Blazers Roll Out Chaotic Two-Guard Lineup for Wednesday
Underdog NBA: 'Lineup alert: Blazers will start Lillard, Henderson, Avdija, Camara, Clingan on Wednesday.'
The Portland are rolling out a starting five that looks like a 2K MyLeague simulation where you accidentally hit auto-generate. Underdog NBA just dropped the Wednesday lineup, and it is a chaotic masterpiece: , , Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan.
Portland is somehow sitting at 5-1 and third in the Western Conference, which is the kind of early-season stat that makes you check your glasses. Now they are throwing a two-point-guard experiment onto the floor against the .
Lillard is currently healthy and averaging 22.4 points and 6.2 assists over his last 35 games. He is proving he still has plenty of gas in the tank when his Achilles is not barking.
Pairing him with Henderson is a fascinating roll of the dice. The young guard is fresh off an offseason hamstring tear but is fully cleared for takeoff, setting up a backcourt that will either run teams off the floor or turn the ball over into the front row.
For anyone staring at the prop markets, this combination is a usage-rate mystery box. You have a veteran who needs the ball to operate and a young guard who looks lost without it.
They are flanked by a rookie center in Clingan and two wings in Avdija and Camara who are mostly there to do cardio, grab rebounds, and play defense. It is a bizarre mix of timelines and skill sets that somehow has to function as a cohesive unit.
We will see how this experiment holds up on Wednesday night in . If this lineup actually clicks, the Blazers might just be the most confusing wagon in the league, but if it crashes, at least the tape will be highly entertaining.