 season. He was also the top scorer of the Spanish league, and he was a three time Spanish League player of the month. Bell signed with the

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for the 2005–06 season, and on March 28, 2006, had his best performance since entering the league, recording his first career

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in the Bucks' 132–110 win over the Suns. Bell had then-career highs of 19 points, 13 assists, and 10

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to lead Milwaukee. Bell, who played only seven games in his prior NBA season in 2001–02, appeared in 59 games (starting in six) for the Bucks in the 2005–2006 regular season, and finished with averages of 8.4 points, 2.2 assists, and 2.0 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game. That 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

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. The Bucks would end up losing the series four games to one. The following

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, 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

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, Bell signed an offer sheet from the

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worth $18,500,000 over 5 years. Although he stated that he did not want to play for Milwaukee, they decided to match the offer 3 days later. On June 22, 2010, Bell, along with

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, was traded to the

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for Corey Maggette. He was waived by the Warriors under the amnesty clause prior to the 2011–12 NBA season. Bell's final NBA game was on February 22, 2011 in a 93 - 115 loss to the

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where Bell played for only 2 minutes and recorded no stats. In January 2012, he signed with

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Coaching career

On November 3, 2016, Bell was hired by the

of the

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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. On November 16, 2020, Bell was hired by

to be their inaugural head coach.

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

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, or being an interior decorator) for a day, and currently works for UWM (United Wholesale Mortgage) as an Account Executive.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

External links

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Euroleague.net Player ProfileACB.com Player Profile – Charlie Bell

Legabasket.it Player Profile
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