<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 19</span> - It has been almost a month now, and Charlie Bell still can't seem to let go of the fact that the Bucks matched Miami's offer sheet of $18 million for five years to retain his services as a backup guard. And that's too bad.</p> </p> It's time for Bell to let it go, because his teammates will need his undivided attention when the season begins Oct. 31. Anything less would be unbecoming a man of Bell's character.</p> </p> I asked Bell what it would take to see the old Charlie Bell again, the happy Charlie Bell.</p> </p> "I don't know," he said. "It's difficult. I'm waiting to get back to my old self. I'm just trying to play hard. I'm going to try to give 100% effort even if I'm not feeling up to it. The team is counting on me. I don't want to be the weak link." -- <font color="#000000">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</font></p> </p> </p> [*]Bell reported to camp in a sour mood and not in the best of shape, courtesy of his uncertain summer. [*] </p> "I feel like it should just be open for everybody," Bell said of the NBA's free agent system. "No restricted (free agency). Let guys go out there and get what they can, and not be held back in any type of way." -- <font color="#000000">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</font></p></div> </div>
