Welcome to Atlanta, Clint Capela

[Thomas]

7 minutes ago, Buzzard said:

The Hawks may not be done.

Think part of that is since Len can't stay healthy Bruno may get plenty of time at C even when Clint is ready so we still need a decent two way player at PF behind JC. Bye, bye Parker I hope. Plenty of options and a couple are cheap. As for a shooter at wing, uh....

[JayBirdHawk]

5 minutes ago, Buzzard said:

The Hawks may not be done. There is still Jabari Parker ( 6.5 million player option ) and Alex Lens ( 4.1 million ) team friendly contracts left on the books. I doubt they move Teague ( 19 million expiring ) or Parsons ( 25.1 million expiring ) contracts, they are keys to them staying cap friendly.

I don't hate this move for any of the teams and think more could be on the way for Houston and Minnesota. I am thrilled the Hawks got a starting center. Collins can eventually go back to power forward and just as important, they can stop playing DeAndre Hunter at power forward. I think Schlenk is a **** genius to pull this off and still keep the Hawks in cap friendly heaven.

This. I just want our players playing their most natural positions to see how all the pieces fit going forward.

This is what we have missed all season long.

[HawkItus]

 

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Atlanta is waiving Chandler Parsons and his expiring $25.1M contract to create roster space to complete four-team trade, league sources tell ESPN.

[Dnice]

Agreed with others, I saw about 2 or 3 nba icon notifications waking up, sure enough  the CC deal was agreed upon.  Just waiting for that at some point.

[JayBirdHawk]

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Pairing Trae Young and Capela gives the Hawks another formidable pick-and-roll tandem in their predominantly spread pick-and-roll offense. The Rockets had gotten away from the pick-and-roll that made Capela so successful and instead were going with more isolation with James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

 

With the way the Hawks play, Capela is an excellent fit on the offensive end of the floor. He’s a good screen setter, and because of his length, he often only needs two steps to get to the rim on rolls. He’s a legitimate vertical threat and should continue to benefit by having one of the league’s best passers in Young as he had in Houston with Harden. Capela is tied for third in points per game at the rim this season in the half court. He’s shooting 68 percent at the rim in total this season, which is slightly down from 71 percent last season. For the season, Capela has averaged 13.9 points, down from 16.6 last season. He’s fourth in the NBA in shooting percentage, making 62.9 percent of his shots, and is averaging 13.8 rebounds.

 

The Hawks love running up and down the floor and attacking teams while they’re not set, and Capela can help there because he’s one of the fastest centers in the league and gives lumbering centers difficulties because of his speed. In the past two seasons, he’s averaging nearly four attempts per game in the first nine seconds of the shot clock.

 

Where Capela struggles is his in inconsistency as a passer. He had improved in finding 3-point corner shooters when opposing teams blitzed Harden but passing is not Capela’s strength. That’s important to note because Young gets blitzed as often as Harden does. The game would be peachier for the Hawks if they had a center who had more ball skills to make life easier for Young, but they aren’t getting that with Capela.

 

On the defense, the Hawks are getting a reliable rim protector and someone who can provide more stability for a unit that has struggled almost nightly on that end of the floor. The Hawks wanted a center who could be the anchor of their defense, and Capela fits that. He has an estimated contest percentage of 41.2 percent, which is a very encouraging number. He also has been in the top 10 in defensive rebounding in each of the past three seasons and is currently tied for fifth with Joel Embiid.

 

Capela isn’t by any means an elite defender. He’s more in the above-average range. He’s going to have to require the players he’ll be playing alongside to grow up quickly on the defense to look his best, otherwise it’ll look much of the same as it has been for the Hawks this season.

 

The big question now for the Hawks is how Capela looks alongside Collins. Capela and Collins are both elite roll men. The difference between the two is Capela is a non-shooter. Collins only has attempted 13 corner 3s this season and has made four of them, according to Cleaning The Glass. He was 26-of-54 from the corner last season, and my belief is he’s going to have to at least increase the number of corner 3s he’s taken if he’s playing with Capela. Head coach Lloyd Pierce also could stagger their minutes where at least one of them is on the floor with Young at all times to give him a pick-and-roll partner who can catch lobs at the rim.

 

 

[AHF]

Well there are some deep implications here for the usage of Collins and Capela on offense and for Capela's health and for......

 

What the hell.  My real reaction:

[JayBirdHawk]

11 minutes ago, AHF said:

Well there are some deep implications here for the usage of Collins and Capela on offense and for Capela's health and for......

 

What the hell.  My real reaction:

You're the girl, right!

[AHF]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

You're the girl, right!

You're damn right I am!

[NBASupes]

Our two needs moving forward is what to do with Parker. He has played well for us but what if we can get that shooter we covet for him on the wing.

