{"id":51321,"date":"2025-08-01T00:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51321\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T00:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:51:07","slug":"celtics-could-lose-summer-league-player-to-european-team-98-5-the-sports-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/51321\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics could lose Summer League player to European team – 98.5 The Sports Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Bassey, who played for the Celtics in the NBA Summer League, has reportedly gained interest from multiple European teams. Partizan Belgrade, a Serbian club, are in the lead to sign the Nigerian center, his agent told Meridian Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bassey flashed an impressive skill set for a big man in a three-game summer league tryout for the Celtics. He averaged 15.3 points and 11.0 rebounds \u2013 tied for a league best \u2013 in 21.3 minutes per game during his three contests in Las Vegas. Although the 6-foot-10 center did not attempt a 3-pointer, Bassey\u2019s splits were efficient with a 70.4 shooting percentage \u2013 while averaging 9.0 field goals a game \u2013 and a perfect free throw percentage on 2.7 attempts per outing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Charles is honored by the interest of Basketball Club Partizan,\u201d agent Mark McNeil told Meridian Sport, per a rough Google translation. \u201cHe is definitely considering the offer and will continue discussions with the club and his agent. Other European clubs have contacted him, but Partizan is his priority right now.”<\/p>\n

Drafted 53rd overall out of Western Kentucky by Philadelphia in 2021, Bassey has struggled to find a consistent NBA role, despite playing three seasons with San Antonio, where he signed a two-way contract in 2022 after he was waived by Philadelphia. He has averaged 4.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in his 113 NBA games.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There is a very realistic possibility Bassey could contend for minutes in Boston, if he and the Celtics agree to a contract.<\/p>\n

The Celtics only have four big men on their roster, as Neemias Queta and Xavier Tillman are the only returning centers currently rostered from a season ago. The franchise signed Luka Garza to a fully-guaranteed two-year, $5.5 million contract<\/a> in free agency. After losing Luke Kornet to the Spurs, the Celtics have only three players who are 6-foot-10 or taller: Miles Norris, who is on a two-way deal; Queta; and Garza. Bassey could be the fourth.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still unclear what Al Horford\u2019s plans are, despite reports surfacing throughout the offseason linking him to different teams \u2013 mainly Golden State \u2013 while also contemplating retirement. Horford, who turned 39 years old in June, still could return to Boston.<\/p>\n

If the Celtics opt not to sign Bassey, it would likely indicate they are content entering the 2025-26 season with the big men they currently have on their roster. It would be difficult to find better options to fill out their depth on the open market, barring an unexpected trade or move by another organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Bassey, who played for the Celtics in the NBA Summer League, has reportedly gained interest from multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-51321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}