Although he failed to cash in on his talent in the Denver Plateau, after being displaced from many teams, the famous "second generation of the ball" of the NBA, Polpol, has finally established himself in Orlando and is expected to play his career masterpiece here.
Bol completed a contract extension with the Magic in the offseason, and he was not favored by the excess of insiders
After being traded to the Magic by the Celtics last season, Bol did not play a game for the team due to injury, but Orlando management reached a two-year, $4.4 million contract extension with him this summer, although it is a cabbage price, but for Bol, being able to stay in the NBA is actually very content. With big men like Bamba, Carter Jr. and Banqueiro in the Magic team in the new season, not too many people can actually be optimistic that Pol can get a place. But he really used his own performance to slap these doubts in the face.
Starting again after 652 days, Pol has managed to gain the trust of the Magic manager
Although Pol played as a substitute for the first five games of the new season, he had a strong presence on both the offensive and defensive ends, and finally in the most recent Magic-Hornets game, Bol was once again in the starting position after 652 days (the last start was back to January 15, 21), and in 26 minutes of playing time, he scored 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block on 4-of-6 shooting, filling his stat column. With a steady play as a starter, it looks like Pol has officially gained the trust of boss Mosley and is expected to improve his playing time in the future.
6 games handed over efficient data sheets, Nuggets regret letting him go
In these 6 games, Ball can efficiently score 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in only 18.8 minutes, shooting 64.1% from the field, and it is worth mentioning that his 2.3 blocks can rank fourth in the league and is the only player on the block list who plays less than 20 minutes.
I don't know how the Nuggets feel when they see Pol gradually cashing in on his talent in the Magic now, and if they could have given him some space to show, they wouldn't have signed a defensive black hole like Jordan Jr. in the new season to make him Jokic's chief backup.