Sorry, I’m calling BS. Chris Bell can be good high major player under the right circumstances. 0% chance he’s an NBA prospect. Get real.
He shot 42% from 3 last year, can’t defend, rebound, dribble or play defense. How on earth can you say if he shot 45% from 3 this year he would DEFINITELY have been drafted?
Chris Bell said it himself in interviews. He definitely bought into the hype. This team lacks the work hard one day at a time mentality. It's all platitudes and no plan.
My guess is he had some coaches in the offseason training him to get his game pro-ready…
I do give Red credit for benching him. What I don’t understand is Freeman’s usage and JC and EL over usage
I doubt anyone truly understands it and Autry can’t explain it.
To me it all starts with Lampkin. Jyare is dominating and should be getting 35 mpg. Freeman should be next to him. I’d give Moore the ball and run Taylor and bell at 2-3. Eddie seems like a great guy but I’m not sure he even understands they are keeping score in the game
Funny thing about Lampkin is that he’s only 0.8 PPG and 0.4 RPG off his performance at Colorado last year. He’s also doing better on assists and blocks (believe it or not).
If he watches tapes and breaks down good shooting games vs not he should be able to quickly see if it is set up or simply a confidence issue.
Last years team would beat this year's 9 out of 10. It wouldn't be close.
Seriously. It must have been a very late round. I've never seen it. Thought he make a nice living off shore but no way is he NBA
Who else has fallen off?
It happens. It's in his head. It's tough to coach a good shooter out of a slump. They need to play their way out of it. One thought is the to explain to him that his shot making is secondary to his playing time. Challenge him to excel in other aspects of the game. Namely great D and rebounding. Tell him he has a green light and isn't coming out
It's obvious
Literally everyone.
Well, Bronny got drafted. I do think Bell’s family connections have gotten him a lot of opportunities. Like starting 70+ games as a one dimensional SF from being a freshman onward. IMO, he’s either being discounted or subsidized NIL-wise which opens up payroll flexibility for Red AND he has/had an elite stroke, which made him an attractive gamble to become better in college. But even JAB said he didn’t rebound in HS and he didn’t expect him to rebound in college or something to that effect. He’s a replacement level SF in college and probably wouldn’t start on any other ACC team. Kind of like any other player who has recently transferred from SU excepting JG3.
It needs to be understood how impressively bad this trend line is.
