The Celtics fortified their backcourt Monday by reportedly agreeing to a two-year contract with 6-foot-7 level guard Dalano Banton.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania first reported the information. The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach reported that the second 12 months of the deal is a crew possibility.
Banton, who grew up in Toronto, performed for Redemption Christian Academy in Northfield, Mass. and The MacDuffie College in Granby, Mass.
He fielded a proposal from UMass, however ended up splitting his faculty profession between Western Kentucky and Nebraska. His hometown Raptors took him forty sixth total within the 2021 NBA Draft.
Free agent level guard Dalano Banton has agreed to a two-year contract with the Boston Celtics, sources inform @TheAthletic @Stadum. Agent Aaron Turner of @VerusTeam negotiated the deal.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 3, 2023
He averaged 3.2 factors, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 10.9 minutes per sport as a rookie and 4.6 factors, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 9.0 minutes per sport this previous 12 months.
Banton, 23, is an athletic and rangy participant who thrives in transition and might guard 1 by way of 3 at an NBA degree. His shot continues to be a piece in progress, as he’s only a 27.5 % 3-point shooter, however there’s potential for enchancment in that space.
With Marcus Sensible gone, Banton has an opportunity to earn minutes. He and Payton Pritchard have very totally different talent units however may complement one another nicely.
It isn’t fairly a Damain Lillard-level splash, but it surely’s a logical transfer that might pay dividends if a guard misses time to damage.
