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How do you feel about getting Clingan

  • Great pick!

    Votes: 62 56.9%

  • Meh

    Votes: 34 31.2%

  • NOOOOOO!!!!

    Votes: 13 11.9%
  • Total voters
    109
I mean we currently have 42 "Great pick" and 44 "Meh or Noooo!" votes.
 
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illmatic99 said:
Sleeping on this, i might feel better about this pick were it not for his injuries.
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As a fellow Blazers fan, I understand the big man injury trepidation. However, he's missed a total of 5 games in 2 seasons at UConn. He played 74 out of 79 college games. Could the foot injuries be a concern? Maybe.. But It's not like he's coming into the NBA as an injury prone Center. In fact, if this wasn't Portland (and our history with big men) I don't think this would even be thought about.
 
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SharpesTriumph said:
I'm not a fan of the Clingan pick as even if he realizes his potential lumbering bigs don't have much value in today's NBA. Will have even less value in the next 10 years.

But there wasn't any prospect I was that fond of on the board so I'm not real upset over missing on any of them.

Would've much preferred to get the picks San Antonio got with their trade of #8, then not do the Avdija trade and take a rookie at #14.
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Don’t tell that to the NBA’s MVP

Or are you saying Jokic isn’t lumbering
 
I voted "meh", for lots of reasons others have already posted. But that won't stop me from making a bullet list:
  • It was thought to be a weak draft, so my expectations for the #7 pick should be lower than normal (green is good)
  • Clingan was thought to be going earlier in the draft, so him "slipping" to us is good
  • There was no one else I really got excited to draft that we passed on when we took him
  • He's going to be paired at the center spot with Ayton, and neither stretch a defense so I can't see them playing together
  • Our team needs to look to BPA, rather than fit, and according to most analysts Clingan was the BPA at that spot
  • The Blazers' brass really liked him, reportedly even a year ago
  • I am not sure the Blazers' brass knows what it's doing
  • The type of player Clingan is does not seem to be the best type of player to have at the 5 spot
  • Clingan is young and might evolve a perimeter game and hone his passing to be the type of player the NBA generally wants at the 5 spot
  • I don't think that Clingan is a future star and I think the team needs to try to get as many stars as possible. I love Scoot and am still optimistic about Sharpe, but they're still big question marks.
  • I don't think anyone was a likely star that was available at 7, but I think that some players (Buzelis, Carrington, and Dillingham) have lower floors but a chance to be stars
  • Clingan has very good positional size (which is something Scoot has, too, and with Avdija maybe it's something the Blazers are prioritizing, which is great)
  • He shot under 52% at the line as a freshman and under 59% as a sophomore... that is worrisome as a skill and an indicator of future shooting prowess
  • He hurt his foot in preseason and then missed almost a month after hurting the same foot... that's bad.
So it all adds up to "meh". Or "wait and see", to be a bit less negative. I am not upset but also not enthusiastic, which is a step down from the Sharpe and Scoot selections.
 
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Imagine having a negative review with knowledge it was a shitty draft.
 
Clingan is a big dude. I'd call him 7'3" with shoes on. Same standing reach as Zach Edey, 9' 7".

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kjironman1 said:
The only people I hear anything negative about this pick from are people who spend countless hours talking about a sub par draft that pretty much everyone knew was going to produce a role player at pick #7. Clingan is exactly who he is. A decent back up caliber center that may eventually grow into a serviceable big that gives a team 20-30 mins a night depending on the situation and injury status of the team. Blazers have been incredibly small for years. They at least just got a bit bigger.
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nobody "knows" that. There may only role-players at 7 and later. Or there may be some all-stars. What many wanted was for Portland to swing for the fences and targeting Clingan sure doesn't seem like a home run swing

for myself and some others, you have described a probable ceiling for Clingan: "A decent back up caliber center that may eventually grow into a serviceable big". You forgot to add a C that will be locked into drop-coverage schemes when the NBA has found lots of ways to play those kinds of C's off the floor

as has been said here already, Portland invested A 7th pick in a backup to their most expensive player. The only way this pick makes much sense if there is a plan to move Ayton, and move him soon. The idea that Ayton can play a PF in the NBA is nonsense, IMO
 
wizenheimer said:
nobody "knows" that. There may only role-players at 7 and later. Or there may be some all-stars. What many wanted was for Portland to swing for the fences and targeting Clingan sure doesn't seem like a home run swing

for myself and some others, you have described a probable ceiling for Clingan: "A decent back up caliber center that may eventually grow into a serviceable big". You forgot to add a C that will be locked into drop-coverage schemes when the NBA has found lots of ways to play those kinds of C's off the floor

as has been said here already, Portland invested A 7th pick in a backup to their most expensive player. The only way this pick makes much sense if there is a plan to move Ayton, and move him soon. The idea that Ayton can play a PF in the NBA is nonsense, IMO
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BPA bro. No question.
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...c'mon man...BPA? how does anybody know who the BPA is in this draft?
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Well pretty much everyone who had any involvement in the draft process said at the time that after the 6th pick and before the 7th pick that Clingan was the clear cut Best Player Available to the Portland Trailblazers. Now you can try to dispute that and throw as many smoke screens as you might want but the fact remains that he was widely considered the Best Player Available at that time.
Is there a possibility that someone picked after him could end up better? Sure. However that doesn’t diminish the fact that at the time of the pick Portland chose who was considered by MOST the BPA.
 
This image speaks for itself. Would love to be proven wrong, but I'm very skeptical.

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kjironman1 said:
Well pretty much everyone who had any involvement in the draft process said at the time that after the 6th pick and before the 7th pick that Clingan was the clear cut Best Player Available to the Portland Trailblazers. Now you can try to dispute that and throw as many smoke screens as you might want but the fact remains that he was widely considered the Best Player Available at that time.
Is there a possibility that someone picked after him could end up better? Sure. However that doesn’t diminish the fact that at the time of the pick Portland chose who was considered by MOST the BPA.
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who was the "concensus" BPA at #3 in the 2023 draft?
 
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