Caboclo was fired by the Celtics with no hope for a spot in fall training camp

2022-09-21 14:03

Caboclo was fired by the Celtics with no hope for a spot in fall training camp


The Boston Celtics fired 27-year-old center Bruno Caboclo on a training-camp contract before the start of fall training camp , according to Sham Charania of The Athletic's NBA Sports Reporter. Lost the chance to compete for the roster for the new season.


Caboclo was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 20th overall pick in the first round in 2014. During his seven-year NBA career, he played for the Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets. He only played in the team for less than a season and then wandered into another team, and most of the time he was assigned by the team to play in the development league.


His last NBA team was with the Rockets, who appeared in just six regular-season games in the 2020-2021 season and averaged 2.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.2 assists in six minutes per game.


After that, Cabuklo played in the Brazilian League on behalf of the Sao Paulo team of Brazil's New Basquette (NBB) last season, averaging 23.9 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks per game in the game. The second highest data, outside The hit rate is 44.8%, and the average shot is nearly 4 full hits. And this is also the personal best statistic that Caboclo ushered in after years of unsatisfactory records in the NBA. At the same time, he also led the team to win the first Intercontinental Championship (BCL) and won the MVP of the Brazilian League that season.


After Caboclo played for the Utah Jazz in the Las Vegas Summer League in early July and captured the attention of the crowd with his fast break skills, pitch creation and efficient defense, Kyle The special team decided to sign the center on a non-guaranteed training camp contract in August and let him prove his strength in fall training camp and preseason games to win the team's roster spot for the new season. Improve the team's frontcourt depth for the 2023 season.


But the Celtics' new 34-year-old veteran forward Danilo Gallinari will miss the new season in recent weeks with a torn ACL while representing the national team, while defensive star Robert Williams will be sidelined in recent weeks. Stacey also needed surgery to return in the early stages of the regular season, which may have contributed to Caboclo's early dismissal by the Celtics.


It is speculated that the Celtics will need to make room in the near future to sign a starting center who can temporarily replace Williams to strengthen the depth and shortcomings of the frontcourt. It is understood that there are currently replaceable and experienced players in the free agency market. Centers are 37-year-old LaMarcus Aldridge and 36-year-old Dwight Howard.


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