Ha. Here's some cracker crumbs for your consumption. In game 7 The Warriors were 15 of 33 from the three point line when he was in the game. They were 1 of 6 from 3 when he sat down. In game 7 The Warriors were 14 of 26 in the paint when he was in the game. They were 4 of 10 in the paint when he was out. We did not have any rebounding advantage over the Warriors when he was in the game. Nor did we have any advantage in blocked shots our turnovers when he was in the game. The small offensive rebounding advantage we had when he was in the game came from the Warriors blocking our shot and us recovering the block. He was -13 in the game, second worst to Trevor at -15. He was -49 in the series, second worst only to LMM who was -50 WHILE PLAYING WITH ONE ARM! That's enough with the silliness. He didn't help us one bit. At best he was a non-factor who chewed up some minutes because we didn't have anybody else. I say at best, because we could get many other players to chew up some minutes and go -13 against the Warriors. But the truth is, he was a negative. He hurt us with his mediocre defense. You guys crow about him being able to switch. Big whoop. We consistently get beat when he switches against the Warriors. And we are much better with our switching defense against when PJ or a healthy LMM is in there. And then there's the paint. Whatever he gives us by jumping up, catching the ball, and dropping it through the hoop we give back because we can't control the defensive paint! Look, "played damn well" don't mean anything. He might've played well for Capela. I suppose if I got into an NBA game I could claim I played well too. Shoot, we could say LMM played well since he was playing with one arm. Just stop with all the bologna. Clint DID NOT help us against the Warriors. And currently, with his current skill level he CANNOT help us beat them. We need a whole lot more both defensively and offensively at the 5 spot than what he can bring to the table right now. You can continue with the rhetoric that "he's still so young and he's going to get even better" nonsense. Spare me. Its decision time. Let somebody else pay him huge money to "continue to get better". Sign and trade him.
Well you are already Failed to even know that Joakim is making 17 million dollars this year, close to the max and had a fight with Jeff Hornacek and didn't even play basketball since.
So you will ignore the importance that CP3 (The Point God) places on Clint Capela? Maybe you forget how many people DO NOT WANT TO PLAY with Dwight? You think CP3 wants to pass it into the post for a DH hook shot? Trash take man. Just own it.
By that logic then we can’t sign George or Lebron either because they’ll demand the max I think it’s more then apparent that these guys would have to take pay cuts if we are gonna shoot for three star players Win a title or be a couple million richer, it’s their choice. This goes for pretty much every successful team of players taking pay cuts to play with each other for a bigger goal. They did it on Celtics, heat and warriors. I don’t get how you can critsize what I said but I’m gonna go ahead assume you expect us to sign another big name so how are we gonna offer anyone a max then if we retain Chris Paul?
Eww lol you saying that just reminded me of the fact that Terrence Jones got taken to school by Lamarcus Aldridge And pretty much cost us a series.
UR very confused. There's reasons for all those things and you sew them together like they're one. Not worth responding to this idiocy.
someone is still missing the entire point. so at first you wanted to claim he was getting max which is false as pointed out and now you have to double down to say its close to max and no thats not close to max. id be more than happy if/when capela makes within that range. hes earned it. couldnt careless about noah and his situation
Yeah Cuban has his eyes set on Julius Randle among other FA's . Aaron Gordon poison pill would be the RFA Cuban goes for. Rumors are Cuban wants both Randel and Aaron Gordon. Only way I see a team going for Capela is if they have a good passing PG or player that can run PnR with Capela. Knight is a scorer that seldom passes well. Josh Jackson is the same. Booker is a scorer like Klay Thompson. Spot up, off screens, iOS. Booker and the others lack the passing to get the ball to Tyson,and they will do the same for Capela. Now if they go get Rondo....then maybe.
I do NOT want DeAndre Jordan. Having someone in the game that can’t shoot free throws will hurt us badly.
Paul is going nowhere he will be back before Capela. I’d hate to lose CC as well as he grew so much in the playoffs but someone is gonna pay him
Anyone who says they expected Clint to mature this much is lying. I still saw him as the skinny kid who had the length to block shots but was easily stripped because of his soft hands and didn't have the strength nor conditioning to maintain it beyond 20-25 minutes. I'm fine with giving him 20 million... beyond that will really test the homegrown bond that's rare for a Morey team. Is it just me or does it feel like Dream really acknowledges the kid? Like the first time he's had an active interest on a Rocket since Yao.
well it actually shouldn't be a surprise as he was trending up playing next to harden. hou adding cp3 just adds to his development so much more. And thats just not speaking in terms of on court and what we as fans see. cp3 has had the utmost confidence in CC since day 1. expected? probably debatable. Surprised? nope
That's where you are wrong, despite the fact that they will get max money - they would not technically come here as free agents but because they can leave their current teams as free agents they have leverage over those teams to accomplish two things - keep their mx salaries and go to the destination of their choice - that leverage is the player options. Not true at all - its a matter of the Rockets sending out the required matching salaries via TRADE and how much luxury tax ownership is willing to pay. Paycuts only matter when you are operating under the cap (other than luxury tax implications) or guys who are willing to play for veterans minimum contracts. Retaining Paul this team is not going to offer anyone max money that you don't have bird or restricted rights to. The only players you can improve with are players who hold leverage over their current teams with much like CP3 did last season in the ability to opt out and walk for no compensation - Both Lebron and PG13 fall into this category this offseason. So technically the Rockets aren't making the player any offer at all , they are technically trading for that player at the players current terms of contract (with the understanding from all parties that Houston is the players destination of choice). The difference here is that this is not a "sign and trade" situation that invokes the hard cap , the player is already under contract and simply opting into the current contract …. no hard cap. And the fact that you are sending out matching salary (within 125%+100k)
Capela dominated two of the most highly regarded 5's in the league in Towns and Gobert during our playoff run but he's worthless because the warriors are a bad match-up for him? ***News Flash*** The Warriors present a bad match-up for every center in the league. If we can re-sign him for a reasonable amount we have to do it. You don't give up on a guy who has consistently gotten better each season because he had a rough series against the world champs.
He adapted to both of their playing styles at a high level. C'mon you weren't surprised he won the matchup against Goobert and p***y KAT? Playoffs blew up all my expectations. The dubs gameplan was to take out capela lob and subsequently our drives to make us more one dimensional. He's easily worth the 20 if he can develop a consistent midrange shot in the event he gets pushed out or fronted by the likes of Draymond
In fairness to Olajuwon, there hasn't been much to get excited about with low post players in Rockets unis since Yao left. Dwight Howard?? Lolerskates...
i was impressed with him throughout the entire playoffs and loved every min of it. Ive said it before. his impact on the game is just as much if not more than many of these other big name bigs that fans think are just out of CC's league. and most importantly its impacting actual winning basketball. He just does it in his own way and theres absolutely nothing wrong with that.
