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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Heat sign Charlie Bell (Bucks match offer) Reply with quote
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Real GM: RealGM Staff Report - The Miami Heat announced today that they have signed guard Charlie Bell to an offer sheet.Under NBA rules, the Milwaukee Bucks now have seven days to match the offer or the restricted free agent will be a member of the Heat.Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Bell, a 6'3", 200-pound guard, appeared in all 82 games (64 starts) for the Bucks last season and averaged 13.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds, 1.18 steals and 34.7 minutes.A three-year NBA veteran, Bell began his NBA career after signing with the Phoenix Suns as an undrafted free agent on July 23, 2001.In addition to playing for the Suns and Bucks, he also saw action with the Dallas Mavericks during the 2001-02 season.For his career he has averaged 10.9 points, 2.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 28.2 minutes while shooting 43.7 percent from the floor and 75.7 percent from the foul line.
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"The Milwaukee Bucks today matched the Miami Heat's five-year, $18 million offer sheet to guard Charlie Bell, according to National Basketball Association sources.
The Heat extended the offer on Monday, and the Bucks had seven days to respond.
Bell had said he wanted to go to Miami and hoped the Bucks would not match the offer.Milwaukee's previous offer had been a three-year deal for $9 million.
Miami was rebuffed in its second off-season attempt to land a key member of the Bucks' backcourt.Earlier this summer, the Heat made a five-year, $31 million offer to unrestricted free agent Mo Williams, who wound up signing a six-year, $52 million deal with the Bucks.
Bell visited Miami last weekend and was impressed with the opportunity with the Heat.
The former Michigan State guard said he was unhappy with negotiations with the Bucks this summer and did not want to return.
"Inside my heart, I just won't be there," Bell said last week.
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"They realize Charlie Bell is a heck of a player, a huge piece of their present and future.They decided they wanted and needed to have Charlie with them."
Bell was only the second restricted free agent to receive an offer sheet this summer.
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"The Bucks have a terrific young team," said Bartelstein, who represents five of the team's players, including Bell, Williams and Bobby Simmons.
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"I wish we could have got it (Bell's contract) done months ago, but at the end of the day, the Bucks made a statement about how valuable Charlie is to them, an impressive statement."
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