NBA Draft 2019: 5 Biggest Losers

#3 Bol Bol

Another highly recruited rookie from the 2018 high school class, Bol Bol was theoretically the archetype of the modern NBA center who can shoot 3-pointers and still block shots in the paint. Over his season at Oregon with the Ducks, however, he had issues with gaining weight, and despite his superior height and reach he faced trouble competing with centers at the NCAA level.

To top all of that, health concerns regarding whether he had the ability to gain enough pounds to hold his own against the behemoth centers in the NBA caused enough of a negative groupthink about the prospect that he fell all the way to the middle of the 2nd round, even in a historically weak draft class as this.

Unlike Nassir Little, however, Bol Bol hasn't had the track record of a late bloomer. The son of former NBA player Manute Bol, basketball was obviously in his genes. The road to success for him may be much steeper than he thinks today.