Clingan shares NBA stories as he returns home to Bristol

[HooperScooper]

Good article. Great kid.

“I couldn’t be (more) proud of myself just because of all the hard work I’ve put in to get to this point. It wasn’t easy, especially dealing with Coach Hurley at UConn, that was probably the hardest two years of my life,” he said. “But Bristol sports has really meant a lot to me. My mom went to Bristol Central and something that always meant a lot to me was putting my name next to hers on all the records. I was asked by every high school in the country to go play for them and to go to every state, and I just felt like it was really important to me to stay loyal and stay local and do what I said I wanted to do. That was make my mom proud and put my name next to hers. It ended up working out for me.”

Former UConn star Donovan Clingan shares NBA stories as he returns home to Bristol

Former UConn star Donovan Clingan returned to Bristol on Tuesday night where he spoke at a Bristol Sports Hall of Fame event after his rookie NBA season.

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Former UConn star Donovan Clingan shares NBA stories as he returns home to Bristol

 

[Zionn]

Had a chance to run into him a week ago in Manchester. Humble and great as always.

 

[HooperScooper]

Ryan Gomes, who is a Trailblazers development coach, says Clingan is a future All Star.

“I think the upside for Donovan is huge. I project that this next season he is going to be more of a focal point of the Trail Blazers organization. He is the big cornerstone that they are going to build around. He is going to be one of the main reasons they will have so much success because of his dominance in the paint and the way he can protect the rim.”

https://www.nhregister.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/donovan-clingan-portland-trailblazers-all-star-20361566.php

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Is Donovan Clingan a future NBA All-Star? One of his coaches in Portland makes the case.​