Chris Bell transferring to Cal

[CusefanATL]

It's a shame he never rounded into being a complete player for us.

We could have benefited from his 45% three point shooting and 96% free throw shooting so far this season, if it came with a more complete game on defense and rebounding.

he started the year 2/13 from 3. and then has been on a heater since.

he will revert to the mean soon enough. he literally doesnt jump on jump shots. people just have to defend him close and cant play help d. he will go in a slump. adn then he will blame his teammates.

 

[CusefanATL]

a perfect example of what i mean. 55 shouldnt have been playing so far off of him (he will help space the floor for sure. but this is an easy block/tip for anyone over 6'5" defending him.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

he started the year 2/13 from 3. and then has been on a heater since.

he will revert to the mean soon enough. he literally doesnt jump on jump shots. people just have to defend him close and cant play help d. he will go in a slump. adn then he will blame his teammates.

If Kingz shot like Bell has shot so far this season we'd have a better record.

 

[CusefanATL]

a perfect example of what i mean. 55 shouldnt have been playing so far off of him (he will help space the floor for sure. but this is an easy block/tip for anyone over 6'5" defending him.

and then there is this.

 

[DoctahLexus]

If Kingz shot like Bell has shot so far this season we'd have a better record.

And then he would more than cancel that out with his defense. It is a blessing that Bell no longer plays for us.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

And then he would more than cancel that out with his defense. It is a blessing that Bell no longer plays for us.

I didn't say trade for Bell, I said if Kingz shot as well as Bell has so far this season.

Look I know I'm the Bell guy but it's so weird how criticisms of Bell's game, which are warranted, so often include criticisms of his personal character. And the thing some people wanted, him being off the team, hasn't stopped it.

It's like there's a group of posters that want him to fail and to be a bad person.

Just strange.

 

[CusefanATL]

I didn't say trade for Bell, I said if Kingz shot as well as Bell has so far this season.

Look I know I'm the Bell guy but it's so weird how criticisms of Bell's game, which are warranted, so often include criticisms of his personal character. And the thing some people wanted, him being off the team, hasn't stopped it.

It's like there's a group of posters that want him to fail and to be a bad person.

Just strange.

not sure its his personal character posters (me) are talkign about. but we all witnessed his character as a teammate for sure. thats just a fact. its public knowledge. and it was horrible. easily the worst since deshaun williams (this is an opinion).

i dont know him as a person at all. hope hes an OK guy.

 

[DoctahLexus]

I didn't say trade for Bell, I said if Kingz shot as well as Bell has so far this season.

Look I know I'm the Bell guy but it's so weird how criticisms of Bell's game, which are warranted, so often include criticisms of his personal character. And the thing some people wanted, him being off the team, hasn't stopped it.

It's like there's a group of posters that want him to fail and to be a bad person.

Just strange.

Totally agree on character judgements, but the dude sucks at basketball outside of one area where he is streaky. Can't isolate his occasionally good three point shooting from how disgustingly bad he is at everything else. No bag, no defense, no rebounding, no passing or IQ when it comes to spacing, no consistent effort, and everything gets even worse if the shot isn't falling. I was team bell when it was between him Taylor and Q in his first couple years, since those guys sucked even worse. He completely lost me with his regression last year, which was CLEARY accompanied by less effort on the court. Year 3 and he looked worse than he was as a freshman. We have upgraded from that dude in every way.

A total blessing that he is no longer on this team. Do not care about anything off the court. Do not care that he had one of his good shooting days last game.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

not sure its his personal character posters (me) are talkign about. but we all witnessed his character as a teammate for sure. thats just a fact. its public knowledge. and it was horrible. easily the worst since deshaun williams (this is an opinion).

i dont know him as a person at all. hope hes an OK guy.

And we have posters close to the team that have said his teammates didn't consider him a bad teammate. Which would be a contradictory fact that's public knowledge to your claim.

 

[althea]

Anyone see his tweet...lol

What is his twitter Id?

 

[Surfan06001]

I didn't say trade for Bell, I said if Kingz shot as well as Bell has so far this season.

Look I know I'm the Bell guy but it's so weird how criticisms of Bell's game, which are warranted, so often include criticisms of his personal character. And the thing some people wanted, him being off the team, hasn't stopped it.

It's like there's a group of posters that want him to fail and to be a bad person.

Just strange.

That this is still an active thread says something…and not something good in my opinion

 

[CusefanATL]

And we have posters close to the team that have said his teammates didn't consider him a bad teammate. Which would be a contradictory fact that's public knowledge to your claim.

they say hes a good person or a good teammate specifically.

because we can physically see him be a bad teammate. we have seen him go on a tirade against his own player, we have seen his moping, whining and complaining, weve seen him not look at a coach when being talked to, weve seen him not cheering on his team, weve seen him benched dozens of times for effort and specifically for screaming at kyle cuffe.

im only talking his actions on the court as a teammate - maybe they say hes a buddy off the court?

if you could link what posters said what, that would be helpful here.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

they say hes a good person or a good teammate specifically.

because we can physically see him be a bad teammate. we have seen him go on a tirade against his own player, we have seen his moping, whining and complaining, weve seen him not look at a coach when being talked to, weve seen him not cheering on his team, weve seen him benched dozens of times for effort and specifically for screaming at kyle cuffe.

im only talking his actions on the court as a teammate - maybe they say hes a buddy off the court?

if you could link what posters said what, that would be helpful here.

