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Donovan Clingan

Portland Trail Blazers · #23 · Plus starter
C7'2"280 lbage 222 yrs expUConnBristol, CT
7th best of 14 on PORworth +1.4 wins to the rotation
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Elite rebounder & rim protector
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Portland Trail Blazers
Western · Northwest · proj. 54-28 (▲+11.1)
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A mountain of a young center who anchors the defense and dominates the glass — 11.6 rebounds (99th percentile) and 1.7 blocks with 96th-percentile rim protection, all at age 22. He finishes everything inside (52% from the field) and is a genuinely productive two-way big at $7.5M. The next step is the jumper and the foul line (68%), but this is a foundational defensive piece.

12.1
PPG
11.6
RPG
2.1
APG
0.6
SPG
1.7
BPG
GP 77MPG 27.2FG% 523P% 34.1FT% 68TS% 60.4USG% 16.9PER 20.9BPM +3VORP 2.6EPM +1.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding98
Rim protection89
Playmaking83
Scoring78
Inside finishing78
Shooting76
Perimeter defense69

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2024-25 to 2025-26 · 2 seasons
9.5
PPG
9.9
RPG
1.7
APG
144
GAMES
Points 1,370Win Shares 12.6Starts 114Best season 2025-26 · 12.1 ppg

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 20 → 21
▲Rising

Donovan, at 21, is on a clear upward trajectory — 2.3 → 6.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 5.8 wins (-0.3)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Age should add a little at 22. Range 5.0–6.6 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.3 → +3.0+3.326-27 forecast +2.7
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2024-25: -0.3 · 67 games2025-26: +3.0 · 77 games2026-27: +2.7 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.3 → 6.0+3.726-27 forecast 5.8
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2024-25: 2.3 · 67 games2025-26: 6.0 · 77 games2026-27: 5.8 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $24.2M vs $7.5M salary+$16.7M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$7.5M salary2024-25: $5.0M · 67 games2025-26: $27.5M · 77 games2026-27: $24.2M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $7,519,920 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2024-25 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$7,519,920Team option
4% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$24,176,000 /yr
Surplus+$16,656,080
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.