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On this episode of the heat check, it's time for the rookie report.

Merry Christmas E's, folks.

Your weekly check-in on the Rookies and how they're doing.

We got a week until Christmas.

So let's talk about Kling-Kong, Kling-Kong, the big man himself, Donovan Klingin, Anthony, my man.

Drop that motherfucking beat.

It should be Rihanna. All right, we dropped the rookie report for you in your last minute shopping, just a five, six minute update on somebody that you need to know about.

We're not abandoning you on Christmas week, but we do have lots of things to do.

So sorry that there wasn't a full episode so far this week.

When I heard, though, my Portland Trailblazers drafted Donovan Klingin. I was pretty damn happy.

Not because I'm a huge Dan Hurley stand,

not because I'm riding the coattails of the Yukon dynasty.

No, I love Donovan Klingin in college.

He dominated college ball, and when he went up against Zach Eadie,

it was still good. But there were a lot of questions about how he would fare in the league. Guess what? There's no questions now. He

averaged seven and seven in the first 17 games of the season, but more importantly,

2.2 blocks per game in just 17 minutes.

Domination in the paint.

In his 17th game, Donovan Klingen pulled down 19 rebounds in a three-point win over the Houston Rockets,

who at that point were the top of the West.

The Blazer had won four of six at that point and things looked promising.

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