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When's Cling Kong gonna get back on the court? Obviously the initial 2 week estimate was optimistic.
 
ctbro1999 said:
When's Cling Kong gonna get back on the court? Obviously the initial 2 week estimate was optimistic.
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Portland is in disarray without him.
 
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ctbro1999 said:
When's Cling Kong gonna get back on the court? Obviously the initial 2 week estimate was optimistic.
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The ESPN pregame report said Dec. 19. But that obviously isn’t set in stone. They could decide he’s not ready and slide it back. Plus his conditioning will probably have a setback.
 
REB1094 said:
I’ve seen him do that super hesitation step when he gets to the hoop a few times this year. It’s definitely not a panic move to try to get open, it’s something he works on. I don’t see anyone else doing that (Luka sometimes), could become Steph’s signature move in the league. How do you stop a strong 6’6 CG with elite change of pace once he’s already at the rim?
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They called him the hesi-king
 
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ctbro1999 said:
When's Cling Kong gonna get back on the court? Obviously the initial 2 week estimate was optimistic.
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They are talking the end of the month.
 
ctbro1999 said:
1-6 since Cling Kong went down. Teams scored more than 120 points against the Blazers 3 times in 17 games Clingan played. Since he went down, they've given up 120+ in 5 of 7 games. :eek:
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Good and I'm sure their organization doesn't care either as they will be in the Cooper Flag sweepstakes. They gotta take their time getting Clingan back as he hopefully gets enough game experience in his rookie year.
 
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ToolzieFan said:
Billups expects Clingan to play Friday. Here’s some video of him working out. He was also taking part in some pregame stuff before the Lakers game.

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That is not much a validation that he is ready to play. Was that video in slow motion as even at his size if he takes that long to shoot someone is going to be right on him as he shoots. That brace on his knee is pretty significant. I hope they don’t rush them back since as noted they are in the Flagg sweepstakes.
 
RuffRuff said:
Dunks are worth 3 is a really interesting concept. Kinda like it.



In Portland and hitting game tonight - bummer Steph is out.
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So make the game even worse umm no. There's not gonna be a simple or quick solution.
 
RuffRuff said:
Dunks are worth 3 is a really interesting concept. Kinda like it.



In Portland and hitting game tonight - bummer Steph is out.
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It's wild how infrequently I see someone dunk on someone in the NBA nowadays, the dunk is practically reduced to an open court thing now.
 
Donovan looks pretty deconditioned in this one. Lot of jogging. One thing with him is how quickly it feels he can fall out of shape. Hopefully not a career long trend.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Donovan looks pretty deconditioned in this one. Lot of jogging. One thing with him is how quickly it feels he can fall out of shape. Hopefully not a career long trend.
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I'm thinking a UConn fan would note that the Blazers were down 66-62 with 6:05 remaining in the 3rd when Clingan came in. They scored 26 points in those 6 minutes and were up 8 when the 4th started. That is some mighty fine joggin', imo.
 
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Waquoit said:
I'm thinking a UConn fan would note that the Blazers were down 66-62 with 6:05 remaining in the 3rd when Clingan came in. They scored 26 points in those 6 minutes and were up 8 when the 4th started. That is some mighty fine joggin', imo.
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I’ll be the first one to high five a UConn guy in the NBA for the positive +/-. Not a lot of the + with him on the floor was because of Cling, it was because Grant couldn’t miss. Cling looked sluggish similar to November last year.

That said they could have benefited by having him on the floor during the last possession as there was no one one out there that could guard Wemby.
 
Yesterday NBA -
  • Clingan is back. 15 minutes, 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3-6 FG
  • Sanogo - 7 minutes, 2 points, 4 rebounds (3 offensive), 1-2 FG
  • Drummond - 7 points, 8 rebounds, 3-6 FG
G League -
  • Newton - 13 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, but 4-16 FG
  • Bouknight - 18 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, 5-13 FG
  • Polley DNP
 
aceboon said:
DC's block streak in jeopardy tonight
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It’s weird, he broke up a lob, and based on the timing, I thought it should have been recorded as a block. I guess the official scorers disagreed. Oh well.
 
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ToolzieFan said:
It’s weird, he broke up a lob, and based on the timing, I thought it should have been recorded as a block. I guess the official scorers disagreed. Oh well.
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Kind of funny that if there's a deflected shot and someone else catches it, the deflector gets credit (a block), but if there's a deflected pass and someone else catches it, the catcher gets credit (a steal).

Speaking of not showing up in the box score, Andre Jackson getting some good run to start the NBA Cup semis for Milwaukee. He was a tremendous boon to my parlay involving 1st quarter Unders (both sides!). Then he went out and everyone started scoring. Nice to see Doc trust him in a big game and with a tough matchup like Trae Young.
 
Just AJax in the NBA last night with 5 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals on 2-4 FG (1-1 from 3). He’s shooting 46% from 3 in the month of December and is at 38.1% on the season, higher than teammates Dame Lillard/Bobby Portis/Brook Lopez/Khris Middleton/Pat Connaughton although on much lower volume

Calcaterra got 8 G League minutes and had 5 points and 4 rebounds on 2-4 shooting. I lost track of which roster all the 2 Way guys are on, but Newton, Sanogo, Tyrese, Bouknight, and Joey’s teams all play today
 
Yesterday NBA -
  • Clingan: 19 minutes, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks on 5-9 FG
  • Castle: really struggled in his return, 2 points and 5 assists on 1-8 FG
G League -
  • Newton: 21 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds on 4-6 FG (5-7 3P)
  • Sanogo (same game as Newton): 24 points, 15 rebounds, 2 blocks, 11-14 FG
  • Tyrese: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 7-19 FG (4-13 3P)
  • Bouknight: 15 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds (good), 7 turnovers and 6 fouls (yikes). 6-18 FG, 1-8 3P
 
Light day yesterday. Drummond with 9 points and 15 rebounds (throwback), and Tyrese had 3 points in 17 minutes. Andre plays today in the NBA Cup finals

Polley’s G League team played yesterday but he was a DNP. No more G League games until Thursday
 
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