Where should Donovan Clingan be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 62 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 76 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 43.9 on average, 18 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

How many games will Donovan Clingan play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 71 games, after 77 last season.

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Donovan Clingan

Portland Trail Blazers · C · Age 22 · 7′2″

Rankings Payton Pritchard LeBron James

Rank#62C #17 · of 233

Value-0.0469-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP43.9ESPN 79.8

$ Max value$16Yahoo avg $15.6

Games7128 min a game

Rostered80.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 62 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 76 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in rebounds and top 10 in blocks among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 68.7%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 43.9 on average, 18 picks before his rank: he costs more than he returns.

Stats over time

Rising: 6.5 in 2024-25, 12.1 last season.

Last season12.1

2-season average9.3

Trend a season+5.6

2026-27 proj.13.2

Up and down: between 6.5 (2024-25) and 12.1 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 11.8 in 2024-25, 16.0 last season, on 19.8 → 27.2 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (13.2) is above anything in his last 2 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25#253of 26625-26#139of 27226-27*#103of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	62	-0.046	71	28	13.2	1.1	11.8	2.1	0.7	1.7	53.4%	5.1/9.5	68.7%	2.0/2.8	1.3
2025-26	76	0.079	77	27	12.1	1.1	11.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	52.0%	4.6/8.9	68.0%	1.8/2.6	1.2
2024-25	210	-0.356	67	20	6.5	0.2	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	53.9%	2.7/5.0	59.6%	0.9/1.6	1.1

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

13.2#103 of 213-0.14

3PM

1.1#116 of 2130.07

REB

11.8#5 of 2131.01

AST

2.1#136 of 213-0.41

STL

0.7#161 of 213-0.28

BLK

1.7#9 of 2130.94

FG%

53.4%5.1/9.5#44 of 2130.00

FT%

68.7%2.0/2.8#190 of 213-1.02

TO

1.3#83 of 2130.26

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers starter at C, with Robert Williams III behind him. 114 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jerami Grant, Kris Murray, and Caleb Love; Ja Morant is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

C

Left since 2025-26

Jerami Grant30 min → MEM
Kris Murray24 min → MEM
Caleb LoveSigned by PHI Jul 521 min → PHI
Matisse Thybulle16 min → LAL
Rayan Rupert12 min → PHI
Blake Wesley12 min → LAC
Minutes a night114

Arrived

Ja Morant28 min from MEM
Micah PotterWaived by IND Jul 819 min from IND
Branden CarlsonSigned Jul 112 min from OKC
Jeremy Sochan11 min from NY
John Tonje7 min from BOS
Damian Lillardnew

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Portland Trail Blazers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	POR	77	27.2	12.1	1.1	11.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	51.7%	4.6/8.9	69.2%	1.8/2.6	1.2
2024-25	POR	67	19.8	6.5	0.2	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	54.0%	2.7/5.0	56.3%	0.9/1.6	1.1

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Donovan Clingan in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.