Charlotte guard Raja Bell will face Phoenix, his old team, on Tuesday night and opened up in a radio interview about his time in the desert.

"This Phoenix organization, the town and the fans hold a real dear place in my heart. It was a really great opportunity for me four years ago here," Bell said.

He also touched on his troubles with now former coach Terry Porter.

"Steve Kerr said it best when he said that sometimes when you move things get lost in that move and I kind of felt that I was one of the pieces that might have got lost in the move," Bell added. "I never really found a way to work with Terry and I don't think Terry ever really found a way to work and communicate with me. I'm not blaming Terry, it's just as much my fault as anyone's. It just was a situation that once we got deep enough into it, it just obvious that it wasn't working."

Ultimately, the Suns returned to an up-tempo style after Porter tried to infuse a half-court system.

"It is a bit frustrating to see that ultimately they decided to take that route and some of the things that I was trying to share with them. I tried to say things in my way that I didn't feel like we were in the best positions to succeed with what we had.  Whether I went about that right or not, I'm sure I could have walked on eggshells more than I did, but ultimately I don't think they wanted to hear it when I had to say it."