Nuggets’ Bol Bol getting opportunity to “explore all his skills and talents” at Summer League

Fans wrong Ball Arena, similar clockwork past season, chanted Bol Bol’s sanction each clip the Nuggets were up large precocious successful games.

The 7-foot-2 halfway was seldom called into action.

But connected Sunday nighttime — successful Denver’s Summer League opener successful Las Vegas against the Heat, a 97-77 nonaccomplishment — Bol started astatine halfway and played 29 minutes. He was fixed a relation Nuggets adjunct Charles Klask antecedently described arsenic “our Summer League version” of Nikola Jokic.

It produced mixed results. Bol scored 21 points connected 5-of-14 shooting with 11 made escaped throws and 2 blocked shots. He failed to link from heavy (0 of 3 connected 3-pointers) and committed a team-high six turnovers.

“Overall, I thought it was a beauteous bully nighttime for Bol Bol,” Klask said. “His effort, his energy, his engagement and strength precise good. Personally, it was truly amusive to conscionable ticker him retired determination playing akin to however helium did successful the bubble … wherever helium tin research each his skills and talents connected the floor.”

Numbers game. The Nuggets expected to person lone 8 players disposable Sunday aft a important squad quarantine owed to a affirmative COVID-19 test.

Denver made 2 last-minute additions — Josh Gray and Daniel Hamilton — for 10 full players. Miami rolled to a 97-77 victory.

“Our bushed and harmony with 1 different weren’t there,” Klask said. “Then, erstwhile guys got frustrated, I deliberation they each wanted to effort to bash it a small spot one-on-one. That didn’t ever pb to bully things. The 21 turnovers are a large origin of wherefore we lost. They led to truthful galore casual points.”

The pursuing 9 players were unavailable against the Heat: Chudier Bile, Tarik Black, Jason Burnell, Deonte Burton, Semaj Christon, Eugene German, Marcus Howard, Bones Hyland and Zeke Nnaji.

The Nuggets’ 2nd Summer League crippled is Tuesday against the Celtics.

“It sounds similar a best-case script would beryllium clearance connected Tuesday (for players to return),” Klask said. “I don’t cognize each of the details aft that. Fingers crossed it’s Tuesday.”