9:45pm: The signing is official, the Celtics announced in a press release.
9:29pm: Center Mfiondu Kabengele will sign a two-way contract with the Celtics, tweets Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe.
Kabengele, 24, earned the opportunity with a strong showing for Boston’s Summer League team. He averaged 14.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in five games in Las Vegas while shooting 58.7% from the field.
The Canadian big man was taken with the 27th pick in the 2019 draft and spent his first season and a half with the Clippers. At the 2021 deadline, he was traded to the Kings, who immediately waived him, and finished the season with the Cavaliers.
Kabengele played last season with Rio Grande in the G League, averaging 17.5 points and 9.3 rebounds in 25 games. He could provide some front court depth for the Celtics, who sent Daniel Theis to the Pacers in the Malcolm Brogdon trade.
This is a sneaky good signing
Kind of odd he was sitting out there. Definitely an NBA talent.
Perhaps the most consistent big man at
Vegas
Going to be a NBA Player he really works hard like his Uncle.
Nice I didn’t know Dikembe was his uncle
Hopefully, he finally gets used properly, but since it’s the Celtics he probably will never play and they’ll eventually trade pieces for someone like him
Otherwise, he is good depth for Horford and even Grant Williams
How is Carsen Edwards doing in the NBA again?
We’ll see if Kabengele can do it against the top competition, well, I hope he gets the chance. But he out rebounded his opponents, blocked some shots, dunked & was a lob threat, made threes from the middle and ran the floor. Can’t ask for more. Go Kabengele! Go Celtics!
Great another midget center out there. 6’8 R Williams getting ragged dolled out there and now sign a 6’9 pretend center. A team full of 6’7 – 6’9 players. Almost a A+ for the Celtics but I give them a A-. Thank God they still have 6’10 Al H (undersized center his whole career) out there.
There’s a reason for that… Smaller bigs tend to be able to switch more often and gaurd the perimeter. There’s only a handful of good 7 ft centers in the NBA anyway, so it’s not like the C’s are refusing to acquire one, they are just rare. The other thing to know/realize it’s that Time Lord has a 7’6″ wing span and obviously has an elite vertical game, so that makes up for his lack of height. He’s effectively taller than many 7 footers.
I don’t care how the game is played today with weak defense. Okay coach Monty, Ayton should be guarding the opposing point guard or whoever because there is no good man to man defense or staying with your defensive matchup. Robert Williams was ragged dolled around by taller centers all season like I said earlier and is injured. He should be the power forward and switch for help. Tatum at the 3, Brown at the 2 and Brogdon the 1 with a good bench. They just need a All Star center. They should of signed crowd favorite Tacko. Or trade Hornet when you can with a first for a starting caliber(young) scoring center. If the Celtics could get wiseman for all of the possible Celtics picks they had.
And or cut Thomas and sign a taller than 6’10 scoring center that has potential