James Bell signed with Cedevita
James Bell, 196 cm tall American, who plays at the small forward position, has signed with Cedevita.
Cedevita fans Fakini (Photo: Cedevita/Marin Susic)
26-year old James Bell spent the last season with Darussafaka, with which he won EuroCup. In this competition he used to be third scorer of his team, averaging 8.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game.
James attended the Villanova University. After finishing his college career, he spent his first professional career in Italy, where he played for Vanoli Cremona. After that he moved to France to play for Nancy and afterwards he moved to Hapoel Holon in Israel. He had excellent numbers there and gained attention from David Blatt, the head coach of strong Darussafaka.
With this signing, the composing of Cedevita’s senior team for the new ABA League season is approaching the end. Head coach Sito Alonso is waiting for another power forward, with which soon the negotiations are about to be finished.
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Cedeviti pristupio James Bell
Ugovor s Cedevitom potpisao je James Bell, 196 cm visoki Amerikanac koji igra na poziciji niskog krila.
26 godišnji Bell je prošlu sezonu proveo u turskoj Darušafaki, s kojom je osvojio Eurokup. U tom natjecanju bio je treći strijelac svoje momčadi s prosjekom od 8,8 poena, 3,6 skokova i 0,9 asistencija po utakmici.
James je pohađao sveučilište Villanova. Nakon toga je svoju prvu profesionalnu sezonu odradio je u Italiji, gdje je igrao za Vanoli Cremonu. Nakon toga jednu sezonu igrao je u Francuskoj za Nancy, a sezonu 2016/17 proveo je igrajući za Hapoel Holon u Izraelu. Tu je imao odlične brojke, pa je na sebe skrenuo pažnju Davida Blatta, trenera jake Darušafake.
Ovime se privodi kraju slaganje rostera Cedevite za novu sezonu ABA lige. Trener Sito Alonso čeka još jednog krilnog centra s kojim bi se uskoro trebali okončati pregovori.
