“I watched Clingan the opposite day earlier than a recreation, and he acquired his pictures up and made a justifiable share of them, nevertheless it appears to be like like he’s been instructed to not take that shot,” an NBA government instructed HoopsHype. “Coach Hurley and UConn have been profitable with that system. They’ve numerous gifted perimeter gamers to take these pictures versus Clingan. They let him do what he does greatest, which is about screens and roll to the basket, and do all his harm on the rim, and get offensive rebounds and make the most of his huge dimension. You’ll be able to’t argue with success.”
“Clingan can probably be a participant like Ivica Zubac the place if he places on numerous energy and muscle, it’ll be exhausting to attain on the rim on him,” one other NBA government instructed HoopsHype. “You see somewhat little bit of it with Walker Kessler, who’s a extra athletic specimen. Clingan can nonetheless be considerably of a lob menace and put strain on the rim. There’s stuff there with him on each ends that may be impactful. He strikes comparatively nicely going north to south. If he places a hand on the market on protection, I feel you’ll be able to swap him on the market if there’s 5 seconds left on the clock. I’d extra possible play him in a drop defensive protection. I wouldn’t classify him as a stiff on the market.”
“Clingan can move somewhat bit,” an NBA scout instructed HoopsHype. “I noticed him capturing in warmups, and he was capturing threes and confirmed some contact. He doesn’t shoot threes at UConn. Now, if he brings that factor to the NBA, you’re speaking a couple of totally different sort of participant. He’s not overly athletic. His toes are gradual, and he’s not cell sufficient to protect pick-and-roll units and having the ability to drop again and never enable the roll man to get behind him. He’s 7-foot-2, so he’ll positively have the ability to block pictures, although.”
Excerpts from HoopsHype’s Mixture Mock Draft from colleague Michael Scotto, who contributed analysis to this story, may be discovered right here.
