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Date Posted: 12:36:03pm 01/16/06 Mon,
Author: JCM
Subject: Re: Michael Bell
In reply to: Stagophile 's message, "Michael Bell" on 06:06:41pm 01/15/06 Sun,

I guess I don't see what others are seeing. Bell has played pretty well this season. He was averaging more than 10 points a game when he was seeing playing time. He has been solid defensively. His shooting percentage has been higher than Todd's particulary from three point land.

The main reason Bell didn't play as much the last two games is Herbie Allen was on fire. TOT elected to stay with Allen who seemed to have the hot hand. I also think match-up wise, Herbie got the shot to cover Clark because Herbie matches up well with Clark from a quickness perspective. Bell while a strong defensive player, is not as quick as clark or allen.

The other reason Bell is playing less is Mamadou and Maxwell are now eligible, they are playing well and deserving minutes; someone needs to play less, and Bell certainly is one of the players who will see less time. Todd, Carter and Olgesby are all averaging less minutes since Maxwell and Mamadou returned, with Carter being the most affected, then Olgesby, Bell and Todd. The minutes have to come from somewhere and it seems TOT has found better player balance since this two guys became eligible to play.

Michael will get his minutes and continue to contribute given the right match-up's/circumstances. For now, I think he will be playing 10-20 minutes a game, rather than the 20 plus he averaged the first half of the season.

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[> [> Re: Michael Bell -- Red Rugger, 01:18:18pm 01/16/06 Mon, [1]

MVS has taken Bell's minutes because he hits the open 3 much more than Bell.

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[> [> Re: Michael Bell -- JCM, 09:53:02pm 01/16/06 Mon, [1]

That's true. Compared to last year, MVS is getting some of the minutes Bell used to play. This season both players were getting 20+ minutes a game, but Bell's minutes have really gone down since the end of the first semester.

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