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After the Suns dropped their season opener to the Hornets, there were some rumblings that Raja Bell may not have been on the same page as his new head coach Terry Porter. Bell was yanked in the first quarter of that game after shooting a three-pointer that probably wasn't an ideal shot at the time, and sat for the remainder of the half. He came out and played well in the second half, but remained frustrated after the team's loss, giving a response of "no comment" when asked about his second quarter benching. It appeared there was some heat brewing between Bell and Porter. If that was the case though, everything seems to be just fine now. Before the Suns' win over the Blazers, when asked if he had to address anything with Raja after the last game, Porter laughed it off and chided the media for trying to make a story out of something that wasn't there.
"Come on man, get off the Raja stuff," Porter said lightheartedly and with a smile. "Enough already with Raja, y'all are killing me with that. We are so good, I mean, there is nothing wrong with Raja and I." If you saw how Raja played against Portland, you would have no choice but to believe that Porter was telling the truth.
Bell played 32 minutes tonight, and was solid offensively. He picked his spots, and when he did shoot, he did so either when he was open or when the team got out in transition, obviously taking Porter's comments about shot selection being important to heart. He ended up hitting six of his 12 shots from the field.
After the game, I asked Raja what the difference was tonight, and he said that when the Suns are running, it's easier for him to get involved.
"I think we were in transition a lot more, we pushed the tempo," Bell said. "I was kind of in the right place at the right time on a few of those, and I was able to get some layups and some open looks. Anytime we're in transition, I'm going to wind up being more involved, because we're harder to guard as a team."
It's only been one game, and sure, winning can solve a lot of problems. But there's no question that Bell was having trouble trying to determine what his coach felt was a good shot and what wasn't. After seeing him play tonight, it seems like he's made the adjustment rather quickly.
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