If he plays well enough at this week’s USA Basketball training camp, Bol Bol will earn a ticket back to a place where he spent several months as a toddler during a stressful time for his family.
It would be just the latest twist in a life that started halfway around the world.
Bol — the son of late NBA star Manute Bol — is now a 7-foot-2 power forward and still just 17 years old. He’s also one of the best high school players in the United States and one of only six prospects from the class of 2018 to earn an invitation to John Calipari’s training camp to select the Team USA U19 squad.