Ben Bentil

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Bentil
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1995(1995-03-29)
Age	29
Birthplace	Sekondi-Takoradi
Country	Ghana
Birth City	Western Region
Horoscope	Pisces

Ben Bentil Biography

Ben Bentil is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on March 29, 1995 in Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana. Benjamin Bentil (born March 29 1995) is a Ghanaian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos from Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He played two seasons in basketball in college for Providence before being selected at 51st place by the Boston Celtics in the 2016 NBA draft.

On 23rd March, 2016 Bentil announced his intention to participate in his place in the NBA draft, thereby severing his last two years of eligibility in college.

On February 26, 2017, Bentil signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks. He made his NBA debut three days later in the Mavericks’ 100–95 loss to the Atlanta Hawks; Bentil entered the game in the second quarter and failed to score in 4½ minutes of playing time, becoming the first player born in Ghana to play in the NBA. On March 8, 2017, after two more games with the Mavericks, the 10-day contract expired and returned to the Mad Ants.

On September 25, 2018, Bentil signed with Peristeri in Greece. He averaged 12.5 points (49.7% in 2-point attempts and 37.9% from the 3-point line), 6.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.8 steals in 35 games in the Greek Basket League.

On June 23, 2016 Bentil was chosen for the Boston Celtics with the 51st overall selection of the 2015 NBA draft. He was signed by the Celtics on July 27, 2016 but was released on October 21 after playing for three games in the preseason. A few days later after signing, he was released to the Indiana Pacers. On October 31st, he got acquired to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Pacers. After only playing in one D-League game with the Mad Ants, he left the team mid-November to travel to China.

Ben Bentil Net Worth

Ben Bentil is one of the richest Basketball Player from Ghana. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Bentil 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bentil began to shine in his sophomore season He along with teammates Kris Dunn – a consensus All-American was one of the best one-two punchers in college basketball. He was the top scorer in his team in the Big East Conference with 21.1 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game and field goal attempts (246) as well as free throws (194). He also placed fifth in the league in fields goal percent (46.2 percent) 6th for free-throw percentage (78.2 percent) and fourth in the number of rebounds per game (7.7) and third in win share (3.8). He played in 32 of the team’s 35 games, scoring at least double figures on 31 occasions, scored at minimum 20 points 21 times and scored at least 30-points five times. Bentil scored 31 points as well as a record-breaking 13 rebounds on January 24, in an overtime victory at home for the eventual NCAA Champion Villanova. Two and a quarter weeks later Bentil scored a record-setting 42 points in a double overtime defeat at Marquette. This included a 14-for-17 mark from the free-throw line, and 12 rebound. He was close to his season-averages over the Friars during their two-game NCAA tournament run, scoring 20.0 PPG as well as 6.0 RPG. He was on the court for all forty minutes of Providence’s opening round game against USC with 19 points and 9 rebound in the 70-69 victory. The Friars were subsequently defeated at the end of round two to the eventual NCAA second-placed UNC even with a combined 50 points by Bentil as well as Dunn. In the final game of the season Bentil was named All-Big East, and the conference’s best player.

On the 25th of November on, 2016 Bentil joined Bentil’s Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association as a temporary injury alternative to Andray Blatche. Bentil made his debut for Xinjiang that evening with a 28-point performance from the bench against The Jilin Northeast Tigers. He quit Xinjiang in December of 2016 after playing on the field in eleven games. On the 16th of January 17th, 2017 Bentil was back with his team, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

Bentil was included in San Antonio Spurs roster for 2017 NBA Summer League. On August 28, 2017, Bentil signed a deal with the Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket out in France’s LNB Pro A.

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Ben Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ghana. Ben Bentil celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.