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• Atlanta Hawks Free Agency Rumors: Clint Capela Expected To Leave
Atlanta Hawks veteran center Clint Capela is rumored to leave in free agency during the 2025 offseason. The 6-foot-10 big man has spent his past five seasons in Atlanta after playing the first six of his NBA career with the Houston Rockets. He was traded to the Hawks in February 2020. Clint Capela Could Leave […] The post Atlanta Hawks Free Agency Rumors: Clint Capela Expected To Leave appea...2025
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• Lakers Linked To Clint Capela, Brook Lopez In Search For Center

How do the Los Angeles Lakers help LeBron James and Luka Doncic? Well, most will tell you it starts up front. “They’re gonna get a big,” said Keith Smith of Spotrac on his Front Office show. “They’re gonna get a rim-running big man. I don’t know who that will be. … Brook Lopez, Clint Capela. […] The post Lakers Linked To Clint Capela, Brook Lopez In ...2025
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• Hawks Projected To Land 6’11” Center ‘With Springs In His Legs’ in 2025 NBA Draft Amid Front Office Overhaul
With Clint Capela potentially on the move, one analyst has ideal center in mind for the Atlanta Hawks to pair alongside superstar Trae Young....2025
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• Report: Lakers Tried To Trade For Hawks’ Onyeka Okongwu Before Failed Mark Williams Deal
According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, the Los Angeles Lakers tried to acquire Atlanta Hawks center Onyeka Okongwu before the failed Mark Williams deal with the Charlotte Hornets. The Hawks kept Okongwu, who took Clint Capela‘s starting spot. The Lakers acquired Williams from the Hornets, but the deal was rescinded after Williams failed his physical […] The post Report: Lakers Trie...2025
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• Lakers Inquired With Hawks On Onyeka Okongwu Trade At Deadline

The Los Angeles Lakers are almost certain to pursue an upgrade at center this offseason following their rescinded trade for Mark Williams. The Lakers offered Luka Doncic a list of centers to target and it is believed Onyeka Okongwu was also on it. "Before the Mark Williams trade, and I can't tell you all the names on that list that Rob Pelinka presented to Luka, [but] I do know that the Lakers mad...2025
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• Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Knicks fans celebrating their NBA Playoffs run have found an unlikely unifying figure in the Atlanta Hawks All-Star. I spent the morning of Tuesday, May 13 partaking in an activity I find myself doing often after Knicks wins the last few postseasons: Scrolling through my phone, soaking in the ebullient Twitter chatter — the insightful clips breaking down the game...2025
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• Hawks’ Capela Suffers Hand Injury, Likely Out For Regular Season
Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after suffering a hand injury. The team disclosed that Capela has a ligament injury in the fourth metacarpal of his left hand. He will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks before a timetable to return is established. Capela has […] The post Hawks’ Capela Suffers Hand Injury, Likely Out For Regul...2025
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• Clint Capela To Be Re-Evaluated 3-4 Weeks With Ligament Injury In Left Hand

The Atlanta Hawks diagnosed Clint Capela with a ligament injury in the fourth metacarpal of his left hand following an MRI on Friday. Capela will be re-evaluated in 3-4 weeks. Capela is averaging 8.9 points and 8.5 rebounds on the season....2025
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• Hawks’ Clint Capela Out At Least 3-4 Weeks With Hand Injury

Clint Capela has been diagnosed with a ligament injury in the fourth metacarpal of his left hand, according to the Hawks, who announced (via Twitter) that the veteran center will be out at least three-to-four weeks as he rehabilitates. It’s worth noting that Atlanta says Capela will be reevaluated in three-to-four weeks, not that he’s […]...2025
• Hawks' Capela expected out rest of regular season
Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season with an injury to his left hand....2025
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Here are our winners and losers from the big Luka Doncic, Anthony trade between the Lakers and Mavs. It’s still hard to believe the Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is real. Trades like this only happen in fantasy basketball or NBA 2K dynasties; in the real world, 25-year-olds with five First-Team ...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA MVP award. What makes an NBA MVP? For some, the award should go to the best player alive regardless of team performance. To others, MVP has a stronger narrative pull for players who elevated their team to new heights (see: Derrick Rose in 2011) or who broke through unthinkable glass ceilings (see: Russell Wes...2025
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Knicks Checked In On Clint Capela

