2006-07 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Was the only player on the 2006-07 Bucks roster to appear in all 82 games (64 starts) … posted career-high averages of 13.5 points, 3.0 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 34.7 minutes per game … recorded 60 games of 10 points or more and 20 games with 20+ points … led the team in scoring 7 times, assists 10 times and steals 22 times (2nd most on the team) … maintained a 0.92:1 steal-to-turnover ratio on the season (ranked 5th in the NBA) ... also ranked T-32nd in steals per game (1.18) … scored a season-high 28 points on three occasions (12/2 at Golden State, 12/22 at Minnesota & 4/6 at Atlanta) ... was 11-20 from the field and 5-10 from three-point range on 12/2 … hit a season-high 5 triples in 3 games this season (12/2 at Golden State, 3/26 at Houston & 4/6 at Atlanta) … passed for a season-high 7 assists on 3/28 at Dallas … logged a career-high 45.2 minutes on 2/23 at New York … tied a career-high 11 FGM and shot a career-high 26 FGA on 1/12 in Philadelphia en route to scoring 26 points ... scored 10 points or more in 20 consecutive games from 1/21 to 3/2 ... scored 1,000 points for the first time in his career (1,110).
PRO CAREER
2005-06: Appeared in 59 games (6 starts) for the Bucks and posted career-high averages of 8.4 points, 2.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game ... averaged 15.8 points, 6.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds in six starts ... led the team and finished 11th in the NBA in 3FG% (.423) ... scored in double digits 10 times ... logged his first career double-double on 3/26 against Toronto (18 points, 11 assists) ... logged his first career triple-double the next game on 3/28 (19 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists) ... scored a career-high 29 points on 4/4 in Miami and had six three-pointers in the first half in that game ... had a career-best five steals on 2/11 against Charlotte ... maintained a 3.17:1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season ... missed 22 games (12/14 - 1/25) with a right knee sprain (MCL) he sustained on 12/12 in New York ... had one DNP-CD ... 2004-05: Played for Breogan (Spanish League) and was named to the Spanish League first team … finished the 2004-05 season with averages of 27.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game ... his shooting percentages were 47.6 percent from the field and 44.5 percent from three-point land … played for the USA squad that went 4-6 in the 2005 FIBA Americas Men’s World Qualifying Tournament ... started all 10 games ... averaged 14.5 points (team leader), 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.2 minutes per game ... 2003-04: Led the Italian League in scoring with an average of 25.5 points per game ... also averaged 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.4 steals that season … 2002-03: Averaged 14.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.0 steals for Virtus Kinder Bologna in the Italian League ... missed 3-4 months of the season due to injury ... 2001-02: Member of the Benetton Treviso team that won the Italian League in 2001-02 ... played in four games for the Phoenix Eclipse (ABA), and averaged 19.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists during that time ... also split seven games with the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks ... Made his NBA debut against Denver on 10/30/01 ... appeared in two games with Dallas and five with Phoenix during the 2001-02 season.
PLAYOFF HISTORY
(5 games, 0 starts) ... 2006: Came off of the bench to average 9.2 points, 1.4 assist and 0.8 steals in 21.6 minutes per game in his first ever playoff series ... led Milwaukee in scoring with 13 points in Game 1 against Detroit on 4/23.
COLLEGE
Bell was part of a Michigan State senior class that appeared in three straight Final Fours, won a Big 10-record 115 games over a four-year span and won four-straight conference championships ... Bell was selected to the 2001 All-Big Ten Conference First Team by the media and Second Team by coaches, and was named a Third-Team All American by the Associated Press ... ranks as the Big Ten and Michigan State career leader in games played (140) and games started (136) ... posted 14 career 20-point games and was the third player in school history to finish with at least 1,000 points (1,468), 500 rebounds (624) and 300 assists (371) ... a four-time winner of the Spartan's Best Defensive Player award ... as a senior, Bell led the Big Ten in assists (5.1) … just the second player in MSU history (Earvin Johnson) to record a triple-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds (tying career high) and 10 assists in the season opener on Nov. 19, 2000 vs. Oakland ... He tied career high with 31 points (12-13 FG) vs. Eastern Washington on Nov. 25, 2000 ... as a junior, Bell was named to the All-Final Four team after averaging 6.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in games vs. Wisconsin and Florida en route to the NCAA title. In the NCAA Championship game, he collected nine points, five assists and eight rebounds vs. the Gators.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Signed as a free agent by the Phoenix Suns on 7/23/01 ... signed as a free agent by the Dallas Mavericks to a 10-day contract on 1/12/02 ... signed by the Mavericks for the remainder of season on 1/15/02 ... signed a multi-year contract with the Bucks on 8/18/05 ... on 9/20/07, the Bucks retained Bell by matching an offer sheet made by Miami.
Personal
Graduated from Michigan State in three and a half years after majoring in advertising, and would like to own his own advertising company someday … played in Magic Johnson's Roundball Classic at the Palace of Auburn Hills when he was attending high school … held the first “Charlie Bell Youth Basketball Camp” in Fenton, MI in the summer of 2006 (for kids ages 6-15) ... cookies and milk are his favorite treat, which he likes to have the night before a game ... usually eats pasta before a game … son of Charlie and Belle Bell ... he and his wife, Kenya, have two children: daughter Casey and son Charlie IV … his brother, Brandon, played basketball at Marquette University and at the University of Detroit ... Charlie finished as the all-time Flint-area high school scoring leader (2,252 points) at Southwestern Academy and was the runner-up in voting for the state of Michigan's 1996-97 Mr. Basketball Award as a senior … averaged 30.5 points and 13.8 rebounds a game and helped his team to both city (first since 1975) and conference crowns and was a Parade Magazine All-American ... his team was ranked No. 1 in the state at the conclusion of the regular season ... he set a Flint city scoring record when he scorched Arthur Hill (Saginaw, Mich.) for 52 points as a junior ... also earned varsity letters in cross country and track ... says he’s a decent golfer and a very good pool player ... his favorite NBA cities are Milwaukee and New York ... if he had to design his own NBA uniform, he’d pick his old high school colors of powder blue and gold ... nicknames include “Chuck” and “C” ... loves to play Xbox and PSP.
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