Donovan Clingan's Defense as Advertised in Summer League Debut
Despite an off shooting night, the Trail Blazers' lottery pick showed why he was one of the most coveted defensive prospects in the draft.
📍 LAS VEGAS — Simply by virtue of making it through the first game unscathed by injury, Donovan Clingan already had the best Summer League debut of any of the Trail Blazers’ recent lottery picks. And he showed some other stuff, too.
If Summer League game results matter to you, Portland lost 83-77 to San Antonio. They will have an uphill battle to win their second Vegas championship in three years.
If Summer League stats matter to you, Clingan had a rough night offensively. He finished with four points on 1-of-8 shooting, overshooting a few shots at the rim and overthinking the three three-pointers he took.
But if you came into the night hoping to see the best rim protector in college basketball the last two years at UConn make a similar defensive impact in his first test against professionals, you largely came away happy with what you saw.