Portland's rookie big man is already showing flashes of stardom.
Would it behoove the Portland Trail Blazers to start rookie center Donovan Clingan over incumbent starter Deandre Ayton?
Of course, Portland is paying former 2018 No. 1 draft pick Deandre Ayton a boatload of money to jump at center, although even at age 26 he no longer looks like his prime Phoenix Suns-era self, circa perhaps the team's 2020-21 season. He has essentially never been the same, and started the 2023-24 season out looking worse than the player Portland dealt to get him, Jusuf Nurkic.
It was something of a surprise to see Clingan slip all the way to the Trail Blazers with the No. 7 pick in this year's fairly light draft. The Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American was one of the best defenders in the college game by the time his career under Dan Hurley wrapped up, and had emerged as a great rebounder and shot blocker. His defensive upside at this stage appears to be beyond what we can hope to see out of Ayton.
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