[Highlight] Donovan Clingan throws an elbow at Omax Prosper. After review, Clingan was ejected
the second angle makes it quite obvious it was intentional
First angle I was like eh, maybe a flagrant 1. Second angle I was like oh lol
lol I made a physical groan from the 2nd angle. You could feel it through the screen.
Yeah, he wasn’t trying to bring the ball forward at all. It was an elbow to push back Prosper
Looked like he was trying to push back prosper, but I highly doubt he was going for his head. Prosper just leaned in right as he tried to elbow him off.
The most athletic, hand-eye coordinated players in the world, and this matchup just sonhappens to make their elbow and defenders head the same height, yeah im sure it was just an oopsie. Bang bang play but how often do you see someone in professional sports try to say throw a body shot and instead throw a punch to the face instead? Not that it matters, he cocked it back with intent to do some damage wherever it landed
The replay is happening in slow motion, all this is happening very quickly and still the elbow wouldn’t have contacted his face if he was just a few inches further back. I don’t think Clingan is completely innocent but I would agree with the other commenter that it seems like bad timing with the reach/lean in
Yup. You can see it in Clingan’s reaction. I think he was going for the reckless air swing there. Players sometimes do that shit when they are dealing with reaching. Most often after rebounds. But it’s so obviously reckless and dangerous. Should always be an ejection.
He was trying to bring his elbow forward, ball just happened to be along for the ride.
Dude practically taking measurements before aiming that elbow.
Yeah, he was already really frustrated for the last few plays before this because he thought he was getting fouled and they weren’t calling it. He was cussing at the refs really loud so you could feel it boiling.
He was being mauled. Shoulda got tossed earlier he held it in pretty long.
Eh, don’t think so. Clingan’s just moving, and Omax is defending with his face like Caruso usually does (reaching in, then forcing the offensive player -usually a big like Jokic- to retreat so that they won’t hit your face).
If Omax’s arm had made good contact with Clingan’s elbow instead, it’s honestly a defensive foul (especially in shooting motion).
But since it’s his face, it goes the other way.
I don’t think he meant to hit him in the face, but he clearly meant to hit him.
Fair take.
To add on, given he’s a 7footer already running forward and already had the arm moved across his body and back, his arm was definitely gonna swing back around.
https://imgur.com/a/07XZJAd
Gets signed to a full contract and immediately gets an elbow right to the face lol
Dwight Powell transferred all of his elbow magnets to Omax😭😭
From your lips to gods ears.
Welcome to the NBA
Ill take that deal, thats a damn good deal
How ‘bout you, Utivich?
I’d take that deal, sir
That’s gotta hurt
My literal words
Gotta hurt…HURT!
Omax Prosper is a sick name.
short for olivier-maxence prosper
Omax contract
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French Canadian, I believe.
2k generated sounding name
ya for a fuckin dune character
It’s the right call
Definitely. Clingan let his frustration with the dumpster fire reffing boil over.
He was like that against us in Sunday
Yeah he goes danerys targarian when he gets angry. Just scorched earth.
Played pretty dirty against us the other day
Would have been a lot cooler if he climbed up on the scorer’s table and hyped up the crowd before delivering the people’s elbow. Rookie shit.
Guy was getting football tackled all game and the refs called nothing. Fouled during shooting and no calls. I’d get pissed too.
He had every right to be pissed, the refs were letting the Grizzlies maul him every possession, but this isnt how we want him to channel it.
been happening to a lot of bigs lately. every team is starting to employ the use of the “can’t call em all” style of defense and bigs are a prime target
and then when you have these giant dudes start flopping as a result because of not getting calls, everyone clowns on them smh
although throwing an elbow into his head isn’t the way to go. Clingan would’ve made his point known by just charging into him and dropping an elbow into his chest
Its also because the Grizzlies have no bigs playing, they have to employ smaller wings to guard bigs. OMax has been the starting 5 for a few games now
Sounds familiar, wish these little guys were not allowed to grab & hack bigs. The lack of consistency really sucks.
Yeah that’s a flagrant… still love my boy
And if it doesnt work out for him in pdx, he can always choose to fight Jon Jones on the White House lawn
Here’s the thing guys
He’s got a temper, and I love it.
Ah yes gotta love your absolute basic 10 and 10 starting C picked 7th overall cause he purposefully throws bows to hurt players. What a gem you have
Tell us you don’t watch games without telling us you don’t
the nba today is as physical as it has ever been. im tired of people pretending like the game today is less physical lmao
The thing is, this wouldn’t have even been a foul much less an ejection back in the day.
go back and watch bulls tape from the 90s. this is a foul lmfao.
Clingan using Vulcan salute: Live long and Prosper!
