Bol Bol.
With three 1st round picks in a perceived weak draft, swing for a home run. Kid is lengthy, and mobile and is skilled.
Also, his name is funny for me, so he's entertaining. (Bol Bol is literally translated as pubic hair in Tagalog. I know, immature, but still)
just like Kristap his ability to add strength is a concern
Its not like he can play SG and avoid contact
Porzingis' lack of strength has not stopped him from being an effective defensive player. They said the same thing with Rudy Gobert. If he develop properly, it should not hinder Bol Bol as well. There's more to playing defense than just strength.
Manute was a rail, and there is no signs that Bol will ever NOT be a rail either.
7foot3 ad 208lbs.
That is ridiculous.
there are so many 6foot5 guards who already carry more weight on their frames.
Regardless of being a 'rail', Manute Bol was an excellent defender. So what if big centers could body him up? They still couldn't shoot over him. That's what kept him in the NBA for a decade. He led the NBA in block percentage 5 times during that span! His 'weakness' that kept him from being a star was that he had almost zero offensive game.
His son does not have that weakness. He was raised playing basketball and has a much more polished offensive game that his father could never dream of having. And in the modern game there are just fewer and fewer big bruising post-up players anyway.
If Bol slips to one of our first two picks, I would definitely take a chance on him. I agree with the notion that in this draft, with a couple of top 20 picks we might as well swing for the fences.
Well comparing his playing ability to his fathers is nit a good comparison becasr the game is much different.
And back them Manute was dominated by the centersvin the league. Yeah he got some blocks but he didnt stop anybody. His defensive ratings were mediocre at best.
There is a reason he rarely started and played few minutes as well. His body couldnt take it. He was slow, plodding, weak.
Bol is the same. Slow, plodding, weak. He will get bullied by guards on the block seeing how alot of wing players already outweigh him. And that continued physical abuse will break him.
Who cares if he blocks 2 shots a game when he is so weak defensively that he will be rendered useless. In tidays nba he will be parked at the 3pt line defensively and he wll never recover quickly enough. People here complain of centers like jonas v for lack of foot speed. Jonas can run circles around Bol.
Unpess bol starts taking HGH and puts in 60lbs of lean muscle he will be a dumpster fire of an nba player.