When the Denver Nuggets surprised everyone and traded into the 2019 NBA Draft to acquire 19-year-old Bol Bol with a second round pick, expectations were properly optimistic.
When the Denver Nuggets finally played Bol Bol in the bubble after a long recovery from foot surgery and he debuted at starting small forward with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and six blocks in a scrimmage, expectations rose sky high.
Things haven’t quite worked out for Bol in the way that he or Nuggets fans may have imagined after seeing him for the first time in 2020, and after completing his first year of a two-year contract in Denver, it’s possible that his NBA opportunity with the Nuggets may have passed him by.