Post in thread 'Chris Bell transferring to Cal'

Nov 11, 2025

I sat courtside against ND last year when he went on a ridiculous minute long temper tantrum when he didnt get the ball. My kids can recite what he said word for word which was full of expletives. 1 example.

Met Chris a few times and some of his teammates. I can tell you they wouldn’t agree with the characterization as a “worst teammate” and I can say definitively he never punched a mascot. Not the most emotionally mature, but his perceived anger was almost always directed at himself

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[CusefanATL]

Post in thread 'Chris Bell transferring to Cal'

Nov 11, 2025

I sat courtside against ND last year when he went on a ridiculous minute long temper tantrum when he didnt get the ball. My kids can recite what he said word for word which was full of expletives. 1 example.

Met Chris a few times and some of his teammates. I can tell you they wouldn’t agree with the characterization as a “worst teammate” and I can say definitively he never punched a mascot. Not the most emotionally mature, but his perceived anger was almost always directed at himself

• Consigliere

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we literally saw him screaming ef bombs at kyle cuffe. not at himself.

also in fairness to me i didnt call him the "worst teammate" - i called him the "worst teammate since deshaun" - thats a solid difference.

and again - a good teammate does not get benched for effort or behavior. chris bell was benched MULTIPLE times for effort and behavior. so i think consigliore and you are missing what a good teammate means. like i said, they can be friends off the court. punching a mascot or sleeping with a teammates gf is a bad person (which can certainly make him even worse of a teammate) but we've never talked about chris bell as a person - strictly as a teammate and a bad teammate has poor body language, is selfish on the court, gives little to no effort, etc- all things that we saw plus him ef bombing kyle cuffe in front of 10,000 people. and getting benched for the entirety of the game after it.

 

[Cuse1055]

Ensuring that he doesn’t receive the warmest of welcomes when Cal visits the Dome. I’m sure the SU students will have some things ready to chant.

 

[CusefanATL]

we literally saw him screaming ef bombs at kyle cuffe. not at himself.

also in fairness to me i didnt call him the "worst teammate" - i called him the "worst teammate since deshaun" - thats a solid difference.

and again - a good teammate does not get benched for effort or behavior. chris bell was benched MULTIPLE times for effort and behavior. so i think consigliore and you are missing what a good teammate means. like i said, they can be friends off the court. punching a mascot or sleeping with a teammates gf is a bad person (which can certainly make him even worse of a teammate) but we've never talked about chris bell as a person - strictly as a teammate and a bad teammate has poor body language, is selfish on the court, gives little to no effort, etc- all things that we saw plus him ef bombing kyle cuffe in front of 10,000 people. and getting benched for the entirety of the game after it.

this is spot on lol

 

[PhatOrange]

Maybe he's actually being coached up now and/or in a better environment.

I don't think him yelling at a teammate makes him a poor teammate. The flip side I've seen great teammates drop fbombs at poor teammates to.

 

[grepal]

Chris is getting destroyed by the Ville. Consistently getting blown by his man. Did have 1 big block but he can't keep anybody in front of him still

 

[bnoro]

Chris is getting destroyed by the Ville. Consistently getting blown by his man. Did have 1 big block but he can't keep anybody in front of hom still

shocking!

 

[Blanko97]

Somehow cal is 12-1 that’s wild

 

[LetMeIn]

Consistently getting blown by his man.

In front of everyone?

 

[Toga]

Chris is getting destroyed by the Ville. Consistently getting blown by his man. Did have 1 big block but he can't keep anybody in front of hom still

 

[tptcuse]

Chris is getting destroyed by the Ville. Consistently getting blown by his man. Did have 1 big block but he can't keep anybody in front of him still

20 points.......1 rebound.

 

[CA Monk]

Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

 

[HtownOrange]

I didn't say trade for Bell, I said if Kingz shot as well as Bell has so far this season.

Look I know I'm the Bell guy but it's so weird how criticisms of Bell's game, which are warranted, so often include criticisms of his personal character. And the thing some people wanted, him being off the team, hasn't stopped it.

It's like there's a group of posters that want him to fail and to be a bad person.

Just strange.

Some people expect perfection from everyone in all things, forgetting we are all human and are far less than perfect. The “What have you done for me lately” crowd soon forgets the good that a person does and focuses only on the bad.

We should be thankful for any player to want to be Orange, whether they live up to their potential or not. We should wish them well when they leave on good terms or amicably. Bitterness benefits no one.