Trae Bell-Haynes

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Trae Bell-Haynes

| image = 2023-08-09 Deutschland gegen Kanada (Basketball-Länderspiel) by Sandro Halank–005.jpg

| caption = Bell-Haynes with Canada in 2023

| position = Point guard

| height_m = 1.88

| weight_kg = 79

| league = Liga ACB

| team = Casademont Zaragoza

| number = 2

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|5}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| high_school = Bill Crothers (Unionville, Ontario)

| college = Vermont (2014–2018)

| draft_year = 2018

| career_start = 2018

| years1 = 2018–2019

| team1 = Skyliners Frankfurt

| years2 = 2019

| team2 = Wisconsin Herd

| years3 = 2019

| team3 = Niagara River Lions

| years4 = 2019–2020

| team4 = Helsinki Seagulls

| years5 = 2020–2021

| team5 = Crailsheim Merlins

| years6 = 2021

| team6 = Niagara River Lions

| years7 = 2021–2022

| team7 = Río Breogán

| years8 = 2022–2023

| team8 = Budućnost VOLI

| years9 = 2023–present

| team9 = Casademont Zaragoza

| highlights =

Montenegrin League champion (2023)
Montenegrin Cup winner (2023)
CEBL Second Team All-Star (2019)
2× AP Honorable Mention All-American (2017, 2018)
2× America East Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
2× First-team All-America East (2017, 2018)
Third-team All-America East (2016)
America East All-Rookie Team (2015)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bk|CAN}}}}

}}

Trae Anthoney Bell-Haynes{{cite web |title=Trae Anthoney Bell Haynes |url=https://www.aba-liga.com/player/4149/24/1/trae-anthoney-bell-haynes/ |website=AdmiralBet ABA League |access-date=3 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Trae Bell-Haynes |url=https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/30001171 |website=ACB.COM |access-date=3 March 2025}} (born September 5, 1995) is a Canadian basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.{{cite web|url=https://www.riverlions.ca/trae-bell-haynes|title=Trae Bell-Haynes|website=riverlions.ca}} He played college basketball for the Vermont Catamounts.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/trae-bell-haynes-1.html|title=Trae Bell-Haynes College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}

High school career

Bell-Haynes played at Bill Crothers Secondary School, just outside his Toronto home, where he was a team captain in grade 12 and led the team in scoring and assists on the way to a 36–6 record. He was also named the MVP of the 2014 Ontario Prep Championships Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.uvmathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2874|title=Player Profile: Trae Bell-Haynes|publisher=UVM Athletics|access-date=March 13, 2017}}

College career

Bell-Haynes starred as a freshman for Vermont, earning America East All-Rookie Team honours in 2014–15, averaging 8.8 points a contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.americaeast.com/news/2015/3/2/209917524.aspx|title=Warney Highlights 2014–15 Men's Basketball Award Winners Presented by Under Armour|publisher=America East Conference|access-date=June 4, 2018}} In his sophomore season, Bell-Haynes took on a larger role, becoming the Catamount's leading scorer with 12.2 points per game, and garnering All-America East Third Team honours, as well as All-Tournament Team after the Catamounts reached the America East Basketball Championship game, falling to Stony Brook.{{cite web|url=http://www.uvmathletics.com/news/2016/2/29/mens-basketball-cats-well-represented-on-america-east-all-conference-teams.aspx|title=Cats Well Represented on America East All-Conference Teams – University of Vermont|website=Vermont Catamounts|access-date=June 4, 2018}} As a junior, Bell-Haynes was named America East Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference as he guided the Catamounts to a 29–6 overall record and perfect 16–0 mark in conference play along with a 21-game win streak en route to its sixth America East men's basketball title in 2017, securing the automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.americaeast.com/news/2017/2/27/211505570.aspx|title=Vermont's Historic Season Leads to Sweep of Men's #AEHoops Major Awards|publisher=America East Conference|access-date=June 4, 2018}} Bell-Haynes followed up his senior season repeating as America East Player of the Year, becoming the third Catamount in Vermont history to repeat as the conference's top player, joining Taylor Coppenrath and Marqus Blakely, and the eighth player to repeat in America East history.{{cite web|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/college/vermont/2018/03/01/uvms-bell-haynes-repeats-america-east-player-year/386673002/|title=UVM's Bell-Haynes repeats as America East player of year|publisher=Burlington Free Press|access-date=June 4, 2018|date=March 1, 2018}}

Bell-Haynes finished his Vermont career with 1,629 points, good for eighth all-time in school history, and fifth all-time in assists with 518.

