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What we can learn from the Pelicans game

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Will, Oct 18, 2018.

  1. basketballholic

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    Shocking, isn't it????????


    Not!
     
  2. basketballholic

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    You should have learned that Capela is not a defensive difference-maker.
     
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    Dankstronaut Way, way out here.
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    Yes, exactly, good recall on names there. 3rd strong guys are 3rd for a reason but they’re also in the NBA for a reason. I can handle some losses early in the season if it means teaching the young guy s how to do it. I’m not gonna be super forgiving if it’s burning out veterans in blowout losses. Hartenstein’s length and ability could be a huge factor later in the year but some game time has to be invested now.
     
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  4. basketballholic

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    Capela is now overpaid for what he gives us.
     
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    Doubtful. You need to wonder (and hope) if he's a better defender than Capela.
     
  6. basketballholic

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    Too athletically intense, eh? I think I've read it all now.

    #NoMoreExcuses
     
  7. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Wrong. What I KNOW is that Capela CAN be a defensive difference maker (e.g. his play against KAT, Gobert) but he is not consistent enough and just is overmatched vs a potential MVP in AD.

    There is nuance here, _holic.
     
  8. basketballholic

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    You still haven't learned.

    He can't keep pace with US much less our opponents.
     
  9. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Quite the statement coming from you, tbh.
     
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    shouldn't be. I've only told you a couple dozen times that until Capela either learns to shoot the 3 (he allegedly worked on it over the summer.........zzzzzzzzz) or becomes substantially better defending the paint/rim that he's not a difference making player that can help us beat the Warriors. The Warriors are better than the Pelicans. He was totally ineffective defending the rim against the Pelicans and he got gassed, which is still a habit here in his fifth season. And there's absolutely no signs he can shoot the ball. After allegedly working on it this summer..

    If we don't trade Capela as soon as possible his contract is going to become a ball and chain around the neck of this roster and salary cap.
     
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    More like couple trillion times you've said that
     
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    You're really excited about what you see as Capela's failure, aren't you, 'holic. I guess it fits in with Halloween. Morbid.
     
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    Not excited at all. Fearful actually. I said before the season started that if the Jazz were healthy they were going to give us and the Warriors a run for our money. Now it looks like the Pels, Thunder, and Lakers are too.

    We cannot win a championship with Capela as one of our top 7 players. Need to trade him before his trade value turns negative.
     
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    Capela was our 3rd or 4th best player last year, and we almost beat the Warriors. If Chris Paul stays healthy, there's a solid chance it happens.

    And we already know your response to this will be some long-winded way of how Capela lost just the series instead of the Chris Paul injury or 27 straight missed 3's or Ariza's disappearance or Luc's absence. We already know this.

    But hey...narratives and whatnot...
     
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    Capela was our 8th best player until Luc got hurt. Then he became the 7th best player. Paul got hurt. And we lost.

    But hey......Believe what you want.
     
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    That is not the main reason.

    Main reason is

    Ennis vs Durant
    Ennis vs Kawhi
    Ennis vs LeBron
    Ennis vs Hayward/Tatum

    Too much point deficits to recover from Capela and Tucker.
     
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    Nobody, including the coach, players, and the GM, would agree with you on this, but ok.

    And before you say it, yes...I know, I know, I know...you're smarter than Morey and D'Antoni. We all got it.
     
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    Need more Zhou, tbh. NBA defensive player of the year potential.

    (someone tell Thibs so we can trade Zhou for Butler)
     
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    @basketballholic has every play broken down in a spread sheet.

    you guys are all wrong
     
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    They eventually will or we won't win a championship. (And you don't know that they don't already.)

    Other teams aren't static. Everybody is catching on to the spread-the-floor game. And they're taking leaps forward by upgrading their 5-spot with guys that can shoot, dribble, make plays, and defend. LeBron is now playing the 5. AD has all the tools and is doing likewise. He's playing the 5. Which is where I said he would need to play to become great when he was still in the draft and everybody was wanting him to be a 4.

    Capela does not fit NOW more than ever. His deficiencies are going to be more exposed with other teams migrating to 5's that can stretch. If CC doesn't learn how to shoot or become a more adept defensive switcher with higher stamina then you're going to watch the game race past him this season.

    We.have.to.trade.him. Or we're screwed.
     

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