Summer League isn’t 22-year-old Jonah Bolden’s ideal playing landscape. With the dearth of playmakers and July basketball’s chaotic offensive nature, Bolden didn’t look comfortable creating for himself off of the dribble. Regularly, he’d fumble his dribble or lack the proper body position to attack downhill. Bolden shot just 35.1 percent from the floor and a ghastly 23.5 percent from deep. Chalk it up as an aberration, as Bolden shot significantly better this past season for Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (46.6 percent, 30.7 percent).
Bolden’s defensive performance in Summer League garnered positive reviews and helped earn him a four-year, $7 million deal, the last two seasons non-guaranteed, with Philadelphia.