“It feels like he’s the only one in this top five that people are like, ‘I at least know what that guy is,'” Simmons noted.
” on Monday that UConn’s Donovan Clingan could be the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft after talking “to some NBA people the last couple weeks and especially in-person this week.”
With this year’s draft bereft of top talent, Simmons postulates that Clingan is one of the few players that teams feel they can accurately project. “It feels like he’s the only one in this top five that people are like, ‘I at least know what that guy is,'” Simmons noted.to go No. 1 in the 2024 NBA Draft but has since climbed down to +850 odds to be the top player drafted.The current favorite, French prospect Alexandre Sarr, was initially as high as -300 to be the top pick, but has fallen to -165 as speculation trickles out from insiders in the NBA.
Clingan won two national championships with the UConn Huskies, serving as a reserve during the 2023 title run and starring forClingan is best known as a strong rim protector and shot blocker, averaging 2.5 blocks per game, including five against Illinois in the Elite Eight and four against Alabama in the Final Four.ranks Clingan No. 4 on his big board and compares him to Roy Hibbert, who spent several years as an interior defender for the Indiana Pacers.
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