Capela ceiling is Tyson Chandler, Love for him to be the Hornets, Mavs or even Knicks version of Tyson
I can't really say I love Clint Capela when I think that a 35 year old Nene is doing just as good of a job if not better. Rockets with Nene-Anderson Ryan On Court - DRTG 102.1 (397 min) +8.1 Ryan Off Court - DRTG 99.1 (461 min) +9.3 Rockets with Capela-Anderson Ryan On Court - DRTG 106.0 (772 min) +7.8 Ryan Off Court - DRTG 112.9 (269 min) -5.7 Sam Dekker plays a majority of those minutes at the 4 when Ryan isn't in the game. Basically Capela and Dekker can't play together while Nene and Dekker can. For some odd reason Nene and Dekker playing together still have DRTG of 100.5 for 462 total played minutes. Capela/Dekker on the other hand have a 112.3 DRTG together for 278 total played minutes. Rockets with Nene-Dekker Dekker On Court - DRTG 100.5 (462 min) +6.7 Dekker Off Court - DRTG 100.4 (396 min) +11.1 Rockets with Capela-Dekker Dekker On Court - DRTG 112.3 (278) -7.8 Dekker Off Court - DRTG 106.2 (762) +8.7 Basically, we should be worried when Dekker and Capela are both on the court even if it's not for that long. For comparison sakes: The other "center" Rockets with Harrell-Anderson Ryan On Court - DRTG 107.8 (484 min) +7.3 Ryan Off Court - DRTG 105 (415 min) +8.6 Rockets with Harrell-Dekker Dekker On Court - DRTG 104.9 (385 min) +9.1 Dekker Off Court - DRTG 107.7 (513 min) +7.1
say wat you want about cc but one truth about him stands as a Chinese wall, he made Dwight obsolete... and had we featured more brewerlessness during this year rockets would have been only a cuople of games behind no 1 seed all time great gsw with capela the kid as starting C
He was/is a good draft pick by Morey. He does some things well.... but in this system a lot of guys would put up similar or better numbers on the year. I am fine with him starting but I wouldn't give him the kind of money he will be getting after next season.
Ur comparing 22 yr old first year starter vs 35 yr old vet and Capela doesn't seem impressive to you? Nene and Harrell were supposed to be more polished Capela is just acratching the surface of what he can do.
Considering he was the 25th pick in the draft, I'd say that he has performed better than expected. Jokic was the only player still left on the board that would've been a better pick than Capela. However, no one foresaw his career panning out in this way.. You could easily make the case that if the 2014 draft were to happen again, Capela would be a lottery pick, possibly even top 10.
Watch how much Capela improves after this year's playoffs and offseason coming up. No one will mind what we pay him when the time comes. The guy is basically a rookie and starting on the 3/4 best team in the league. Next year he will average 32 to 35 mpg and probably 16pts and 12rpg.
I think that's an unfair comparison. Nene is a seasoned veteran who was arguably one of the most underrated bigs of the last decade. Capela is a kid who is just starting to put it all together. Additionally, before Capela's injury, I'd say he was playing the best ball of his career and he is just getting back into shape.
I think he still needs to add something to his arsenal; either a decent shot, bulk, or defensive dominance. He is very good for his age and for his little NBA experience. Very excited to see how he develops.
He's still a very young and raw player. He worked on his FTs this offseason and it paid off. His post game has improved and is solid, although he rarely gets to use it. He will continue to improve. Once he learns to board and block more shots, with 30 plus minutes...watch out. He won't be the best center in the league if that's what some want, but he will be in the top 5 to 10 for sure.
16/12 is nice... but he is on a bad rebounding team that has a lot of posessions... which means that any center getting 30+ minutes a night should have very good rebounding raw numbers. As far as scoring goes... again lots and lots of chances off the PNR with Harden and Williams. Capela gets credit for finishing well and his willingness to roll to the basket. However there are other players that would capitalize on the opportunity too. I am far more interested in seeing his defense improve on switches and keeping players out of the lane. If he does that, he will be very important to the Rockets.
He's really improved his finishing around the rim, but boy is he soft on defense. Gotta get better on that end.
Can't have a big man finished product in basically his rookie season. Or second full season starting. He won't be Towns, but he will be good enough for us, especially when we get another superstar.
Does Dennis Rodman do any clinics? If CC got some time with Rodman this summer and put on some more muscle, he would be top centers in this game. Rodman used a lot of leverage as opposed to brute strength.
Correction: this is Clint's first full season starting. Capela hadn't started 82 games total prior to this season. 23 year old kid has improved every year he's been in the league, responds well to coaching, has increased his strength considerably 2 consecutive summers. Perhaps people have forgotten the Clint Capela we received in the summer of 2014. The kid who people literally said was 2 years away from coming to the NBDL. The beginning of THIS season would have been the year that many people thought he should be a rookie in the NBA. A betting man would be a fool to ignore how fast this dude has improved, how hard he has worked, how active he is on the court, how responsive he is to coaching, and how early it is for him. He is the starting C on the 3rd best team in the NBA. It's a joke to say that lots of people would be doing as well as he's doing in this spot. A 35 year old offensively skilled Nene who looks fit enough to be an MMA fighter is incapable of outplaying him. I guess it's easy to just call him the 35 year old on a minimum contract if you don't watch him driving past and dunking on people half his age night in and night out. Nene's only problem is stamina. In just 23 minutes, Capela's giving us 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. Per 36 minutes, he's rebounding better than Bismack Biyombo, Tristan Thompson, Demarcus Cousins and Joel Embiid. Among starting C's, he's #11 per 36 minutes. He's also a super efficient PnR player who has excellent chemistry with our franchise player and ball handler. Overall, he has almost doubled his shot attempts but still improved his FG% to 65% despite incorporating a hook shot more regularly. He has brought his FT% up to 51%, which is 13 percentage points better than last season, which was 20 percentage points improvement over the previous season. Not to mention beats his man on transition regularly. His top weaknesses are he does not think quick enough when it comes to sealing off penetration, he is not strong enough to contain the remaining powerful C's in the league and limited range on his J. Give him a year and a starting PF capable of playing defense, I bet he makes giant strides. The guy is going nowhere but up. If you were a competent employer or manager, you would be using him as an example for other young players and investing in his future. Glad to have him on board, happy to tolerate his few weaknesses given what he brings and especially what he is going to bring long term.
