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Long Beach Poly Alum Jordan Bell Is An NBA Champion

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When Jordan Bell’s draft rights were acquired by the Golden State Warriors last summer, talk immediately began about the possibility of the former Long Beach Poly star winning an NBA title in his rookie season.

On Friday night that’s exactly what happened as the Warriors completed an NBA Finals sweep of LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

We’ll have more stories in the coming days featuring interviews with Bell and the close friends and family who’ve been on this journey with him. For now enjoy some photos and tweets from Friday evening:

Golden State Warriors on Twitter

?? @1jordanbell

The562.org on Twitter

NBA champion!!! @1jordanbell becomes the first son of Long Beach to get an NBA title. Long Beach Poly now has alums w NBA, NFL, MLB, and Olympic championships.

Patrick Scully on Twitter

Final 4 ➡️ NBA Finals. What a year @1jordanbell

The562.org on Twitter

ITS SUMMERTIME IN LONG BEACH MOOD FOREVER ⁦@1jordanbell⁩

 

Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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