Portland Trail Blazers Waive Devonte’ Graham + The Deandre Ayton and Donovan Clingan Duo | Mailbag
Happy Trail Devonte’ Graham and listener questions about winning, grit, Chauncey Billups’ future and the Ayton-Clingon pairing.
0:00 Intro
5:46 Blazers’ Path to Success
8:20 The Impact of Winning on Team Dynamics
11:27 Chauncey Billups’ Defensive Strategies
14:31 The Importance of Coaching Identity in Rebuilding Teams
17:33 Portland’s Grit and Leadership Void
26:46 Challenges of Ayton and Clingon Pairing
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7 comments
Can Robert Williams put the 'power' back ito power forward ?
Blazers are a sleeper team this year
I laughed when the closed captions chose "Donald Benson" as the best way to interpret "Dalano Banton" 😅
Lillard definitely not a raw raw lets get a stop guy.
I’ve given up trying to understand the fascination with two bigs. Everyone who covers the team says it would be bad, the eye test says it would be bad, the empirical evidence says it would be bad, the league has been moving away from that for a reason, and people see Ayton shoot four threes in three games and start frothing at the mouth over him playing at the 4. Let’s say he develops all his perimeter skills such that he can shoot the 3, defend the perimeter, and playmake at the level of a decent 4. None of those will ever happen but let’s pretend. Why would people prefer to have an exceptionally average power forward who’s like 2 inches taller than the average power forward, instead of having an extremely versatile center alongside four perimeter players? Those positional skill advantages would be so much more valuable than just being 2 inches taller than the guy he’s matched up against who’s equally skilled at the position
Is it just me or does Ayton look like he’s trying to audition to play the 4 with Clingan at 5 with these corner 3’s and offensive rebounding from the perimeter?
Edit: guess I should have waited for the 3rd segment before commenting 😂.
I think DC can be a Brook Lopez level or better.