Donovan Clingan on the immediate impact he plans to make with the Blazers | NBA on ESPN

Donovan Clingan on the immediate impact he plans to make with the Blazers | NBA on ESPN

Donovan thank you so much for spending a little bit of time with us I wanted to to start here if we could you had told our Adrien W narowski that you would know in the moment that you were drafted that your mother who unfortunately is no longer with us would be proud of you what did you feel in that moment knowing that that came to fruition you know I knew she was smiling down on me I worked very hard for my you know for this moment my whole life uh you know so just to have that moment with my family I know she’s looking down on me she’s happy for me she’s proud of me um you know she wants me to keep working she’s going to want me to keep getting better and you that’s what I’m going to go do we had a couple of of minutes with Alex SAR joining us a little bit earlier and he mentioned just how insane the last 18 hours have been since he was drafted can you just walk us through what it’s been like for you yeah um a lot of media uh lot of photos you know was able to talk to you know coach Bops and you know the organization over there in front office uh you know great people I’m really excited to get out to Portland tomorrow and you know just a lot of lot of media a lot of photos and just trying to meet new people Donan congratulations on on on on Landon and Portland how do you feel about being there and what do you think you bring to the table specifically for that roster presently assembled yeah I’m really excited you know I feel like they have a young roster that you know is on a a heavy climb to winning a lot of games and competing at a high level and you know someone that just wants to win you know I’m really excited to be able to go there and you know try to have an impact right away you know on defensive end protecting the rim at a high level in the ball screen game you know just having active hands moving my feet being able to switch um you know an offense just spacing spacing the floor knocking down the three ball being able to playmake you hit the back door Cutters find you know everyone cut in find the shooters and you know really just try to be the best teammate possible and you know be the most cable player on the team Donovan you’ve won each of your last game of the season the last two years of High School the last two years of college I’m not sure there’s another player um who could say that uh what do you hope going into Portland that you can bring to the environment there that impacts winning beyond beyond what you do on the floor uh you know a lot of energy you know I’m very outgoing you know I want to build a lot of great relationships uh you know I just want to bring you a lot of pop into yeah quick one you know into the the building um you know I’m just just really excited to be able to get there and you’ll try to have it impact on winning right away um Donan you ever go to Coach Hurley and say why can’t you just let me shoot some threes I mean was that ever I mean in the pre-draft stuff they said you shot pretty well but I didn’t in college I didn’t see a ton of volume threes out of you no I hey coach coach need me to do certain things to win and that’s what I did see and that is the type of player that Portland’s G that’s the type of player that you would always look for he wanted to shoot the three whatever it takes to win Donovan kingan thank you so much congratulations again good luck in Portland and we’ll be seeing you down the road thank you I appreciate it [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Donovan Clingan on the immediate impact he plans to make with the Blazers | NBA on ESPN
I chat with Donovan Clingan after being drafted to the Portland Trail Blazers in the First Round of the 2024 NBA Draft.#espnnba
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