MAY 1: The Cavaliers have made their deal with Kabengele official, per a press release on Saturday.
APRIL 30: With the second 10-day deal for Cavaliers big man Mfiondu Kabengele set to expire tonight, Cleveland plans to retain him for the rest of the season, with an opportunity to stick around for two more years, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Woj reports that the Cavaliers will ink Kabengele for the rest of the 2020/21 and will add non-guaranteed salaries for the ’21/22 and ’22/23 seasons to the deal. A three-year contract would mean that the Cavaliers are using a portion of their mid-level exception to complete the move.
Selected with the No. 27 pick out of FSU in 2019, Kabengele spent his rookie season and half of the 2020/21 season with the Clippers. He was included in a trade deadline deal to the Kings and ultimately waived, after which he caught on with Cleveland.
Across six games with the developing Cavaliers thus far, the 6’9″ 23-year-old is averaging 7.3 MPG.
Luke Adams contributed to this story.
Who needs Kevin Porter Jr. when you can sign future All-Star Feondue Cabangelly
Right, and who needs LeBron James when you have a guy like Collin Sexton.
are we somehow unsure if he was drafted in exactly 2019?
This makes drafting Scottie Barnes more likely, also from FSU and kind of a rambler, like Kabengele and really much of the team. Barnes is ranked about #7; possible point-forward.
Kabengele looked okay last night. He has to hit those threes to be productive. Runs like a forward.
Love took no shots but had 10 rebs in 20′. Runs like a center.