{"id":148828,"date":"2025-07-05T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/148828\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:30:13","slug":"boston-celtics-reportedly-sign-kenneth-lofton-jr-to-las-vegas-summer-league-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/148828\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics reportedly sign Kenneth Lofton Jr. to Las Vegas Summer League roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/boston-celtics\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Celtics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Celtics<\/a> have reportedly agreed to sign former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia 76ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> big man Kenneth Lofton Jr. to their 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League roster. What does the two way center offer the Celtics as a potential two way player or G League prospect for the Maine Celtics?<\/p>\n<p>Not cut from the typical cloth of an NBA big, Lofton stands at just 6-foot-6, yet weighs in at a stout 275 lbs. with a body built like that of an NFL linebacker. He has yet to latch on at the NBA level, but has played in a two role for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, Sixers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Utah Jazz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Utah Jazz<\/a> in the recent past, and still hopes to find a way into the league. Should Boston consider adding him to their roster of two way prospects?<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The hosts of the CLNS Media &#8220;How Bout Them Celtics!&#8221; podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk it over. Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say!<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy this pod, check out the &#8220;How Bout Them Celtics,&#8221; &#8220;First to the Floor,&#8221; and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network: <a href=\"https:\/\/ytubl.ink\/3Ffk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/ytubl.ink\/3Ffk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/ytubl.ink\/3Ffk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/celticswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/celtics\/2025\/07\/05\/celtics-reportedly-sign-kenneth-lofton-jr-to-summer-league-roster\/84473445007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celtics reportedly sign Kenneth Lofton Jr. to summer league roster;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Celtics reportedly sign Kenneth Lofton Jr. to summer league roster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics have reportedly agreed to sign former Philadelphia 76ers big man Kenneth Lofton Jr. to their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,5597,28519,3112,20979,177,6,207,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-148828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-g-league","14":"tag-kenneth-lofton-jr","15":"tag-las-vegas-summer-league","16":"tag-maine-celtics","17":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","20":"tag-utah-jazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114800166700424305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}