First Ghanaian Drafted Into The NBA By Boston Celtic In NBA 2016 Draft – Radio Univers 105.7 | Voice of Legon

Providence forward Ben Bentil won’t move far, as the Boston Celtics have selected him with the 51st pick during the 2016 NBa draft last night in the United States of America ahead of the 2016/2017 NBA regular season.

Bentil was better than his teammate Kris Dunn at times last season, averaging 21.1 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. The 21-year-old scores at all levels of the floor, he is a great ball handler for his size, and is quite mobile. He really embodies the qualities teams look for in a modern day big man, though he needs to refine his game.

Bentil is extremely raw though but he didn’t start playing basketball until his late teens and has poor feel for the game. He’ll need to improve his screening, passing, and decision-making before he can play consistently.

It’s more realistic for Bentil to be a contributor to the Maine Red Claws at this stage of his career, though he could very well still sign an NBA contract with the Celtics.

 

Anyways, Ghana won last night at the #NBADraft with @benbentil congrats #Proud 🇬🇭 #TeamAfrica #GrowTheGame #NBA pic.twitter.com/eGgD67JrrH

— Benny Bonsu (@MsBennyBonsu) June 24, 2016

Congrats to Ben Bentil! Selected No. 51 overall by the @celtics in the 2016 @NBA Draft. #NBADraft #GoFriars pic.twitter.com/ZmwsRmSo5X

— Providence Friars (@PCAthletics) June 24, 2016

By STAK SOTTIE/UniversSports

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