Welcome to Portland, Donovan Clingan!

Cruel of him to have bullied his own son in that Sacramento game.

 

He should watch his film too.

 

This kid…

Wow!!!

 

Smart player + great college coach = great rookie

 

Walton was 22 years old as a rookie. Clingan is 20.

 

Let's hope that he stays healthy and continues to develop - he might end up being something special. We can only hope!

 

Clingan has been the biggest bright spot so far this year. Already he is clearly better than Scoot.

I wasn't high in taking him with the pick because a lumbering center isn't a type of players that is useful in the modern NBA. I accepted it though because there weren't any good options at #7 in that weak draft.

Him shooting 3s could be a game changer long term. Look how valuable it made an older Brook Lopez. Clingan is quicker than I thought and impactful inside right now which usually takes bigs longer to develop.

Sharpe injury, Scoot lack of improvement, not getting a future asset for our mediocre vets had me really down on this season. Clingan has been the one bright spot. He's basically the one player I'm really interested in watching until or if Sharpe gets healthy.

 

We all know @Mediocre Man is watching this kid.

 

He already called him a plus defender. MM thinks he's an inverse oreo

 

Sanogo is developing ahead of schedule in the Chicago Bulls system, putting up a monster performance this week for Chicago with 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 2 blocks versus the Milwaukee Bucks.
In addition to their dominance around the rim, Both Clingan and Sanogo are shooting NBA threes with confidence.

 

When you say special what you think his ceiling is? Like what type of player do u think we might have?

 

He doesn’t like one thing about the blazers

 

You really gonna come on this board calling someone a “Tool”?
Seriously do you even know who you are calling a tool?
He’s been here longer than most and I honestly think you better reevaluate your stance here.

 

Not excited about Toumani Camara taking his game to another level on offense? (to go with his already hounding defense)

He's looking like a very different player on that end of the court. Firing off threes immediately instead of painful hesitation (a la Meyers Leonard) that we saw last season.

 

100% agree with @kjironman1. Reevaluation required.

 

I may have to pull a 23 and me on him.

 

Remember that Kevin Pelton's WARP stat correctly projected Jokic and Embiid into the Top 10 draft prospects back in 2014 (alongside Nurkic and Capella) and it did similarly with KAT, Lively, Holmgren, and Kessler too. It has the capability to find productive centers, essentially. And on his recent projection, Clingan and Edey were on it.

Meanwhile, my own finding showcases that college centers who have freshman production on par with Clingan and Edey were pretty rare. Ayton, Holmgren, Duren, and Embiid are the other ones in recent memory. Oden, Robinson, Hakeem are the others in the three point era.

12.5/8.4 Per 28 minutes on 60 FG% as Freshman is elite. To be that advanced as a Freshman center suggests strong production numbers down the line. Certainly, Ayton isn't the ideal center he was expected to become and Pistons fans express that they wish Duren knew how to play defense....but their current roles in the NBA are really a question of effort or mindset and not due to lacking raw talent/raw productivity.

For Clingan, we know he'll exceed at defense and rebounding. It's just a matter of what his offense is and if he can continue making plays. 85-90% of Gobert on defense with pre-injury Nurkic type offense can be a strong player on a contender.

It's like....We'll see what happens next but I think people were far too quick to write this draft off

 

$hit like this makes RipCityTwo tops for Blazers info. Kudos @MrDraftGuy

 

Maybe he is secretly related to Isaiah Hartenstein.