Walt Lemon, a 6-foot-2 guard for the G League’s Fort Wayne Mad Ants, never saw Bol Bol’s towering frame coming.
As Lemon drove right last Wednesday, Bol left his cover, tracked the play and snatched the layup attempt with his two massive hands. The optical illusion – replays later showed it should’ve been a goaltending – was beside the point.
It was one of a handful of sequences that make you believe the Nuggets might have, once again, found something in the depths of the second round. Bol, whom the Nuggets acquired at No. 44 via a draft night trade last summer, finished with his first career double-double of 16 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks in 20 minutes for the Windy City Bulls.