Amir Bell (born May 21, 1996) is an American professional

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player for Brose Bamberg of the German

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. He played college basketball for the

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. He plays the

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position.

Early and personal life

Bell was born in Brick City and raised in

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. He is 6' 4" (193 cm) tall, and weighs 190 pounds (86 kg). He attended and played basketball at

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, where he was a three-star recruit according to

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as well as Yahoo! Sports’

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. He was named All- Greater Middlesex Conference in 2013 and 2014.

College career

Bell attended

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, majoring in politics and playing basketball for the

. 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

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. 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

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. In the 2019–20 season, he played for the

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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

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of the

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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

References

External links

Princeton Tigers bioTwitter page"Beer Sheva’s Amir Bell talks Princeton & career, plus Lukas Feldhaus breaks down the German Basketball League’s Tourney! Sports Rabbi Show Episode 96,"
interview. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Amir 1996 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Malaysia American men's basketball players Basketball players from New Jersey Brose Bamberg players East Brunswick High School alumni Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players People from East Brunswick, New Jersey Princeton Tigers men's basketball players Sportspeople from Middlesex County, New Jersey