The New York Knicks checked with the Atlanta Hawks on the trade availability of center Clint Capela. It's unclear how deep those conversations got, but New York is known to be searching for additional depth at the center position. One challenge in acquiring Capela is his $22.3 million salary for this season. The Knicks would have to part with at least one rotation player to add Capela via trade. N...2024
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• Knicks’ Julius Randle, Derrick Rose’s savage clap back at Clint Capela’s NSFW comments
The Atlanta Hawks are one game away from eliminating the New York Knicks from the NBA Playoffs. Ahead of Game 5, Hawks center Clint Capela gave some interesting comments and said the Hawks were going to send the Knicks “on vacation.” Julius Randle, the Knicks star and NBA’s Most Improved Player of the Year, gave […] The post Knicks’ Julius Randle, Derrick Rose’s savag...2021
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• Houston Rockets Confident That Clint Capela Will Fill Void Left by Dwight Howard
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"Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season with an injury to his left hand."

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"Antetokounmpo made the best play of the Cup at the end of the East finals, rotating for a weakside block on Clint Capela to seal the win."

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"It was the 2017-18 Houston Rockets, which included James Harden, Clint Capela and P."

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"Hawks big man Clint Capela had to be helped to the locker room after suffering what appears to be a scary knee injury."

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"Hawks' Trae Young, Clint Capela both listed as questionable for Game 5 of Eastern Conference finals"

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"The Rockets, Hawks, Timberwolves and Nuggets have agreed to a multiplayer trade that includes Clint Capela and Robert Covington, among other players, and draft picks, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

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"The game plan, Thompson said, was to keep it two-on-two on the ball and force Harden and Clint Capela to score."

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"The post Clint Capela Says Rockets Are Better Than the Warriors appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"Randle threw elbows to the head of both Clint Capela and Ryan Anderson in rapid succession."

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"9 million deal Wednesday, where he should serve as a backup behind Clint Capela and Ryan Anderson."

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"Dan Feldman of NBC Sports' Pro Basketball Talk wrote about Houston's perspective in any potential trade involving Howard: "Howard can opt out this summer, and Houston already has a viable replacement starting center—Clint Capela, who's nine years younger than Howard."

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"HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced that the team assigned center Clint Capela to"

• Lakers Inquired With Hawks On Onyeka Okongwu Trade At Deadline
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• Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’
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• Report: Clint Capela to leave Hawks this offseason
According to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Clint Capela will leave the Atlanta Hawks this offseason. Capela becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. “After being benched in favor of Onyeka Okongwu and dangled in trade talks before the deadline, the early expectation is Hawks center Clint Capela will sign elsewhere in unrestricted free ag...2025
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• Hawks’ Clint Capela Out At Least 3-4 Weeks With Hand Injury
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• Southeast Notes: Hawks Bench, Poole, Hornets, Green, Smith
The Hawks are receiving strong contributions from their bench since adding Caris LeVert, Terance Mann and Georges Niang at the trade deadline, Lauren Williams of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes. That trio helped Atlanta defeat Miami on Monday and they combined for 50 on Friday. Alongside Clint Capela on Wednesday, they also scored 45 of the […]...2025
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• Hawks Planned To Let Brandon Ingram Test Free Agency If Acquired At Deadline

The Atlanta Hawks pursued a trade for Brandon Ingram at the deadline before he was traded by the New Orleans Pelicans to the Toronto Raptors. The Hawks would have sent Clint Capela back to the Pelicans in exchange for Ingram. While the Raptors signed Ingram to a three-year, $120 million extension shortly after their trade for him, the Hawks were planning on waiting on an extension. The Hawks trade...2025
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• Hawks’ Clint Capela, De’Andre Hunter Drawing Trade Interest

