Donovan Clingan Rumors

The 2025 Portland Trail Blazers summer league team will be led by some familiar faces, as well as two rookies, when play begins July 11. Leading the Blazers into the 2025 NBA Summer League session in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be rookie center Yang Hansen, whom the Blazers acquired the draft rights to during the June 25 NBA draft. Center Donovan Clingan, last year’s No. 7 pick, is not on the roster.

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Sean Highkin: DA's a flawed player but a good guy who I think was mischaracterized a lot nationally because of how things ended in Phoenix. One thing I really respected about him this past season was how visibly/vocally he supported and helped out Clingan. He could have felt a certain way about them drafting someone at his position in the top 10 but he embraced him right away and always hyped him up to us.

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With everything we know now, it’s clear that not having any video from the scrimmage was clearly by design. Portland’s Chinese firewall was up for a long, long time. In that scrimmage, according to witnesses, it was evident that Yang was China’s best player, and he was even matched up against Donovan Clingan. Cronin said during his presser that “(Yang) was the target” for the Blazers, while adding that they were uncomfortable moving back further into the first round. Left unsaid by Cronin: the Nets, owned by Taiwanese-Chinese billionaire Joe Tsai, were lurking with the 19th pick.

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Shams Charania: 2024-2025 NBA All-Rookie teams: First team: Stephon Castle, Zaccharie Risacher, Jaylen Wells, Zach Edey, Alex Sarr Second team: Matas Buzelis, Bub Carrington, Donovan Clingan, Kel’el Ware, Yves Missi

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NBA Communications: A global media panel of 100 voters selected the 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team. The complete voting results ⬇️

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“Everything I’ve been doing these past two months, the second half of the season, really just trying to take everything to the next level,” Clingan said. Such development could create a force in the middle for the Blazers moving forward. Clingan, who won two national titles at Connecticut, averaged 7.9 points and 6.5 rebounds in 67 games with 37 starts, while leading all rookies with 1.6 blocked shots per game (tied for fifth in the NBA).

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Casey Holdahl: Blazers 109, Lakers 81: FINAL. 23 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds for @Dalano Banton. 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists/steals for @Matisse Thybulle. 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists for @Toumani Camara. 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks for @Donovan Clingan.

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Shams Charania: Chauncey Billups has had a .550 winning percentage since Jan. 19 – with Blazers ranking in top-five in defense during that span, per ESPN Research – while developing emerging talent in Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Scoot Henderson, Donovan Clingan and Toumani Camara.

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Sean Highkin: Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija are both out. Starters are Dalano Banton, Matisse Thybulle, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara and Donovan Clingan.

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Casey Holdahl: Blazers 112, Raptors 103: FINAL. 36 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists for @ShaedonSharpe. 26 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists for Deni Avdija. 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists for @DALANOBANTON. 8 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists/blocks, 1 steal for @clingan_donovan.

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NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Donovan Clingan (POR), Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski (UTA), Zach Edey (MEM) and Quinten Post (GSW) East: Matas Buzelis (CHI), Justin Edwards (PHI), Alex Sarr (WAS), Jamal Shead (TOR) and Kel’el Ware (MIA)

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Vu said his fan experience had changed exponentially. “It’s pretty cool. I feel more independent,” Vu said. “I’m usually bugging my friend during the game, asking him, ‘What’s happening?’ So now, I can interpret the game in my head … and I don’t feel excluded.” Vu attended the Blazers-Grizzlies game with his friend James Kim, the recipient of many of Vu’s elbow jabs and questions during games over the years. As the Blazers pulled away in the third quarter, Kim and Vu were in sync, oohing and aahing when Shaedon Sharpe dunked or Donovan Clingan rejected shots. “Usually, he’s like, ‘Who shot that? What just happened?’ It was not that big of a deal for me, but this is definitely an upgrade,” Kim said of Vu. “He can enjoy the game without having to stop and get the details from me, so I think it’s great for him.”

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Sean Highkin: Jabari Walker and Donovan Clingan are in, Anfernee Simons is still TBD.

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Sean Highkin: Jabari Walker has been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow vs. Boston after missing four games in the concussion protocol. Anfernee Simons and Donovan Clingan are both also questionable after not playing last night due to illness.

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