snowman wrote:I hope so. If we don't sign him to a regular contract, we will lose him. He can't be resigned as a two-way player any longer. He will be in his 4th season, so can't be a two-way for anyone. I really see his development at what Rob was in year 2 with us. Give him a full offseason working with Al and Rob, and I think he will become our 3rd/4th big. He could be our Grant Williams replacement if he shows improvement. He is bigger and stronger than Grant, shoots the 3 (just not as good as Grant yet) blocks shots, and best of all, is only 25 and healthy.
Thing is, Kabengele is gonna be 26 next season. He's actually 2 months OLDER than rob.
Rob's 2nd season you're referring to, he was only 22. So you're thinking that Kabengele (at age 26) can make a leap that Rob made when he was only 22.
It typically does not work that way. There's exceptions, but for the most part if a guy is 26 and still hasn't become an NBA rotation player, it's not gonna happen. Usually the only exceptions to this is if a guy was like overseas and hadn't really had a chance to prove he can make it in the NBA until age 26+. Or if it was a guy who tried to make it in the NBA at a very early age (like 19-22) but wasn't ready yet, gets cut by an NBA team and then ends up playing overseas for a few years so hadn't had a chance to prove himself in the NBA once he was developed more.
But even those cases are pretty rare. But Kabengele has been right here, in the US, under contract with NBA teams ever since he got drafted 4 years ago - yet he's spent pretty much the whole time in the g league.
At this point, he's probably just a guy who's a really good g league player but can't quite make it in the NBA. Perhaps if he goes to a bad team, he could get some minutes there. But at this point, the odds aren't good for him getting a legit role on a contender like the celtics.
