Talented monster! Why is 25-year-old Boer, no ball to play?

Bolbol's NBA career is facing challenges.

The free market has been open for nearly two months, and Bolboel can be said to be completely ignored. Not only does no team sign him, but there are also no rumors about signing. Considering that the free market is already very friendly to the inside this year, this is by no means a good sign.

Like most players who are still free, the reason why Bol Pole is not wanted is because of his lack of strength.

Take the past two seasons as an example. Bolpoll played all with the Suns and got all basic salary. His performance:

-2023-24 season, played in 43 games, all substitutes, averaging 5.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 0.6 blocks per game, shooting percentage of 61.6%

-2024-25 season, played in 36 games, 26 substitutes, averaging 6.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game, and shooting percentage of 52.5%

As the son of legendary Manutpoll, Bolpoll became famous at a young age. When he graduated from high school in 2018, he was the fourth high school student in the United States. At that time, Barrett, Zion and Reddish were ranked first.

Later we learned that the three teamed up to go to Duke and were all selected in the lottery section of the 2019 draft.

Bol Pole is a bit worse. In 2018, he joined the University of Oregon. In the first 9 games, he averaged 21.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, which was quite explosive.

But it was also after that that, Bolbol suffered a stress fracture in his left foot. This injury had a huge impact on him, which directly caused him to fall from the predicted lottery zone to the second round, and was finally picked by the Nuggets at the 44th pick.

Joining the Nuggets is actually not a bad thing. After all, the Nuggets have trained the strongest second-round pick in history - Jokic, and there is also a precedent for Jokic. Many fans are waiting for Polboel to make a comeback. He is 2.18 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.31 meters. He has a historically static talent. He can end the inside and shoot three-pointers from the outside. At that time, it would be amazing if he played.

The ideal is quite beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Bolbol's growth during the Nuggets did not meet expectations. Due to injuries and ability issues, he only played 49 games in the first two seasons, averaged only 5 minutes per game, scoring 2.2 points and 0.9 rebounds, basically at the level of a water dispenser. In the third year of his career, that is, the 2021-22 season, the Nuggets tried to trade Bolbol, but the result was that Bolbol was returned because he failed the Pistons physical examination. Soon after, Bolbol underwent right foot surgery, and then he was traded to Magic again.

The Magic are in the stage of accumulating talent at this time, so in the 2022-23 season, Bolboel, who returned from injury, has a lot of opportunities. This year, he played a total of 70 games and started 33 games, averaging 9.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 54.6%.

Bolboel's highlight is that he not only has a center-level height and wingspan, but also has very good offensive skills. He can dribble behind the scenes, turn around and even make layups in Europe, and can also shoot three-pointers, which is very important in today's era.

But Boer Boer also has many shortcomings. His figure is too thin, resulting in poor confrontation and cannot gain advantage on both offense and defense, especially on the defensive end. You think he is a defensive killer, but it is actually a defensive loophole.

In terms of data, in the Magic year, the players who were facing the ball against Boer not only did not reduce their shooting percentage, but increased from 60.1% to 63.5%. Considering his height and wingspan, this is a bit outrageous.

In addition, although Bolboel can shoot three-pointers, his shooting percentage is not outstanding. The Magic made a total of 30 of 113 shots that year, and his three-point shooting percentage was only 26.5%, which was not enough to open up the space.

And although he can attack by himself, he is most of the time out of touch with the team. The data can also prove that during the Magic, when Boer Boer was on the court, the team scored 107.6 points in a hundred rounds, and the number increased to 112.2 points.

Therefore, the Magic did not renew his contract in the 2023 offseason, and then Bolboel joined the Suns.

In other words, signing Bolbore is actually a mistake in the Suns' team building - the Suns, who have Durant, Booker, and Bill, need more of a blue-collar inside player that can defend and grab. Bolbore looks like he has good defensive talent, but he is not a player of this type in essence. The Suns lacked a defendable inside player that can defend last season, which is to a certain extent because of the mistakes in the management's signing.

Another incident happened last season. At the time of the Suns and Rockets, Adams and Plumley clashed. As a result, Pol Pole stood under the basket and even started shooting. After this incident, many fans criticized him for not caring about his teammates at all.

In any case, Bolbol's Suns career has ended, and if it is not done well, his NBA career will also end - there is no exaggeration. Although Bolbol is only 25 years old, and although he was once the fourth high school student in the United States, his style and talent are simply incompatible. The league's inside line is now very popular, but inside line without defense is easily abandoned, such as another talented monster Bamba who is waiting to sign.

Only talk about Bol Pole, injury ruined him to a certain extent, but what really caused this situation was his irreparable shortcomings. He had no defense, no passing, insufficient functionality, and the counterattack drama he had been looking forward to many years ago, but judging from the results, it was not staged in the end.