Trail Blazers Training Camp, Day 1: Donovan Clingan's First Day of School

The Blazers kicked off training camp with the first of two sessions on Tuesday.

📍 TUALATIN, Ore. — The Trail Blazers kicked off training camp on Tuesday with what everyone called a “first day of school” feel, and not a lot of action.

This year, Chauncey Billups is trying a new approach to the typical two-a-day practices teams do at the beginning of camp. The morning session was mostly non-contact walkthrough work. Tonight, things will get serious.

“I’m trying to simplify it and have it be kind of short early, so we can go longer in the evening,” Billups said. “That way, we can actually play and get after each other a lot more.”

Needless to say, No. 7 overall pick Donovan Clingan’s first day of NBA training camp under Billups is a little bit of a change of pace from practices under Dan Hurley at UConn.