Capela signs 5yr, $80mil deal ($90M w/ incentives) with the Rockets

Downtown Sniper · Jan 10, 2019

roxallways said: ↑

Clint with one of his frustrating weak games tonight. He has been really stepping up with Paul and Gordon out but he was one of the main reasons the Rox loss tonight. Lopez had several blocks on Capela but he also missed several bunnies too.
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He was also put in horrible positions countless times by his teammates throwing horrible low passes in traffic.

It was an overall bad game from Clint offensively, but a fair bit of that is contributed to his teammates and coaching.

We should've stopped fairly quickly trying to pass off the ball to him in traffic. It was increasingly frustrating to watch as each pass went by go to him when it shouldn't have.

Downtown Sniper · Jan 10, 2019

Amel said: ↑

I dont mind players beating him to the basket, what I don't understand is his work underneath the basket. I mean everything looks predictable, opponents know when he's about to raise or duck, its just predicable

He needs to figure out how to trick the opponent and not have every ball blocked or stripped away
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You talk as if he has 15 of his shots blocked each night.

Vivi · Jan 10, 2019

Too much people talking about Capela like:

- he's expected to put up 20+20 by default
- he's supposed to be able to constantly produce on offense without being well assisted
- he's getting paid more than a role player
- he has been bad for more than 3 or 4 games this season

Maybe some of you guys should keep your expectations in check, he's not Anthony Davis or Joel Embiid, and he's getting paid 10M less than Gobert, Adams, Whiteside etc...Andre Drummond was 2-12 from the field last night against the Lakers, and he's getting paid 10M more than Capela too.

bobrek · Jan 10, 2019

Vivi said: ↑

Too much people talking about Capela like:

- he's expected to put up 20+20 by default
- he's supposed to be able to constantly produce on offense without being well assisted
- he's getting paid more than a role player
- he has been bad for more than 3 or 4 games this season

Maybe some of you guys should keep your expectations in check, he's not Anthony Davis or Joel Embiid, and he's getting paid 10M less than Gobert, Adams, Whiteside etc...Andre Drummond was 2-12 from the field last night against the Lakers, and he's getting paid 10M more than Capela too.
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All we ask is that he is like Anthony Randolph.

basketballholic · May 26, 2019

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Sure he provides value against other teams. Yes he helps us beat other teams. But we're paying him $90 million. And he can't help us beat the top two to four teams.

If we had a player at center that could shoot the 3 like Milwaukee does (in spades) and could also switch defend like Golden State does (with Draymond and Durant) and we did not have Capela.....is it rational to believe we wouldn't beat those same teams that we "need Capela to help us beat them"??????

I don't think that's rational.

Who do we play that we have to have Capela in the PnR to beat that we would not beat if we had an active switching defender at the 5 that could knock down threes?

Ok. Denver....And Milwaukee.....They would counter small ball with what....?????

They'd drop lopez/jokic in the post. Everybody knows that. So what. Jokic is in the post anyway with Capela in the game and he abuses Capela. Big deal. Capela abuses back with PnR finishes. So what.

But here's the catch. Hardens turnovers pile up. And here's the difference. When you spread the court with a shooter at the 5 that is also an active switching defender you:

1. trade 2's for 3's.
2. give Harden more space to break down single defenders which decreases his turnover count significantly.
3. create more defensive turnovers.
4. ramp up the pace which wears on the opponent's bigs late in the game.
5. force their bigs into offensive mismatches and expose them.

The reason why Milwaukee has made such a leap this year is because they have fully embraced a shooting 5. They can't switch those guys. So they do the next best thing. They've got the biggest longest guy they can find that can shoot 3's. And they drop him hard. That's the perfect foil for a smaller big man that can't shoot.

They forced us to switch guys. Because they had centers on the floor for 48 minutes that were spotted at the 3-point line. Capela had to defend that. Or he switched and then got ate up by a guard. And if he didn't switch then you're making Harden fight over the pick to defend the drive. And we all know that's a joke.

Let me put it this way.

PICK AND ROLL OFFENSE BY ITSELF WILL NOT WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY.

You have to get 3-point shooting out of the center spot. Your center has to be able to spread the court and shoot it competently. And you have to be able to switch with your center AT LEAST part of the time.

This is why until we make a change at center we are ALSO-RANS.

If the playoffs started today and everybody was healthy the champion would be one of Golden State, Toronto, Milwaukee, Boston. And most likely it would be Golden State (Draymond) versus Toronto (Paskal - otherwise known as Draymond II-an even better Draymond) because those two teams have the most versatile centers that can switch everything, defend anybody at an elite level, knock down some 3's, pass, finish, and even dribble drive and dish.

If you haven't watched Paskal play you need to. The Raptors are flat scary with him and Kawhi. THEY.ARE.ROLLING! We CANNOT beat them in a 7-game series today if both teams are fully healthy. Nor can we beat the Warriors if fully healthy. And we probably can't beat the Bucks and Celtics in a 7-game series either.

Because we're too limited. We don't have enough guys to play small ball effectively. And we have not continued to evolve to 5-out play!!!! We evolved with the three and small ball. But we are now stunted by one dimensional center play. We look great against 90% of the league. And we're good enough to beat everybody but two to four teams in a playoff series. But once again that is also-ran status. We're going to waste the Harden era and repeat the Nash Suns and the Webber Kings teams of the 90's if we don't change.

My fear is that we once again do a patch job with the roster at the deadline. We go get a guy or two....like Marvin Williams, etc. who help, who can possibly give us some minutes at the 5.....But it's not enough because we mistakenly think that native son Capela is this huge key to us winning a championship so we gotta keep him and we gotta play him.

This is specifically why i get hyped when I see guys like Qi, Hartenstein, and Bruno developing. I KNOW we need our own Draymond/Paskal to win a ship. We need that multi-dimensional 4/5 big that can switch, shoot, and still defend the rim and rebound.

We need that guy more than anything else. And he needs to play 5 for 30 minutes a game or more when we face teams like Milwaukee, Golden State, Toronto, and Boston in the playoffs.
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basketballholic said: ↑

Watch out. Shakespeare gonna yell at you about your spelling.

I'll stick with what I said about Randolph. We need to acquire a 4/5 that has length and can shoot and switch defend to have any chance to beat the Warriors. And that player will have to play more minutes than Capela against the Warriors.for us to have a chance to beat the Warriors in a playoff series.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

This thread is chock full of fail.

If only you had bought my newsletter instead of ESPN Insider and The Ringer.....

Keep wasting your money.

basketballholic · Jun 13, 2019

Congratulations Raptors

Kawhi pascal ibaka gasol green lowry vanvleet

Defense
Shooting
Playmaking

Everywhere

Tom Bombadillo · Jun 14, 2019

Congratulations basketballholic,

Finally moved the goal posts until it fit your absurd narrative!

(Why isn't Cole Aldrich starting at C???)

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