I love it when players put in the work to improve their game.

Donovan Clingan’s stats over the past two months for the Trail Blazers:

13.4 points

12.3 rebounds

2.3 assists

1.4 blocks

63.8 TS%

38.4 3PT%

https://x .com/esidery/status/2026100085679878300

If Clingan sustain this 3pt % and stays healthy, that boy getting paid

It was hilarious and caught me really off guard when he made 2 in a row at the start of our game with the Blazers, no one knew he could take that shot 

his FTs improved as well

Year 2 keep in mind

dudes NICE, definitely a 2028 team usa member

When he came on team last year he mentioned he could shoot from 3 but that Hurley at UCONN told him not to shoot. Dudes a team player who is just focused on winning

It is fun to watch him jack them up all at the beginning of the first quarter until the defense decides if they have to care or not that night. 

Obviously it’s great to have that extra tool for his game and it gets the defender up closer on him when he’s trying to play make out of the high post, but he takes ages to get set so I’m not sure it’s ever gonna be a huge weapon for him. If the blazers had any guards at all that were shooters he could probably develop a fun 2 man game with them tho. 

I wonder if he wouldn’t be better served operating a bit closer to the basket and working on a middy or floater, try and model his game like Hartenstein. His passes would be easier and he’d be in better position to get offensive rebounds vs hanging out at the 3pt line 

I guess the defense better start defending it.

If he maintains a 36i%ish shot on that volume he’ll probably be regarded as the best player in that class

1.14 points per shot when the blazers average 1.14 points per possession according to statmuse. That’s good.

Even if he isn’t bending the defense with 3pt gravity, that is a good return on a shot

Drummond disciple

He’s been a stud for me in fantasy.

This is really some great news for us, because it spaces the floor, the paint is less congested.

I will only say he is shooting wide open 3s (teams still don’t trust his 3PT%), with a very slow release,

Good job on improving DC!

Him and Edey will end up being the most impactful players from that draft class

Does Portland still make that Hansen trade if they knew that Clingan would progress this much in Year 2?

Love this guy and I also love that he makes Jokic’s release look quick.

Yanic Konan Niederhauser has NEXT

Amazing how some bigs who weren’t even allowed to shoot 3s in real games end up developing 3s. Makes me wonder if KAT’a quick deep 3 is reproducible or is he simply an anomaly?

If the 3 point shooting is legit Donovan clingan becomes an interesting player. Donovan clingan already gives you the rim protection and rebounding that you want, but if he is able to space the floor that is an added bonus and it would change how defenses defend Portland offense and they can play 5 out.

He is a legit player and should be considered for team USA

The only thing is that he’s got one of the slowest releases. This will make defenders be honest though which is a good thing and will make more space for his team mates.

He torched us in our last game against them. He made three three-pointers in the first two minutes of the game.

They aint CLINGan off the rim anymore!!

Am I right guys

It’s so much above the break stuff too, you give up too much on transition defense and rebounding putting him in the corner, but if they found a way to get him a couple corner 3’s every game that percentage would be looking even better.

I really wanted Spurs to get him. I think he is going to be awesome. Unfortunately, he went a pick earlier. I think if he fell to 8 Spurs would’ve have taken him and kept him.

Team USAs big man

He’s a great big

Brooke Lopez was a defensive big who didn’t shoot 3s for the first 8 years of his career and likely extended his career by a decade by developing a solid 3pt.

If Clingan can follow the same path but do it much earlier in his career, he’s going to be a force in the NBA.

He’s still super young, plenty of time to add to his game. Warrior 

Portland is the funniest team cuz idk what’s happening over there at all aside from Deni

I’d let him take as many as he wants as the defense.

“In his last 32 games” is random.

He looked pretty awkward in the win over the Lakers where he shot 1-7 from three. But he could turn out to be a force like Brook Lopez did, which would be cool.

If only they would’ve picked Derik queen instead of yang hansen, would’ve had their frontcourt set.