Raja Bell

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Raja Bell: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

Undrafted out of Florida International in 1999, Bell fought up from the CBA — a champion with Yakima in 2000 — to a starring Game 7 in the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals for Philadelphia. His first Jazz stint, 2003 to 2005, brought his first double-figure scoring seasons, 11.2 and then 12.3 points a game. In Phoenix he became a two-time All-Defensive Team pick who led the league with 205 threes in 2006-07 and famously clotheslined Kobe Bryant in the 2006 playoffs, before returning to Utah late in his career.

Born on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and raised around Miami, Bell later served as Cleveland's director of player administration in 2014-15, then reinvented himself as a podcast host for The Ringer.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUndrafted, he first signed with Utah in 2003 and left for Phoenix in free agency. He returned on a three-year deal in July 2010, but after calling Tyrone Corbin unprofessional in May 2012 he never played for the Jazz again and was waived on March 10, 2013.

Full name

Raja Dia Bell

Utah Jazz tenure

2003–05, 2010–12

Position

Guard

Born

1976, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands

Height

6′5″ (196 cm)

Weight

205 lb (93 kg)

College

Florida International

Drafted

undrafted