I didn’t think he hit him on that first angle, but from the second angle, that looked like it hurt
That was the cleanest fucking elbow, god damn. No body rotation, all arms, right to the tip of the chin. Could use this to teach reverse elbow form in the UFC damn near lmao.
Meh
Clearly intentional. Fuck him
Jumbo Christian Pulisic at it again
Soft ass ejection
Obvious flagrant 2 and deserved ejection. One of those situations where justified frustration begets unjustified reaction begets justified consequences.
I’ve watched very limited Blazers games this season, but it feels like every time I’m watching them it seems like Clingan is losing his cool. Is this accurate or a small sample size coincidence thing?
Fair call. I would have wanted the same if another team did that to one of my boys. Even Clingan shook his head yeah and accepted it.
Harden getting PSTD after watching these
lol that’s such a weakass flagrant
No he doesn’t.
Yeah, way worse than what Ron Artest did
Minor league shit. I miss the 80s and 90s
game is more physical today than ever lol
Dude ran into Clingan’s elbow.
He talks and acts black 😭
Maybe get taller.
so he can get chopped in the throat instead of the face?
Clingan is kinda a big jerk. He constantly seems like he whining about contact and then responds with a dirty move. Big panzy.
Refs will call this but not Dort?
Dort was literally ejected?
One. Time. Only.
Get off dort dick
Sorry, didn’t mean to offend- didn’t know you were his boyfriend
Please send a link to dort trying to take someone’s head off with a punch or an elbow, I’d love to see something similar
Like tripping to injure?
Cool link to what I asked for, thanks
Softest fan base
Wild take when every other fan base are the ones crying. Cope
Go back to your Pokémon lil boy
Can’t even stay on topic, have some seethe with your cope
Dort gets away with so much shit
What a draft bust for the Mavs. Total zero while he was on the team. I’m sure Mavs fans wished he was elbowed harder
What a brain dead asshole thing to say lmfao. Also he was 24th overall, not like he had sky high expectations in the first place
He didn’t have high expectations but he was one of the laziest players in the past decade. The Mavs cut him after 2 years, which is very rare for 1st round rookies. Usually even underperforming rookies are kept around until the end of the rookie deal in case they might turn it around. Late 1st rookies are very cheap to keep around and they could’ve even just not picked up his 4th year option.
This guy was so trash that they literally waived and stretched him after his second year just to save a single year of money for the salary cap. He was making $2.8 mil/year.
For the Mavs, which had issues even keeping a full squad on the floor and was in a desperate need for players, cutting someone a year before they could’ve gotten rid of him for nothing is a big sign that Propser wasn’t just bad, but he was total dogshit
Weird ass take. Dude got elbowed in the face and you start spouting this shit. Weirdo.
Is it not true he’s a draft bust and total lazy POS? Just because he isn’t a high profile player doesn’t mean that should be ignored. If Killian Hayes on the Kings got elbowed like this, this subreddit and Piston fans in particular would be meming the shit out of him
What the hell are you talking about?? Killian Hayes??
It’s not true that he’s a lazy POS. That’s a super weird take. Like mentally weird. He’s a dude like anybody else who is on a journey with ups and downs. Ascribing intent to athletes performances or careers is weakminded, self centered nonsense.
There is a concept called time and place.
Guy getting cheap shotted probably isn’t the time and place for your monologue about how much they suck.
Fair enough, I do think he deserves much more negative criticism than he has received, but ultimately it’s up to the media members/commentators to do so.
The guy literally was cut and stretched by his original team to save on salary, when they could’ve gotten rid of him for nothing a year later by not picking up his 4th year rookie option. That is a damning indictment of both his performance to date, his potential to grow, and his attitude towards improvement.
Even the worst 1st round rookies at the very minimum get 3 years, or traded for detritus if the original team really doesn’t like him. Cutting and waiving is a serious red flag for a player who is healthy and able to play.
I can’t speak to his time with the Mavs but the Grizzlies Org has said he’s one of the hardest workers we have.
Hard to say his level of bust in a tanking year like this, but he played his way into a 2 year contract from a two-way, so he’s not a bum we don’t want around
No, most people don’t shit on players after they just received a flagrant 2 out of nowhere weirdo lmao
Damn it, dude, he got ELBOWED IN THE FACE. A lot of guys do better on their second or third team.
Yes, the notoriously genius Nico Harrison led Mavs front office would never make a bad decision.
He’s the number one guy who plays his heart out every possession every night. He might not be under control all the time but his effort can’t be beat by anyone else on the floor.
Average Jokic possession
Dort is on your team buddy stay outta this one
How is this not worse than Dort’s
Nah
Rent free
Not really, you see something and it reminds you of other similar things