{"id":936518,"date":"2026-10-17T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936518\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T14:30:09","slug":"neemias-queta-lands-behind-former-celtics-star-in-sporting-news-center-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936518\/","title":{"rendered":"Neemias Queta Lands Behind Former Celtics Star in Sporting News&#8217; Center Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a season of uncertainty, Neemias Queta had a breakout 2025-26 campaign for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics<\/a>. The sky is the limit for the Portuguese star if he can maintain the starting center role for Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Selected 39th in the 2021 NBA Draft, Queta won a ring with the 2023-24 Celtics. He transitioned to a starter during the 2025-26 season following changes to the front court. In 76 games, he averaged career-highs in points (10.2), rebounds (8.4), assists (1.7), and blocks (1.3) per game.<\/p>\n<p>Queta\u2019s breakout season has placed him 19th on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/news\/nba-centers-ranking-all-30-starters-nikola-jokic-victor-wembanyama\/94659f89d5b18678f780404b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Sporting News\u2019 center rankings<\/a> for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Queta\u00a0was placed between the Bucks\u2019 Myles Turner and the Warriors\u2019 Kristaps Porzingis. The Celtics traded Porzingis to the Hawks in a three-team deal, which allowed Queta to emerge as a top star.<\/p>\n<p>When explaining his position, Steph Noh stated the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Queta came from out of nowhere to become a solid starting center in the league. He brings high energy, great offensive rebounding, plus defense, and finishing at the rim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics recently gave Queta a four-year, $56 million extension. The 27-year-old aims to be a major contributor in the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Though the team signed Mitchell Robinson, Queta, if healthy, will remain one of the top players the Celtics can rely on.<\/p>\n<p>More Celtics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a season of uncertainty, Neemias Queta had a breakout 2025-26 campaign for the Celtics. The sky is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-936518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}