When the Denver Nuggets first selected Bones Hyland during the 2021 NBA Draft, I was disappointed.
That might sound harsh, and it might certainly seem like I’m team “No Fun” in all of this, because anyone that watches Bones Hyland clearly comes away with the feeling that the dude is fun and entertaining as hell on the court.
No, it was because of Bones’ size and defensive concerns that I disliked the pick. At 6’2” but just around 175 pounds, I didn’t see Bones as a high ceiling defensive prospect, something that I thought Denver needed in their quest to surround Nikola Jokiu0107, Jamal Murray, and Michael Porter Jr.