Lastly, Damian Jones and Treveon Graham. What can we get for them even with a pick added. 

Shooting off the bench is the need. We need another wing shooter with Cam. We also need more defense from the bigs. Capela is one but that's all. We need at least one more. 

We got a lot of cap room. We could actually help GS and get Kevon Looney who Travis badly wanted this offseason but for an even better price. I think that might be something to look into. 

My personal targets are:

Jordan McRae

Malik Monk

Kevon Looney

Alec Burks

Glenn Robinson III

Joe Harris

McDermott from the Pacers 

Tomas Sotrasky

Al Farouq Aminu

Edited February 5, 2020 by NBASupes

[macdaddy]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

You're damn right I am!

Well hello

[Atlantaholic]

Wonder if we shop our first round pick this summer. If we end up with a top 3 pick, I'd love for us to trade it for a veteran wing All Star... If we could swing a trade for Booker somehow

[AHF]

I'm so eager to see him on the floor with us:

 

Rk	Player	DRB%	TRB%	BLK%	DWS	DBPM
1	Clint Capela	30.0	21.7	4.8	2.1	2.4
2	Bruno Fernando	19.1	14.7	2.4	0.4	0.1
3	Damian Jones	15.5	12.1	3.8	0.5	0.7
4	Alex Len	23.5	16.6	3.7	0.7	0.4

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

5 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Our two needs moving forward is what to do with Parker. He has played well for us but what if we can get that shooter we covet for him on the wing.

Lastly, Damian Jones and Treveon Graham. What can we get for them even with a pick added. 

Shooting off the bench is the need. We need another wing shooter with Cam. We also need more defense from the bigs. Capela is one but that's all. We need at least one more. 

We got a lot of cap room. We could actually help GS and get Kevon Looney who Travis badly wanted this offseason but for an even better price. I think that might be something to look into. 

My personal targets are:

Jordan McRae

Malik Monk

Kevon Looney

Alec Burks

Glenn Robinson III

Joe Harris

McDermott from the Pacers 

Tomas Sotrasky

Al Farouq Aminu

Indy is looking for a taker for TJ Leaf. Looking for a PF. Could Parker fit them and Leaf for us?

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Indy is looking for a taker for TJ Leaf. Looking for a PF. Could Parker fit them and Leaf for us?

Leaf trash thought and he doesn't fit our style of play. We need more defense from the 4

[sturt]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Covington is so overrated.  Poor man's Wes Matthews who's also overrated.

Horrible trade for HOU.

Honestly, I like Covington, and I like Matthews, but it's still a head-scratcher that HOU thought this was a good idea. Unless Capela's injury turns out to be a bigger deal than any of us would like to think, it makes no sense that Morey did this.

[marco102]

1 minute ago, sturt said:

Honestly, I like Covington, and I like Matthews, but it's still a head-scratcher that HOU thought this was a good idea. Unless Capela's injury turns out to be a bigger deal than any of us would like to think, it makes no sense that Morey did this.

If his boss doesn't want to pay luxury tax, then it makes perfect sense.

[macdaddy]

1 minute ago, sturt said:

Honestly, I like Covington, and I like Matthews, but it's still a head-scratcher that HOU thought this was a good idea. Unless Capela's injury turns out to be a bigger deal than any of us would like to think, it makes no sense that Morey did this.

Is this just about getting a wing defender or what.  I don't know Rockets' motivation.

[JayBirdHawk]

Just now, sturt said:

Honestly, I like Covington, and I like Matthews, but it's still a head-scratcher that HOU thought this was a good idea. Unless Capela's injury turns out to be a bigger deal than any of us would like to think, it makes no sense that Morey did this.

Money saver for HOU, so ask Tillman.

Houston was running less and less PnR which limited Capela's role, so ask D'Antoni.

They now also have $12 million to take on a player by the deadline.

It is strange for them, but good for the Hawks.

[sturt]

2 minutes ago, marco102 said:

If his boss doesn't want to pay luxury tax, then it makes perfect sense.

Can't argue that, and it just highlights that this isn't a basketball trade but a beancounter trade... odd to see it come from a team that just this off-season decided to go all-in for a 2020 title by obtaining Westbrook.

[sturt]

1 hour ago, Buzzard said:

The Hawks may not be done. There is still Jabari Parker ( 6.5 million player option ) and Alex Lens ( 4.1 million ) team friendly contracts left on the books. I doubt they move Teague ( 19 million expiring ) or Parsons ( 25.1 million expiring ) contracts, they are keys to them staying cap friendly.

May not, but I'm among those who would be surprised.

It almost certainly would have to fit this same theme... we couldn't get a better value at C... productivity versus salary/years... in free agency.

And it would seem to be a buyer's market year with us enjoying the most buying capacity.