Rockets, Clint Capela agree to 3-year $21.5m deal

Rockets, Clint Capela agree to 3-year $21.5m deal

back here on CBS Sports HQ as we continue to follow NBA free agency Go get it young fella Clint Capella headed back to Houston on a three-year 21.5 million deal That’s according to an ESPN report Capella spent the first six years of his career in Houston before being traded to Atlanta in 2020 Capella averaged nine points eight and a half rebounds per game last season but lost his starting spot late in the year Back here with Sam Quinn John Gonzalez and Tim Doyle And how about Houston here Sam going all in What do you make of the latest deal to get Clint Capella a three-year $21.5 million deal
yeah this is the most surprising deal of the night so far Right Didn’t Houston just resigned Steven Adams for 39 million over three years They still have Alper and Shenon They just resigned Jabari Smith to a 5year $122 million deal last night They have a lot of people who are either explicitly centers or can play some center and you probably would want to experiment with that moving forward The Rockets do use a lot of two big lineups They gave the Warriors fits in that first round series when they put Shenun and Adams on the court together You can’t play two bigs for 48 minutes So I have some real questions here Is there another move coming from a cat perspective there basically has to be right they can’t fit both Clint Capella and Dorian Finny Smith into their non-t taxpayer mid-level exception One of these is going to have to be structured as a signin trade I’m going to be very interested to see who Houston is sending out to make the money work on this But on paper three centers for the Rockets I’m stunned John are you also puzzled by this move
yes extremely I saw this and went “Wait what what is happening here it doesn’t make any sense to me.” For all the reasons that Sam just outlined here I mean they brought back Steven Adams They ran that double big lineup to some success during the regular season and then the postseason But as Sam mentioned you’re not going to run a double big for 48 minutes They’ve got a glut of players at the front court I’m I I there has to be something that we’re missing here There’s got to be a next move And then also from Clint Capella’s perspective there had to be a better opportunity I mean you know go get your your money right $21 million Who’s throwing that at Clint Capella the Hawks couldn’t wait to get off of Clint Capella’s money They were trying to trade him for the last couple of years No there were no takers out there for Clink Capella They couldn’t wait to move on to Anekia Akangu And then here comes the Houston Rockets with Steven Adams and Alberin Shenun and um who else am I jamar and Jabari Smith who can also play some center and they decided to bring in Clink Capella too I mean I would have expected if I’m Clint Capella opportunity-wise one of the two LA teams would have been a better situation for me than this log jam that they have at center So yeah look everything that the Rockets have done up until this point I’ve been on board with I thought was really smart I think makes them a contender But there’s something here that we haven’t figured out yet So there’s got to be another shoe to drop right some more pieces to fall So what I have learned to is that if I was in school with Sam I would let him sit in front of me and I would look over his shoulder if I could If I could peer over that shoulder I’d be looking right at his scantron and copying his answers right onto my math test Okay because you know the guy knows his numbers He does He know he knows his he knows his numbers I’m just curious if uh the numbers are going to work out to competing in the Western Conference cuz at the end of the day that’s what what what matters right John i mean you bring these guys in does it work for one season you have Kevin Durant He’s of course going to be ball dominant You bring all these pieces in and go “Yeah they’re all in.” It’s great when you say a team’s all in but does it result in a team that can win it all
oh I think absolutely I mean look we’ll put the center log jam over to the side and we’ll assume that it will iron itself out some way somehow but however it works the main core of KD and Alprin Shenon and Fred Van Fleet and then Ahmed Thompson who I’m a massive fan of who I think has all NBA potential already made all defense Jabari Smith they just extended him five for 122 This is a young tar he’s the bench is loaded We didn’t even get Sam Sam and I sometimes talk about justice for Reed Shepard who we think will be a really good player And one day Akeem asked Sam about his Wild Reach Shepard take But the whole point here is Oklahoma City we just saw what happened with them with they have the MVP and SGA and that Jaylen Williams really stepped forward making his first AllNBA team But there they are really deep maybe the the deepest team in the NBA right well what they’re building in Houston or what they’ve built in Houston I think is every bit as deep And will it work i think how could it not like you unplug Jaylen Green who can be a bucket but was also hyper inconsistent and Dylan Brooks who you know he likes to get after people and he can be a nudge and all that stuff You take those two guys aside and you replace it with KD and Dorian Finny Smith Man they are absolutely loaded And I’ve mentioned this before but it bears repeating their main problem last year to the extent that they had one when you’re the number two seed in the Western Conference was they had no closer So frequently they just had a whole group of guys who on any given night could be really good for you right but late in games when it got tough in crunch time they kind of look around at each other and go “Oh wait Who’s whose ball is this tonight?” Well now you got KD At the very least you can always default to that position Man I love Houston
Tim is that a team right there you look at that starting five you go “Yep they’re going to win it all You’re that confident in that starting five right there.”
That’s the best team in the NBA in my eyes Wow Yeah I mean it’s going to be
I think it’s going to be a great series with OKC uh right when I saw they made the move for Durant because there was a lot of speculation on where he was going to go and of all the teams I said if he had his choice the best squad for him to go to would be Houston because they can defend they’re young they’re athletic and he they need exactly what he could do still finish out games I called some of their games last year um in the playin tournament and they had a tough time scoring when it mattered and those were like playofflike atmosphere same thing happened when they got to the playoffs against the Warriors tough time scoring especially in the half court now you add one the greatest scorers of all time Uh I love this roster This is my pick to win the NBA championship As far as this move I don’t know It doesn’t make any sense That’s what John and Sam say I kind of agree with them Uh I would rather have Clint Capella than Steven Adams if I was choosing between those two
All right Again a three-year 21.5 million deal for Clint Capella Houston allin

John Gonzalez, Sam Quinn and Tim Doyle join CBS Sports HQ to talk about the Rockets signing Clint Capela.

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