LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Aces forward Kierstan Bell has become a fan favorite inside Michelob Ultra Arena.
It hasn’t mattered when she’s come off the bench since arriving after the 2022 WNBA Draft, the crowd has roared whenever her name has been announced, like Thursday night when she checked in with 1:53 left in the first quarter against the Seattle Storm.
This season, however, there’s a fan she’s been waiting for since 2003.
Perry Bell, her 54-year-old father, is back in her life after serving a 20-year sentence — for aggravated robbery, receiving stolen property, and several other offenses — and she couldn’t be any more pleased.
“We had a relationship that was instantly clicking,” said Bell, who finished with 12 points in the 96-63 victory over Seattle. “And we became like best friends.”
Perry Bell has been to every home game, including an emotional home opener when he watched his daughter’s name called during a ring ceremony that saw owner Mark Davis present Kierstan with her diamond-encrusted championship ring from last season’s title team.
“That was dope right there, I feel good watching that,” a misty-eyed Bell said immediately after the ceremony. “I got to see her get a ring.”
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