Prior to suffering a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his left foot nine games into his college season, Bol Bol was on track to becoming a top-ten pick in the draft, even threatening to push into the top five thanks to a productive start to his freshman season at Oregon. Son of former 76er and the tallest man in NBA history, Manute Bol, the junior Bol will enter a league vastly different than the one his father played in, with an offensive game that wouldn’t even seem feasible for a 7-foot-2 center in his dad’s heyday.
After missing most of his lone season at Oregon, Bol has emerged as one of the most enigmatic prospects in the draft — with teams asking whether he’s the next step in the evolution of the big man or an oft-injured giant with baggage to match.