Celtics may be targeting Clint Capela in trade.

[davemonsterband]

Clint Capella has one of the best long-term contracts in the NBA. He in no way needs to be a shooter, the Golden State bigs prove that it is inessential to winning when coached correctly. The Big Al thing doesn't make sense, make it Gordon Hayward and you include BG and Tucker.

[RazzelnoDazzel]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

[hwangjini_1]

How much Al making?

look it up instead of asking someone else to do your work for you. simply type in "al" + "horford" + "salary" into google.

https://www.google.com/search?q=al+horford+salary&oq=al+horford+salary&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4994j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[ETNCeltics]

lol at these posts. Everyone knows that Capela has no offensive game away from the basket, but he's averaged 17/13, and been one of the league's best shotblockers and rebounders. Williams has yet to even prove he'll stick in the league.

If Ainge - for whatever reason - is breaking up the core, getting a good young player like Capella is a coup. When Al's on the floor, the offense frequently goes through him, but perhaps Ainge and CBS want the ball in JB/JT's hands going forward. Getting a young big and finding another PG is probably Ainge's priority if he knows Kyrie is moving on, and Al wants to go to a contender.

[Sophomore]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

Capela was seventh in the league in rebounding rate, an excellent screen setter, and an athletic, active defender.  He’s also improved every year - all signs are he’s a hard worker committed to improvement.

Yes, his offensive game is limited. And I’m not saying he’s great. But to say he “sucks” or only knows how to finish a lob is a pretty unusual take. Are you basing this on the GSW series this season?

[byennie]

Regarding Horford - possibly you include Yabusele and take back Capela + Eric Gordon, and then use a late draft pick to dump Gordon's salary?

Theoretically after that, we have enough cap room to deal Tatum for Davis w/o a bunch of extra salary and end up with something like?

Smart, Brown, Hayward, Davis, Capela

I have no idea what to make of that team, except that it would be interesting...

[RazzelnoDazzel]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

Capela was seventh in the league in rebounding rate, an excellent screen setter, and an athletic, active defender.  He’s also improved every year - all signs are he’s a hard worker committed to improvement.

Yes, his offensive game is limited. And I’m not saying he’s great. But to say he “sucks” or only knows how to finish a lob is a pretty unusual take. Are you basing this on the GSW series this season?

And what was Whiteside 8th? Because he sucks to. So you high points on Capela is he’s Athletic, active on defense, and set screens. How do you view Robert Williams3?

[RPGenerate]

I feel like I'm in crazy land. Are people really trying to say that someone who hasn't even proved that he can be an NBA player yet is better than a great starter on a great team. Give me a break lol.

[PAOBoston]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

Capela was seventh in the league in rebounding rate, an excellent screen setter, and an athletic, active defender.  He’s also improved every year - all signs are he’s a hard worker committed to improvement.

Yes, his offensive game is limited. And I’m not saying he’s great. But to say he “sucks” or only knows how to finish a lob is a pretty unusual take. Are you basing this on the GSW series this season?

And what was Whiteside 8th? Because he sucks to. So you high points on Capela is he’s Athletic, active on defense, and set screens. How do you view Robert Williams3?

Likely nothing more than a rotation big if he gets lucky.

[NKY fan]

Regarding Horford - possibly you include Yabusele and take back Capela + Eric Gordon, and then use a late draft pick to dump Gordon's salary?

Theoretically after that, we have enough cap room to deal Tatum for Davis w/o a bunch of extra salary and end up with something like?

Smart, Brown, Hayward, Davis, Capela

I have no idea what to make of that team, except that it would be interesting...

No need to use picks to “dump” Gordon . It can be argued that he with his expiring is more valuable than Capela

[bogg]

Regarding Horford - possibly you include Yabusele and take back Capela + Eric Gordon, and then use a late draft pick to dump Gordon's salary?

Theoretically after that, we have enough cap room to deal Tatum for Davis w/o a bunch of extra salary and end up with something like?

Smart, Brown, Hayward, Davis, Capela

I have no idea what to make of that team, except that it would be interesting...

No need to use picks to “dump” Gordon . It can be argued that he with his expiring is more valuable than Capela

I wouldn't say he's more valuable than Capela because he's turning 31 this coming season and has a spotty health history, but yea - there's no reason to use draft capital to salary-dump a guy who just averaged 16 a night for a really good team.

[RazzelnoDazzel]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

Capela was seventh in the league in rebounding rate, an excellent screen setter, and an athletic, active defender.  He’s also improved every year - all signs are he’s a hard worker committed to improvement.

Yes, his offensive game is limited. And I’m not saying he’s great. But to say he “sucks” or only knows how to finish a lob is a pretty unusual take. Are you basing this on the GSW series this season?

And what was Whiteside 8th? Because he sucks to. So you high points on Capela is he’s Athletic, active on defense, and set screens. How do you view Robert Williams3?

Likely nothing more than a rotation big if he gets lucky.

Yeah lucky like... getting Capela mins.

But you would describe Robert as Extremely athletic, screener, and active on defense? Mind you Rob played 8mins a game and still averaged 1.3 Blocks a game 🤔

[RazzelnoDazzel]

I feel like I'm in crazy land. Are people really trying to say that someone who hasn't even proved that he can be an NBA player yet is better than a great starter on a great team. Give me a break lol.

Capela is a great starter? Ok y’all win, I’m done with this convo.

[NKY fan]

Regarding Horford - possibly you include Yabusele and take back Capela + Eric Gordon, and then use a late draft pick to dump Gordon's salary?

Theoretically after that, we have enough cap room to deal Tatum for Davis w/o a bunch of extra salary and end up with something like?

Smart, Brown, Hayward, Davis, Capela

I have no idea what to make of that team, except that it would be interesting...

No need to use picks to “dump” Gordon . It can be argued that he with his expiring is more valuable than Capela

I wouldn't say he's more valuable than Capela because he's turning 31 this coming season and has a spotty health history, but yea - there's no reason to use draft capital to salary-dump a guy who just averaged 16 a night for a really good team.

I don’t think Houston would move Gordon. I think they should try to use Capela to move Paul’s contract. I predict that they end up on the knicks (who will strike out in free agency this summer) plus a draft pick from Houston.

[Smartacus]

I think the point y’all are missing is that yeah we know rob is still raw...but we don’t see him much further away than Capela. All Capela do is catch open lobs... we all know that rob
Does that. Capela does not have a “feel for the game”. He legit sucks y’all will see.

Robs potential is far higher than Capelas is the other HUGE point.

Capela was seventh in the league in rebounding rate, an excellent screen setter, and an athletic, active defender.  He’s also improved every year - all signs are he’s a hard worker committed to improvement.

Yes, his offensive game is limited. And I’m not saying he’s great. But to say he “sucks” or only knows how to finish a lob is a pretty unusual take. Are you basing this on the GSW series this season?

And what was Whiteside 8th? Because he sucks to. So you high points on Capela is he’s Athletic, active on defense, and set screens. How do you view Robert Williams3?

But we're not talking about Whiteside.

Just because Whiteside puts up similar production doesn't make Capela a bad player. Capela has been a massive contributor in some of the best offenses and defenses of the past 5 years.

Unlike Whiteside, Capela puts up numbers on a winner. He can run the floor, boards and can guard in space without taking away possessions from the high usage guards.

I do not think Robert Williams will ever become the player that Capela is right now. I don't think he's disciplined enough to become Capela. Capela's production is no accident, he creates those opportunity through excellent timing and positioning.

Robert tries to block everything that moves and IMO hasn't shown that he can assimilate into a strict system. I think its more likely that RW III is out of the league than a contributor on a true championship contender.