Horford's Defense Will Be Brutally Missed

[wiley]

I don't find Horford and Capela comparable.  Would be nice to have Al start at 4 and Capela at 5.

In his prime Horford was more like smaller more mobile Jokic (without that level of passing savantitude).  Capela is more like a lesser DeAndre Jordan....
Am I right? 

[td450]

I don't find Horford and Capela comparable.  Would be nice to have Al start at 4 and Capela at 5.

In his prime Horford was more like smaller more mobile Jokic (without that level of passing savantitude).  Capela is more like a lesser DeAndre Jordan....
Am I right?

No, Jordan is a really big and long guy, but he can't switch onto smaller players.

Capela is quicker and more athletic than Horford at this point. He can move his feet and cover smaller players at least as well as Horford can. You might make a case that Horford is still stronger and a bit more clever covering the bigger guys like Embiid, but Capela is going to have just as big an overall defensive impact as Horford.

Offense is a whole other matter, but Capela does a lot of opportunistic scoring and is a better rebounder. He's the best we are likely to do without trading Brown, which would be crazy unless we got a real star big.

[wiley]

I don't find Horford and Capela comparable.  Would be nice to have Al start at 4 and Capela at 5.

In his prime Horford was more like smaller more mobile Jokic (without that level of passing savantitude).  Capela is more like a lesser DeAndre Jordan....
Am I right?

No, Jordan is a really big and long guy, but he can't switch onto smaller players.

Capela is quicker and more athletic than Horford at this point. He can move his feet and cover smaller players at least as well as Horford can. You might make a case that Horford is still stronger and a bit more clever covering the bigger guys like Embiid, but Capela is going to have just as big an overall defensive impact as Horford.

Offense is a whole other matter, but Capela does a lot of opportunistic scoring and is a better rebounder. He's the best we are likely to do without trading Brown, which would be crazy unless we got a real star big.

Thank you. This fleshes out Capela better for me...