08-12-2023, 12:57 PM
(08-12-2023, 12:29 PM)Dundalis Wrote: I think Capela might be on the decline. The question is decline from what? From 15 points, 14 boards, 2 blocks he put up his first season in Atlanta? Yeah. Now he's been at 12 points, 11 boards, 1.2 blocks a game. This "declined" version of Capela is still probably easily the best center Dallas has had in many many years. I'll take the declined version of Capela every day of the week.
He's the type of big that could have a very big impact for us during the regular season, but start to become marginalized in the playoffs as has happened before. But I will take that 100%. Would I give up the same type of assets I might for someone like Allen, no. But he would have a pretty big impact for a team that will possibly be one of the lightest/smallest teams in the league when it comes to paint presence.
Mentioned this the other day, but to me, Jones Jr IS the final big. He’s not a center, but he is another piece of the 4/5 puzzle, and likely signals that Kleber is going to play mostly 5 (as I think he should). It also means we’ll see some DJJ/Willams 4/5 time, and maybe a lot of that if it’s successful.
In other words, I think the DJJ signing happened because the Capela thing is over.
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