Mfiondu Kabengele

Mfiondu Kabengele is a professional basketball player from Canada. He plays in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics. He also plays in the NBA G League where he helped his team win the 2022 NBA G League Championships.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Mfiondu Tshimanga Kabengele was born on August 14, 1997, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He stands 208 cm tall and his weight was last listed at 113 kg. He is a power forward and center and he shoots right-handed.

His parents were originally from the Republic of Congo. They moved to Canada for educational reasons. He is the nephew of Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer, who had an 18-year-long career in the NBA.

High School and College Career

He attended Corpus Cristi High School in Burlington, Ontario. Later, he moved to the United States and attended the Bosco Institute in Crown Point, Indiana. For college, he played basketball for the Florida State University.

In 2019, he was named the ACC Sixth Man of the Year.

Professional Career

He joined the NBA in 2019 and was a first-round pick by the Brooklyn Nets. They traded him to the Los Angeles Clippers and he played for the team from 2019 to 2021. During that time, he also played for the Agua Caliente Clippers.

In 2021, he signed for a short time with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the next season, he signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

In 2022, Kabengele signed with the Boston Celtics and he also started playing for the Maine Celtics. In 2022, he became a G League champion. Then in 2023, he was named to the All-NBA G League Second Team and the NBA G League All-Defensive Team.

Career Highlights

• 2022 - NBA G League champion
• 2023 - All-NBA G League Second Team
• 2023 - NBA G League All-Defensive

Team

• 2019 - ACC Sixth Man of The Year