Multiple teams have reached out to the Atlanta Hawks about the availability of center Clint Capela and forward De’Andre Hunter ahead of the NBA trade deadline, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. But most of the offers for Capela — or potential offers, as the case may be — involve players whose contracts extend beyond this […] The post Hawks’ Clint Capela, De’Andre...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• Hawks Reportedly Want To Trade Clint Capela Before Deadline
The Hawks hope to trade starting center Clint Capela before his $22.4MM contract expires in the offseason, sources tell Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). Atlanta has seven weeks to try and move Capela, with the trade deadline set for 2:00pm CT on February 6. According to Fischer, the Hawks’ willingness to deal […]...2024
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• Lakers Inquired With Hawks On Onyeka Okongwu Trade At Deadline
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• Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’
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• Could Lakers make a run at Clint Capela in offseason?
With two weeks remaining in the NBA regular season, the Lakers are focused on securing their postseason spot rather than free agency. The Lakers (46-29) remain in fourth place in the Western Conference standings after Monday’s home win over the Rockets. However, general manager Rob Pelinka and advisor JJ Redick will soon need to turn […] The post Could Lakers make a run at Clint Capela...2025
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• Clint Capela To Be Re-Evaluated 3-4 Weeks With Ligament Injury In Left Hand
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is a true NBA generational talent, and he’s still getting better

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Giannis Antetokounmpo respected the NBA Cup harder than anyone In the end, Giannis Antetokounmpo simply respected the Cup harder than anyone else. The Milwaukee Bucks finished off a perfect run in NBA Cup play after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 97-81, in the final. This wasn’t quite Antetokounmpo’s legendary romp through the 2021 NBA Finals,...2024
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• Hawks Not Interested In Trading Larry Nance Jr., Clint Capela Remains Available

The Atlanta Hawks are turning down trade interest for Larry Nance Jr., sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Nance is averaging 7.9 points and 2.4 rebounds on the season. The team remains open to trading Clint Capela....2024
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• Hawks Receiving Trade Interest On Larry Nance Jr.

The Atlanta Hawks have already received trade interest on Larry Nance Jr., sources tell Marc Stein of The Stein Line. The Hawks acquired Nance last month from the New Orleans Pelicans as part of the Dejounte Murray trade. The Hawks have been shopping Clint Capela for over a year, but have yet to find a trade to their liking as his market has been soft. Capela has one season remaining on his two-ye...2024
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• Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’
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• 12 NBA players on the trade block before next season starts

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Here are the NBA players who could be traded before the new season begins. Player movement typically comes in waves during the NBA offseason, and it feels like the first wave is officially over for the summer of 2024. The draft has come and gone with some big surprises (Zach Edey to the Grizzlies!), major trades have gone down (Mikal Bridges to the Knick...2024
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• The real highlight for Jaylen Brown came right before his poster dunk

