Yeah he certainly wasn’t putting 3’s up at the beginning of his career for sure. Lopez added that to his game and it probably added a few years to his career to be honest.
Out of all the scenarios, drafting clingan at 7 is the most disappointing. If we MOVE UP to draft him I’m gonna be pissed. No thanks.
If we take him at 7 I will be disappointed but I can convince myself to understand. I will not understand if we move up to get him.
you're more understanding than I am according to lots of 'reporting' and chatter, the Blazer front office spent nearly 2 years coveting Ayton. This even though, again according to rumors, Dame did not want Ayton and supposedly Cronin was doing everything he could to keep Dame around (which more and more I suspect was PR bullshit). Anyway, the Blazers supposedly spent 2 years coveting an overpaid C and finally found the chance to land him as part of trading away the franchise player they were trying to keep...until they weren't and of course that all fit with Portland's schizophrenic 'we-can't-pick-a-lane-so-we'll-straddle-every-fence-we-can' roster-building plan so less that 9 months after landing the high paid COTF in Ayton, the Blazers spend a minimum of a 7th pick on another COTF. A decision almost guaranteed to trigger the malcontent persona of the high-paid current COTF. in my view this is a timeline of dumb fucking mismanagement. The only thing making it dumber would be if that same front office actually believes the 2 COTF can play together....geeeezuzz I hope to god all this Clingan noise is just that, noise
Where in the rule book does it say we need to get rid of one Center if we draft another? You play the best 5 players. If it means playing both Clingan and Ayton so he it. Y'all remember the twin towers in San Antonio? Draft Edey also and let's run the Triple Towers!
Well pretty clear Portland needs to move up to #1 to guarantee getting Clingan. Perhaps we can give up #7, Sharpe and our 2025 pick?
Look at what Boban averages per minute played. He puts up all star numbers. Edey is physically capable of playing more.
Maybe - I don't think any of these rumors would come out from the Blazers. My fear is the Blazers have been discussing trades with other teams for Clingan and that is how the rumors are getting out. We certainly have heard rumors prior to Blazer deals before - Ayton, Sharpe pick, Grant, etc.
This is for a guy that hasn't been drafted though. So the Blazers in theory could be calling teams who have higher picks and when the team asks our front office who the target is they just say maybe Clingan every time and that's their smokescreen. Maybe it really is Clingan but I'm holding onto some hope here because if we trade up for that dude I'll be livid.
