Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan beg question: Does NBA have room for behemoth centers?

As I was talking to former players at this weekend, the topic that inevitably came up was just how much the had changed in a dozen years or so. The plodding, post-heavy “Grit N Grind” style of those Memphis teams is scarcely even an option in today’s league … not just because of the 3-point eruption, but because of the demands that revolution has made on the league’s biggest players on the defensive end.

That particularly stood out in his epic eight-block tournament performance against , where he was unfazed having to switch onto guards. He’ll have to do the same against faster, more skilled NBA players working with more space and better schemes, but here’s an example of his work in the Illinois game. Clingan has his feet at the 3-point line when Terrance Shannon begins his move, stays with Shannon’s inside-out move and slides his feet to meet him at the rim before denying the shot.

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