Brooklyn Nets select Florida State power forward Kabengele
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets selected Florida State forward Mfiondu Kabengele with the No. 27 selection in the NBA draft Thursday night.
The 6-foot-10, 256-pound Kabengele is strong inside and has good touch from 3-point range, making 37% from beyond the arc in two seasons with the Seminoles.
The Nets acquired the pick it used to take Kabengele from Denver in a 2018 salary dump by the Nuggets.
Officially, the Nets owned the 17th pick coming into draft night, too, but two weeks ago they agreed to trade that and guard Allen Crabbe, along with a 2020 first-round selection, to Atlanta. That pick was used to take Virginia Tech’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who is on his way New Orleans after draft-day deal between the Pelicans and Hawks.
