Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan delivered “one of the best rookie games of the year” according to Sam Vecenie, who broke down Clingan’s monster performance as part of a longer YouTube video. The Clingan talk starts at 1:28:43 (time stamped link above), and the entire 30-minute section on Clingan is worth watching if you have time.
Credit to Blazer’s Edge user BlazerTag who had this video first in a FanPost.
After Clingan’s 17 and 12 with 8 block game in his second career start, Vecenie talked about how Clingan was playing behind Deandre Ayton, that Clingan’s skill may not be fully utilized even for his current level of development, and that Portland should look to Clingan more than Ayton:
There hasn’t been as much opportunity for him in Portland as what I think his skillset already dictates.