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Troy Bell
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Troy Devon Bell (born November 10, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional basketball player formerly of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He played at Boston College and finished as one of the greatest players in the program's history. He is currently signed with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.[1]
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Before he made it to the NBA, he played high school ball at the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota. He was a 4 year letter winner, and Mr. Basketball finalist in Minnesota.
Bell was an All-American at Boston College, winning a conference player of the year award, and sharing another with Troy Murphy. He ended his career breaking the record for most points scored in Boston College history with 2,632, breaking the record previously set by Dana Barros. He was named Big East Conference player of the year after both his sophomore and senior seasons, joining Troy Murphy, Richard Hamilton, Patrick Ewing, and Chris Mullin as the only players to win the award multiple times.
Bell was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft, but was traded on draft night to the Memphis Grizzlies along with Dahntay Jones for Marcus Banks and Kendrick Perkins. On October 1, 2005, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets signed Bell as a free agent but October 18 they announced that they had waived him. He had played a total of 10 minutes in the Hornets' first two preseason games.
Bell was the 12th pick by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds in the first round of the 2006 NBDL draft. He was signed by the Austin Toros of the NBDL when Jay Williams was waived due to injury in late December '06.
In 2006, Troy Bell took up boxing while working out for the NBA.
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| First Round LeBron James | Darko Miličić | Carmelo Anthony | Chris Bosh | Dwyane Wade | Chris Kaman | Kirk Hinrich | T. J. Ford | Michael Sweetney | Jarvis Hayes | Mickaël Piétrus | Nick Collison | Marcus Banks | Luke Ridnour | Reece Gaines | Troy Bell | Žarko Čabarkapa | David West | Aleksandar Pavlović | Dahntay Jones | Boris Diaw | Zoran Planinić | Travis Outlaw | Brian Cook | Carlos Delfino | Ndudi Ebi | Kendrick Perkins | Leandro Barbosa | Josh Howard |
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| Second Round Maciej Lampe | Jason Kapono | Luke Walton | Jerome Beasley | Sofoklis Schortsianitis | Szymon Szewczyk | Mario Austin | Travis Hansen | Steve Blake | Slavko Vraneš | Derrick Zimmerman | Willie Green | Zaza Pachulia | Keith Bogans | Malick Badiane | Matt Bonner | Sani Bečirovič | Maurice Williams | James Lang | James Jones | Paccelis Morlende | Kyle Korver | Remon Van de Hare | Tommy Smith | Nedžad Sinanović | Rick Rickert | Brandon Hunter | Xue Yuyang | Andreas Glyniadakis |
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