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Providence’s Ben Bentil Selected 51st Overall by the Boston Celtics
With the 51st pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics select…
Bentil is heading to Boston after the Celtic’s selected him 51st overall. Bentil becomes the 43rd player from Providence to be selected in the NBA Draft and his selection marks the 10th time Providence has had more than 1 player drafted in the same year. The last time Providence had two players taken in the same draft was 1997 when Austin Croshere went 12th overall and God Shammgod went 45th overall.
Bentil didn’t get that First Round guarantee that he was hoping for, but it’s still possible that he can get a guaranteed deal done with the Celtics. People may criticize Bentil’s decision to forego two more seasons of eligibility at Providence because he wasn’t taken in the First Round, but I can’t kill him for betting on himself and striking while his stock was high. He isn’t going to get any taller or bigger and it’s hard to see him having as great of a season as he did last year without Kris Dunn as his running mate. There will definitely be many Friar fans that will feel the need to kill him, though.
Bentil’s road to the NBA certainly won’t be as easy as Kris Dunn’s, but he’ll get his chance during NBA Summer League and with the Celtics in training camp.
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[…] eligible this season. This year the loss is Ben Bentil who chose to remain in the NBA Draft and was taken 51st overall by the Boston Celtics. Bentil recently signed a 3-year deal with the Celtics that reportedly […]