{"id":1339567,"date":"2021-03-24T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1339567"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:27:17","slug":"raja-bell-earned-nearly-37-million-nba-now-making-fans-different-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/raja-bell-earned-nearly-37-million-nba-now-making-fans-different-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Raja Bell Earned Nearly $37 Million in the NBA and Is Now Making Fans a Different Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Any <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/nba-players\/\">basketball player<\/a> who goes unselected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/nba-draft\/\">NBA draft<\/a> should look to Raja Bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite going undrafted out of Florida International, Bell carved out a long NBA career by using his skill set to his advantage. Bell never let going unselected stop him from becoming one of the league's best 3-point shooters in his prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a decade after Bell played his final game in the NBA, what is the former sharpshooter doing now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raja-bell-was-an-elite-sharpshooter-in-his-prime\">Raja Bell was an elite sharpshooter in his prime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Suns<\/a> needed a big shot. Raja Bell delivered.<br><br>Relive the 2OT thriller in Game 5 of the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals, tonight at 8 PM on FOX Sports Arizona. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpsGyiGCbf\">pic.twitter.com\/kpsGyiGCbf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BALLYSPORTSAZ\/status\/1277270784659132417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you were a defender who let Raja Bell get wide open to take a 3-pointer, you would probably look away the next time you saw the tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After playing his first three years as a reserve on the Philadelphia 76ers and Dallas Mavericks, Bell finally got his chance to play. Bell signed with Jerry Sloan and the Utah Jazz in 2003 and quickly became one of the league's premier long-range shooters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the start of the 2003-04 season through his final game in the spring of 2012, Bell averaged 11.8 points per game and drilled 40.8% of his shots from behind the arc across 552 games and 435 starts for four teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell also drilled 46.6% of his 3-point shots in 68 career playoff games. According to Basketball-Reference, Bell earned $36.6 million in the NBA despite going undrafted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bell-is-best-known-for-his-time-with-the-phoenix-suns\">Bell is best known for his time with the Phoenix Suns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which year was supposed to be the Phoenix Suns&#39; year?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matrix31?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@matrix31<\/a> and Raja Bell think it was 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealOnes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RealOnes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1aguTMv14w\">pic.twitter.com\/1aguTMv14w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RingerNBA (@ringernba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringernba\/status\/1353390355614289920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Basketball fans of a certain age will best remember Raja Bell for his time with the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In four seasons out west as the Suns' shooting guard, Bell averaged 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists across 254 games. Bell started all of those games and drilled 42.2% of his 3-point shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell added 12.5 points and 3.3 rebounds, and he made 48.4% of his shots from the field. In 33 playoff games with the Suns, Bell connected on 48.3% of his shots from 3-point range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix traded Bell, along with Boris Diaw and Sean Singletary, to the Charlotte Bobcats in December 2008 for Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson, and a second-round pick for the 2010 draft. The Suns used that selection, 46th overall, on Georgia Tech forward Gani Lawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawal got into one game with the Suns on Dec. 31, 2010. He currently plays in the Qatari Basketball League in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raja-bell-is-now-building-a-fanbase-through-the-ringer\">Raja Bell is now building a fanbase through The Ringer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deron Williams Opens Up About Jerry Sloan\u2019s Retirement in Utah | Real Ones | The Ringer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6vS0vZjJE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been over a decade since Raja Bell\u2019s final NBA game, so many basketball fans are likely removed from his glory days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t find Bell in other ways. Bell co-hosts a segment on\u00a0<em>The Ringer NBA Show<\/em>, a podcast released and produced through Bill Simmons' website, with Logan Murdock.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell and Murdock co-host\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/the-nba-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real Ones<\/a><\/em>, which releases every Monday and Thursday. In addition to discussing the latest news and notes, they often have a guest who drops in for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stats and contract figures courtesy of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellra01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Basketball-Reference<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raja Bell was an elite sharpshooter in his prime with the Phoenix Suns. 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