Trail Blazers Introduce Donovan Clingan: 'Defense wins ballgames, offense sells tickets'
Portland held a press conference for the No. 7 overall pick on Saturday.
📍 TUALATIN, Ore. — On Saturday, the Trail Blazers introduced No. 7 overall pick Donovan Clingan in a press conference at their practice facility.
The theme of the day was defense. The line of the day came from Clingan’s late mother, when the 20-year-old relayed something she drilled into him growing up:
“‘Defense wins ballgames, offense sells tickets,’” he said she told him. “You've got to play defense to win games and I want to win games. I'll take a block off the backboard over a dunk any day of the week.”
This press conference was a lighter affair than Scoot Henderson’s introduction a year ago. The question of Damian Lillard’s future is no longer hanging over the organization. The entire focus can be, and was, on the organization’s excitement about Clingan, and how they hope he’ll transform a defense that has been one of the worst in the NBA for years now.