Jaylen Brown's massive dunk on Clint Capela will steal headlines, but it was what the Celtics star did moments before that has Chris Forsberg's attention....2023
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• Remembering Manu Ginobili, a completely modern player before his time
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images A look back at the brilliance of Spurs legend Manu Ginobili. Last off-season, I spent the entirety of my basketball life working on a mini-series called “Blazing the Trail.” In that series, we focused on 10 players with skill sets that made them ahead of their time. Guys like Rashard Lewis, Reggie Miller, and Chauncey Billups were all subj...2023
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• WATCH: Hawks big man Clint Capela helped to locker room after scary knee injury vs. Cavs
The Atlanta Hawks have been given a proper scare in the dying moments of the first half of their do-or-die Play-In matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hawks big man Clint Capela had to be helped to the locker room after suffering what appears to be a scary knee injury. This was a bit of a […] The post WATCH: Hawks big man Clint Capela helped to locker room after scary knee injury vs. Ca...2022
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• Hawks center Clint Capela bares truth on intense racism before coming to NBA
It has been an intense journey from Switzerland to the Houston Rockets to the Atlanta Hawks for center Clint Capela, and when he looks back on it, he sees that things were a lot different back then to how they are now. Growing up as a black person in Switzerland to parents that immigrated from […] The post Hawks center Clint Capela bares truth on intense racism before coming to NBA appeared ...2022
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• REPORT: ‘Everyone’ but Clint Capela, Trae Young Available in Atlanta
After a season that saw the Atlanta Hawks finish fourth in the Eastern Conference and end up in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, this season has been an evident disappointment. Atlanta sits 12th in the Eastern Conference at the moment with a record of 17-23 and three games back of the 10th and final play-in seed. […] The post REPORT: ‘Everyone’ but Clint Capela, Trae Young Ava...2022
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• Watch: Steve Kerr mocks James Harden for complaining about foul
The second quarter of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets featured a rather amusing moment between Houston star James Harden and Golden State coach Steve Kerr.It started when Warriors’ star Stephen Curry drew a foul on Rockets’ center Clint Capela by leaning into Capela on a three. Houston players, including Harden, objected to the call nea...2018
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• Klay Thompson suffers knee strain in Game 4
Klay Thompson briefly exited Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals after an awkward fall.During the second quarter of the game between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets on Tuesday, Thompson drove to the basket and had his shot attempt blocked by Clint Capela. At the end of the play, Thompson fell to the ground and was seen holding his left knee. A few moments later, Thompson headed b...2018
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• Houston Rockets win 15th straight
Nobody can stop James Harden and the Houston Rockets right now. Not even the Boston Celtics.Saturday night, the Rockets would increase their winning streak to a stellar 15 games. But that’s not all. Harden would put up monstrous numbers en route to a 123-20 win. Of course, this isn’t just any stat line. His 26 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals lead the way, but that’s far from all.Trevor...2018
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• Dwight Howard Reportedly Unhappy Playing Alongside James Harden
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• Kobe Bryant Has ‘No Idea’ Where Poster Dunk Came from
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• Hawks' Trae Young, Clint Capela both listed as questionable for Game 5 of Eastern Conference finals
Young is dealing with a bone bruise while Capela has right eye inflammation...2021
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• Are Houston Rockets Ready for the Even-Better Western Conference?
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• Friday NBA Roundup: Different Season, Same Story for Defending Champion Warriors
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• Rockets' Clint Capela Starts NBA Career with Monster Dunk over Patrick Patterson
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• Clint Capela Posterizes Spencer Hawes (VIDEO)
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• Clint Capela Posterizes Brandon Knight (VIDEO)
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• NBA DFS: Clint Capela and top picks for March 13 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2 million in career earnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• Do the Los Angeles Lakers Have the Best Bench in the NBA?
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• Daily Fantasy Basketball 2015: Best DFS NBA DraftKings Daily Values for Nov. 7
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• Houston Rockets' Supporting Cast Makes Big Statement and Saturday NBA Takeaways
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• How Badly Do Houston Rockets Need an Upgrade at Point Guard?
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• Every NBA Team's 'Real Age' Visualized
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• Report: Lakers Tried To Trade For Hawks’ Onyeka Okongwu Before Failed Mark Williams Deal
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• Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks
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• Hawks Move Clint Capela To Bench
Hawks coach Quin Snyder made an eye-opening lineup switch on Monday, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype notes (Twitter link). Onyeka Okongwu started at center and Clint Capela came off the bench. Capela had started 313 of 316 games since arriving in Atlanta in February 2020. He hadn’t come off the bench since Jan. 2023. Capela […]...2025
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now
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• Hawks Reportedly Want To Trade Clint Capela Before Deadline
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is a true NBA generational talent, and he’s still getting better
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Eastern Notes: Hawks, Bulls, Knicks, Bucks
While Jalen Johnson and Clint Capela will almost certainly make up two-thirds of the Hawks‘ starting frontcourt, the other starting forward spot remains up for grabs, according to Lauren Williams of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who looks at six possible candidates for that role. De’Andre Hunter looks like the best bet among the contenders for the […]...2024
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers

Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline has come and gone without the type of major fireworks sd occasionally sees in the final transaction window before the playoff race. There were tons of deals around the NBA before Thursday’s 3 p.m. buzzer, but the biggest names rumored to be in deals mostly stayed home, and many of the league’s biggest f...2024
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• Breaking Down The Four-Team, Clint Capela Mega-Trade
Despite speculation that the 2020 trade deadline would leave much to be desired, four NBA squads blew away any such notion when they agreed upon a massive deal involving 12 players and multiple first-round picks. The biggest name involved in the deal is Clint Capela but what’s most important about the pact is how four […] The post Breaking Down The Four-Team, Clint Capela Mega-Trade ap...2020
• Wednesday NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid, Kristaps Porzingis in Disparate Situations
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• Monday NBA Roundup: Rockets' Approach Makes Them Both Dangerous and Vulnerable
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• Dwight Howard: Latest News, Rumors, Speculation on Rockets Star's Future
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• 30 Bold Predictions for the Final Month of the 2015-16 NBA Season
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• NBA Rising Stars Challenge: Buy or Sell Each 'Rising Star' as a Future All-Star
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• Houston Rockets Most Likely to Be Traded Before the Deadline
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• Why NBA Fans Should Thank Golden State Warriors and Tuesday NBA Takeaways
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