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Which nickname do you prefer to use?

  1. Kling Kong

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  2. Klingon

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  3. Other

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  4. None

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  1. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    The Porrini/Clingan clan is an extended Irish/Italian crew, the village that essentially helped Bill raise his kids.


    I’ll take it.


    In all seriousness, he’s basically an elevated Joel Przybilla on defense. No offensive game. Plods. Is out of shape. BUT…..seems like an incredible teammate and will make our team better.
     
    Mediocre Man, Oct 20, 2024
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    Wizard Mentor Wizard Mentor

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    Apparently, Utah scored on 33 points in the 24 minutes he played.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    It will be interesting to see what happens when the regular season starts. I have a feeling he’s going to get a lot of fouls
     
    Mediocre Man, Oct 20, 2024
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    Oh for sure. He's going to be a foul machine. Vets are going to bait him all over the court. That's what rookies do!
     
    kjironman1, Oct 20, 2024
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think he's already better than Meyers Lemon. Just needs to stay away from spewing slurs while playing a game, and constantly posting pictures of himself flexing while blocking everyone who hurts his feewings online.
     
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    Don has a high bbq, Leonard really didnt.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I wonder if he would benefit from being Vonleh'd. And whether Ayton would go along with that
     
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    Corporal Clingan
     
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    Couldn’t have picked two more different players that play the same position
     
    Mediocre Man, Oct 20, 2024
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Well, they both identify as white. Neither went to Syracuse. Another similarity is that the one with no athletic instincts would have still had none, even if he'd gotten Dan Hurley's coaching.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yep, and honestly, you could tell from the get go that Meyers was drafted on the hope that he would have potential and that his talent would hopefully show you once in a while what he could do (but rarely did), and Donovan was drafted on the hope he'd reach his potential and he'd show it immediately (and has).

    Plus, Johnny Bravo was an idiot.
     
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    What the hell is "an elevated Joel Pryzbilla?" Are you unable to provide a better NBA comparison to Donovan Clingan?

    Joel Pryzbilla's career assists per game average was: O.4
    Pryzbilla's career average rebounds per game: 6.2
    Points per game: 3.9

    LOL
     
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    Until Cligan falls in the shower and screws up his already screwed up knee he’s got nothing on Joel!
     
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    Leonard had none. He had individual talent and pluses like shooting and size but had no idea how to apply it to the context of a basketball game.

    I can understand drafting him in the late lotto based off that, but he really was a special kind of awful.
     
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    Fair. I mean Joel was probably much more athletic than Clingan, so you’re right. My bad
     
    Mediocre Man, Oct 20, 2024
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    Przybilla's career average minutes was 19.2 and his high was 24.9

    * his career rebound rate was 18.6%; high was 22.8%
    * his career TS% was .568; high was .652
    * his career block rate was 5.4%; his high was 7.6% (Ayton's career mark is 2.7%; Nurkic 3.9%; Plumlee 3.2%; Robin Lopez 3.9%; Whiteside 7.5%; Marcus Camby 6.2%; Theo Ratliff 7.2%; Sabonis 3.2%)

    I would hope that Clingan beats all of Przbilla's marks. TS% might be a challenge
     
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    Stevenson Old School

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    How much do you guys think he will play? 20min a game?
     
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    That’s why he said “elevated.”
     
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    Cling seems to have the potential to maybe reach Marc Gasol status one day and I would be happy with that.
     
    sheed30, Oct 21, 2024
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