Jordan Bell

Jordan Bell was born in Los Angeles in 1995. Raised by his mother, Carolyn Gray, along with four siblings, Bell spent four years playing high school at Long Beach Poly High School. He became a defensive force there, averaging 8.8 rebounds and an astounding 4.7 blocks per game as a junior. Bell was even better as a senior, as his offensive game finally caught up to his prodigious defensive talent. He averaged 13.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game in his final year as a Jackrabbit. Bell moved on to the University of Oregon, where he spent three years and majored in general social science. An active philanthropist, Bell hosted a celebrity basketball game in 2019 to benefit Race to Erase MS, an organization "dedicated to the treatment and eventual cure of multiple sclerosis." You can follow Bell on Twitter @1jordanbell and on Instagram @Jbell. Bell was named the 2016-17 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior, and he made the All Pac-12 second team that same year. The Long Beach, California native led the Pac 12 in blocks for two consecutive seasons, 2015-16 (94) and 2016-17 (88). He also finished first in blocks per game (2.7) in the Pac-12 in the 15-16 season. Along with compiling 2.3 blocks per game in his junior year, he led Oregon in rebounds per game (8.8). Bell helped lead the Ducks to the NCAA Tournament Final Four before losing to North Carolina, the tournament's ultimate winner. Bell announced that he would enter the 2017 NBA Draft after his junior year at Oregon. He was drafted in the second round (38th overall) by the Golden State Warriors.