{"id":592343,"date":"2026-02-09T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592343\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:24:17","slug":"former-celtics-guard-debuts-with-clippers-after-signing-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592343\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Celtics guard debuts with Clippers after signing new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/celtics\/\" title=\"Navigate to Celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics<\/a>Published: Feb. 09, 2026, 6:15 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Dalano Banton\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7XPXPQZ7TFDVXBQO55C7GLM7L4.jpg\"  \/>Boston Celtics guard Dalano Banton (45) runs with the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Steven Senne)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EBYDM7LILRDIDBVGVIKANPQZKU\">A former Celtics guard is getting a comeback chance in the NBA after a big roster shakeup following the trade deadline. The Clippers signed Dalano Banton to a 10-day contract this weekend to fill an open roster spot following trading away starters James Harden and Ivica Zubac last week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CYYVU53L2BH73NWTNVENNI6X4Q\">The Toronto native spent half a year in Boston during Boston\u2019s 2023-24 championship season before being dealt away to the Portland Trail Blazers at the trade deadline in 2024. He spent two seasons in Portland but has been without an NBA team this season after the Mavericks cut him during training camp. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FDP6QM6JA5FY7MDSF3JLGNQ5DI\">After putting up some big numbers in the G-League in Dallas, Banton is now getting a chance with a Clippers squad that suddenly has a void on the roster. New trade addition Darius Garland is sidelined until the All-Star Break after being acquired for Harden so Banton should provide some extra depth in the backcourt until he\u2019s made available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FMDEAQZYBNBVDADTESWZUUPV6Q\">Banton made his debut for the Clippers on Sunday afternoon as he scored two points in four minutes during a 115-96 rout over the Timberwolves. He\u2019s averaged 6.8 points and 2.0 assists per game during his career after being drafted by the Raptors at No. 46 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft. <\/p>\n<p>Brian covers the Celtics and NBA for MassLive.com. He has covered the Celtics since 2010 with previous stops at NBA.com, Bleacher Report and Boston.com. You can reach Brian at BRobb@masslive.com or on Twitter&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CelticsPublished: Feb. 09, 2026, 6:15 a.m.Boston Celtics guard Dalano Banton (45) runs with the ball in the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-592343","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-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116040425685306374","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592343","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=592343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}