Belinda Snell

Belinda Snell ( born January 10, 1981 in Mirboo North, Australia ) is a professional basketball player. In 2011 she played for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association. The 1.80 meter tall Snell is used mainly on the position of the Guards.

After winning titles during their time in Australia Snell 2005 joined as a free agent with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Already in the third WNBA season, she won her first championship with the Mercury. In addition, she won with the Australian national team's silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and 2008. In the WNBA season breaks they usually play for European teams.

Career

Professional basketball (since 1998)

Your professional career began Snell in 1998 at the Australian Institute of Sport ( AIS) with which they could win the WNBL championship already in their first season. In the season 1999/2000 she was appointed as Co - Captain of the AIS. After two seasons at the AIS, she joined the Sydney Uni Flames. In her first season for the Flames already won her second WNBL title. Over the next four seasons, although it reached with the Flames every time the finals, but the profit of another WNBL championship remained from the time being. After the 2004/05 season in which they set a new club record for the Flames with 54 points in a game, she signed to the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.

In the WNBA season in 2005 she stood for Mercury in 20 games on the field, scoring an average of 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. In the WNBA season break 2005/ 06 they still played one last season for the Sydney Uni Flames, but they did not reach 2006 for the first time in six years the final. In the WNBA season in 2006 she was already in 30 games for the Mercury on the field, but their season has hardly changed, thus increasing their points moving average with 3.3 at the same level as last year. In the WNBA season break 2006/ 07 they played for the Italian team Virtus La Spezia. In the 2008 WNBA season, they won their first WNBA championship with the Mercury. In the WNBA season break 2007/ 08 they played for French club CJM Bourges Basket with whom she reached the semifinals in the Euro League Women. In the Euro League Women, it achieved an average of 138 points and 3.7 assists per game.

Once at no WNBA team 2008, she signed, she focused on the Summer Olympic Games. Over the winter, she stood at the BK Dynamo Moscow under contract. In 2009, she signed with the San Antonio Silver Stars. In the 2009 WNBA season, she played her strongest season. Bell scored an average of 6.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. However, in the playoffs, they stood for the Silver Stars only once on the court. In the WNBA season break 2009/10 they played for the Spanish club Ros Casares Valencia Ciudad with which they won the Spanish championship.

In the WNBA season 2010 she stood for the Silver Stars in only two games on the field. On February 9, 2011, she signed as a free agent contract with the Seattle Storm. On September 4, announced the WNBL that Snell will be available in the WNBL season 2011/12 at the Sydney Uni Flames under contract.

National (since 2000)

Bell won the Australian national basketball team of the ladies silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and 2008. Moreover, they won at the World Basketball Championship in 2006 the gold medal.