Player Spotlight

Name: Luke Bell

Grade: 12

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Interviewed by Arvin Amini

- When did you start playing basketball? I started playing since kindergarten, but I started

playing on a local team in 2nd grade when I lived in California. When I moved here, I played for

Bellevue Select.

- Who is your favorite basketball player of all time? Either Steve Nash or Kobe Bryant. It could

eventually become Jackson Skaggs :)

- What is your favorite basketball memory? Probably going to Hawaii with the team in

December. We obviously played basketball, but it was fun to hang out with the team and go

out to dinner with them.

- If you had control of aux in the weightroom, what songs would you play? Definitely songs by

Future. Rent Money and Thought it was a Drought are on the top of my list.

- If you were able to travel back intime, what decade would you travel back to and why? I

would go back to the 80’s or 90’s because the vibe was cool, whether it was sports or music.

- What is your pregame hype song? It’s definitely Load Management by Baby Smoove

- Are you more of an Emerald City Smoothie person or a Bubble Tea person? I’m definitely an

Emerald City Smoothie type of person. I usually get the Guava Sunrise smoothie whenever I go

there.

- What is your favorite Lakers moment of all time? It’s got to be the Bubble Championship, but I

also loved Kobe’s last game.

- Would you rather go to the North Pole or the South Pole? North Pole so that I can see Santa

and make friends with the Polar Bears.

- If you had a new pet, what pet would it be and what would you name it? I would have a

Pitbull and name it Kobe (after Kobe Bryant).

- Who do you think was a better player in their prime: Chris Paul or Derrick Rose? Definitely

Chris Paul because he’s always made every team he’s on better, and he’s an all around better

player. Derrick Rose’s prime was also sadly shorter than Chris Paul’s.

- What is the first thing you do when you come home from a long game? I would definitely get

some food. I’ll either stop by somewhere along my way or eat whatever my mom makes. She

makes some good taco bowls.

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