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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 5122142, member: 837"]
A lot to discuss here. To pick one thing, I think Bell is a very interesting player this year. When it comes to putting the ball in the basket, he’s outstanding. It’s not just threes. He can pull up and shoot and he’s solid in transition. I think he can find ways to score in the lane.

The big thing for him, though, is that he’s going to have to find a way to go from a guy who can put the ball in the basket, to being a scorer who can do enough on the other end to not kill your defense.

For example, offensively he needs to go from the guy everyone gets annoyed with in old man pickup games (the guy who just spots up and shoots and doesn’t care about anything else) and become a guy who’s constantly moving off ball like a reddick or Steph. He obviously won’t be those guys but can he try to pattern his movement off some of what they do?

Defensively, I think he worked harder last season. Hopefully that continues. But he’s also got to really want it. There were several times he was attempting to box out for a rebound and just got discarded by the opponent. Some of defense and rebounding is talent and technique and strength… some of it is simply working your tail off and wanting it more than the other guy. Won’t make you a great defender or rebounder, but you’ll be competitive that way.

The interesting thing is both of those things are possible to genuinely improve in an off-season. Not sure he’ll become a truly instinctive two-way player, but I do believe he could genuinely improve on both ends.
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