Professional career

=Skyliners Frankfurt (2018–2019)=

Bell-Haynes was not selected in the 2018 NBA draft but he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks for NBA Summer League.{{cite news|title=Trae Bell-Haynes to join Milwaukee Bucks' summer league team|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/college/vermont/2018/06/23/trae-bell-haynes-join-milwaukee-bucks-summer-league-team/728210002/|access-date=June 25, 2018|work=Burlington Free Press|date=June 23, 2018}} He signed a three month deal, with an option for the remainder of the season, with the Skyliners Frankfurt of the German Basketball Bundesliga on August 28, 2018.{{cite web|title=Fraport Skyliners sign Eric Murphy and Trae Bell-Haynes|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/germany/bbl/286868/fraport-skyliners-sign-eric-murphy-and-trae-bell-haynes.html|website=Sportando|access-date=August 28, 2018}} On February 18, 2019, Bell-Haynes parted ways with the club.{{cite web|last1=Lupo|first1=Nicola|title=Trae Bell-Haynes, Fraport Skyliners part ways|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/trae-bell-haynes-fraport-skyliners-part-ways/|website=Sportando|access-date=March 10, 2019|date=February 18, 2019}}

=Wisconsin Herd (2019)=

On March 8, 2019, Bell-Haynes signed with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League, appearing in eight games.{{cite web|title=Herd Acquires Trae Bell-Haynes|url=https://wisconsin.gleague.nba.com/news/herd-acquires-trae-bell-haynes/|website=NBA G League|access-date=March 10, 2019|date=March 8, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.nba.com/player/1629472/|title=Trae Bell-Haynes|website=NBA G League Stats}}

=Niagara River Lions (2019)=

Bell-Haynes signed with the Niagara River Lions of the upstart Canadian Elite Basketball League on April 29, 2019.{{cite web|url=http://uvmathletics.com/news/2019/4/29/mens-basketball-trae-bell-haynes-18-inks-deal-with-cebls-niagara-river-lions.aspx|title=Trae Bell-Haynes '18 Inks Deal with CEBL's Niagara River Lions|website=University of Vermont Athletics}}

=European experience=

Bell-Haynes signed in Finland with the Helsinki Seagulls team on September 9, 2019.{{cite web |title=TRAE BELL – HAYNES TÄYDENTÄÄ SEAGULLSIN TAKAKENTÄN |url=https://www.helsinkiseagulls.com/09/09/2019/trae-bell-haynes-taydentaa-seagullsin-takakentan/ |publisher=helsinkiseagulls.com |date=September 9, 2019 |language=Finnish }} He averaged 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. On June 30, 2020, he signed with Crailsheim Merlins.{{cite web |title=Crailsheim Merlins land Trae Bell-Haynes |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/crailsheim-merlins-land-trae-bell-haynes/ |website=Sportando |access-date=June 30, 2020 |date=June 30, 2020}} Bell-Haynes was named player of the week on November 17 after contributing 23 points, six rebounds and nine assists in a win against Mitteldeutscher BC.{{cite web |title=Trae Bell-Haynes claims German BBL Interperformances weekly honour |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/news/653655/Trae-Bell-Haynes-claims-German-BBL-Interperformances-weekly-honour |website=Eurobasket |access-date=November 17, 2020 |date=November 17, 2020}}

=Second stint with the Niagara River Lions (2021)=

On February 10, 2021, Bell-Haynes re-signed with the Niagara River Lions.{{cite web|url=https://www.riverlions.ca/traebellhaynesre-signed|title=Trae Bell-Haynes Re-signs with the River Lions|website=RiverLions.ca|date=February 10, 2021|access-date=July 9, 2021}}

=Río Breogán (2021–2022)=

On July 13, 2021, he has signed with Río Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbbreogan.com/trae-bell-haynes-director-de-xogo-do-rio-breogan|title=Trae Bell- Haynes, director de xogo do Río Breogán|date=July 13, 2021|website=cbbreogan.com|language=es|access-date=September 8, 2021}}

=KK Budućnost (2022–2023)=

On July 16, 2022, he has signed with Budućnost VOLI of the Montenegrin First League.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/trae-bell-haynes-joins-kk-buducnost-voli/|title=Trae Bell-Haynes joins KK Buducnost VOLI|date=July 16, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 7, 2022}}

=Basket Zaragoza (2023–present)=

On June 5, 2023, he signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/casademont-zaragoza-officially-signs-trae-bell-haynes/|title=Casademont Zaragoza officially signs Trae Bell-Haynes|date=June 5, 2023|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=June 6, 2023}}