OAKLAND – During his first training camp last season, Jordan Bell would frequently stargaze at his superstar teammates Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Draymond Green.
Just months removed from his final collegiate game, the thought of standing next to pillars of the 2017 championship team still didn’t seem real.
Now, as he begins his second season with Golden State, he’s quitting that habit while he tries to put a rocky rookie season behind him.
“I know what to expect now,” Bell said Tuesday afternoon. “Everything is not brand new to me this year. I know in practice I got to go hard, I’m a young guy, I got to be the first one in the gym doing drills.