On October 13, the Hawks lost to Cavaliers 99-105 in the preseason. The Hawks made a double tower lineup of Collins and Capela . Capela played 2 of 6 shots in 23 minutes to score 8 points and 15 rebounds, 6 of which had 4 blocks. Although Capela performed well, she has become a coolie. Whether Trae Yang or Murray , he did not feed him the ball. In this way, Capela only had the offensive rebound and the offensive skill. Capela's treatment when she was in the Rockets is also very sad.
Capela fought against Allen
In this game, the Cavaliers sent Allen to play as a center, with Mitchell and Garland getting a chance to take crazy shots. As a result, Mitchell scored 24 points in 8 of 26 shots, while Garland scored 8 of 21 shots and 23 points and 12 assists.
Allen was one-on-one with Capela at the basket. In this game, Allen scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 5 blocks, while Capela had 8 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. Judging from the data, Capela was obviously better.
In this game, the Cavaliers and the Hawks' intention was obvious that the double guards would fight each other as coolies, so Allen and Capela don't have many roles in the offense, but Capela is also the top three in the league if he can eat outside the cake. He grabbed too many offensive rebounds in this game and made Allen who faced him look dull.
From this game, Capela is defined as a coolie in the Hawks. He only needs to protect his own basket and grab offensive rebounds, and he also completed the task well.
From this game, if Capela only wants to beat Allen to grab the rebound, but Allen will play a role in restraining and supporting the offense, and Capela is almost invisible on the offense, so Allen and Capela should be equally capable. If Capela wants to play a high level, you must have tactics that adapt to him. But in the current system of the Hawks, Capela is a coolie.
Hawks peddling Capela
This summer the Hawks have been selling Capela, among which Timberwolves is most likely to complete the deal with the Hawks, but the Timberwolves later chose to trade to get the stronger defense Gobert .
The Hawks are not only selling Capela, but also selling Corinth, but Corinth's 4-year 100 million contract is too big and it is difficult to trade. Capela is difficult to trade because the league's small ball tactics are not suitable for Capela.
Although Capela can grab rebounds, he moves too slowly, so when playing small ball tactics, he can only get off the court to rest. In the 17-18 season, the Rockets took down Capela and played against Tucker to play a small lineup, so Capela is only suitable for playing a regular lineup.
Hawks are trying to play in a small lineup, they only need one of Capela and Corinth. On the contrary, Collins, who has better moves, has three-pointers, is more adapted to the current style of play, so Capela's status in the Hawks has declined.
What makes Capela even more sad is that in the past, Trae Young played pick-and-roll with him and let him eat cake at the basket. Now he doesn’t even have a chance to eat cake. The Hawks have very few pick-and-roll tactics so Capela’s position in offense is getting lower and lower, so Capela’s score in the new season will continue to decline. Without pick-and-roll, Capela can only grab offensive rebounds and score.
Capela has to walk the way himself
Capela signed a five-year, 80 million contract with the Rockets in 2018, and renewed the contract with the Hawks for 2 years and 46 million in 2022. Therefore, Capela will play for the Hawks in the next three years.
If Capela does not renew the contract with the Hawks, he will become a free agent for 23 years. He can completely fight for a larger contract, but Capela still chose a safe plan. Therefore, even if the Hawks completely become a blue-collar Capela, he can only bear it. The renewal of the contract with the Hawks was his own choice. If he regrets, he can only blame himself.
From the Hawks' tactics, Murray and Trae Young will play double controls, so forward players such as Hunter are more important. They need to strengthen the defense of the outside line, so the Hawks do not need to send out the double towers of Corinth and Capela at the same time, so the Hawks can only trade if they want to complete the optimization and restructuring. It is unreasonable for the Hawks to concentrate more resources on the inside now, which is also the reason why the Hawks want to trade Capela.
Capela's status in the Hawks will decline in the future, and he may also face the fate of a trade. In short, Capela has now been completely defined as a blue-collar boy who grabs rebounds, and he doesn't even have the chance to eat the cake after pick-and-roll.
Now Capela misses her teammates Harden . It was Harden who fed him a cake and let him score frequently at the basket and become the cake king, allowing him to exert his power on the offensive end. Now his presence in the Hawks will be very low, and his playing time will be reduced.
Capela's best way out is to trade. He will get a lot of opportunities when he wants to go to Nets . Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.
