Jamaaliver wrote:
Wonder if he could get eastern conference player of the week. That would be pretty awesome. I’m gonna guess he’s never gotten that before even as a Rocket. He’s feasting and beasting in the East.
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Jamaaliver wrote:
Spud2nique wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:
Wonder if he could get eastern conference player of the week. That would be pretty awesome. I’m gonna guess he’s never gotten that before even as a Rocket. He’s feasting and beasting in the East.
Jamaaliver wrote:Spud2nique wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:
Wonder if he could get eastern conference player of the week. That would be pretty awesome. I’m gonna guess he’s never gotten that before even as a Rocket. He’s feasting and beasting in the East.
Hopefully big men around the league will take notice of his individual success and feel more comfortable coming here to play alongside Trae.
(Thinking specifically of Giannis, Zion, Embiid, Simmons, Gobert in the coming years.)
Spud2nique wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:
Wonder if he could get eastern conference player of the week. That would be pretty awesome. I’m gonna guess he’s never gotten that before even as a Rocket. He’s feasting and beasting in the East.
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HMFFL wrote:Becoming a favorite for sure.
Many Hawk fans didn't know what to expect but if you watched him in Houston you did.
Jamaaliver wrote:jayu70 wrote:?s=20HMFFL wrote:Becoming a favorite for sure.
Many Hawk fans didn't know what to expect but if you watched him in Houston you did.
I'm curious if anyone here thinks that Clint's emergence has made John Collins expendable. I know their on-court numbers have been good. But Capela's ability to rebound, block shots, screen and catch lobs are elite level skills on a manageable contract.
I'm leaning towards keeping Capela in that 5 spot for the forseeable future and adding a better passing/shooting/ballhandling PF into the starting lineup next to him on a decent contract.
Or should we consider moving Clint in a trade in search of a star player while his stock is at an all time high?
Spud2nique wrote:Ultimately Okongwu will be our center moving forward in a few years. Flipping Capela at this point might piss Trae off but never say never. I’d listen to offers for sure. Like you said though his stock is at an all time high. It’ll be interesting moving forward but his euro step last night and his little creative moves around the rim is something I NEVER saw in Houston and I watch a ton of Rockets games.
Jamaaliver wrote:Spud2nique wrote:Ultimately Okongwu will be our center moving forward in a few years. Flipping Capela at this point might piss Trae off but never say never. I’d listen to offers for sure. Like you said though his stock is at an all time high. It’ll be interesting moving forward but his euro step last night and his little creative moves around the rim is something I NEVER saw in Houston and I watch a ton of Rockets games.
All this makes sense, and I credit Capela's acquisition more than any other addition as the reason we're in playoff contention right now. With that said, [b]we're still barely .500 as a team.[/b]
If we want to truly contend, we need to add a true top tier player alongside Trae, Hunter and Capela: Either an elite scoring SG or a playmaking PF.
(I'm okay keeping Collins as the PF, but not for anything near the maximum salary, though. Giannis is a max level PF. John Collins is not.)
Jamaaliver wrote:All this makes sense, and I credit Capela's acquisition more than any other addition as the reason we're in playoff contention right now. With that said, we're still barely .500 as a team.
D21 wrote:I think that without all the injuries, it's more of a .600 team, and only their first year together. Keep everybody and you push it to .650 next season
jayu70 wrote:For the most of the season, we have played the CORE 5 plus Capela. It would help if the FAs we signed this offseason were actually contributing real minutes.
Jamaaliver wrote:D21 wrote:I think that without all the injuries, it's more of a .600 team, and only their first year together. Keep everybody and you push it to .650 next seasonjayu70 wrote:For the most of the season, we have played the CORE 5 plus Capela. It would help if the FAs we signed this offseason were actually contributing real minutes.
Fair enough, but do you guys honestly believe that adding Bogdan, Gallinari and Dunn gives us a legit chance to beat the Clippers, Lakers, Nets or 76ers in a series?
They each have legit, established, two way superstars. We feel more like a Jazz or Nuggets level team at best -- even with our Free Agent additions.
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Capela has been a monster defensively for the Hawks; they are 12.8 points better with him on the floor, ranking him in the 99th percentile, per Cleaning The Glass.
Opposing teams’ offensive stats have been dreadful when Capela has anchored Atlanta’s defense; they’re shooting nearly 7 percentage points worse at the rim, 5.6 percentage points worse in the midrange and 2.6 percentage points worse from 3. He’s averaging over 2 blocks per game, the most in his career, and he’s leading the league with 14.2 rebounds per game. The Hawks still aren’t great defensively as a team (they have the 23rd-best defensive rating), but it’s not because Capela hasn’t done his job.