I have grown to LOVE Clint Mutombo

Shut up

 

Clint is a top 4 Center right now.

 

Since there's only 8 teams remaining right now I suppose you could make this case as long as the Warriors continue to start Javale. Ha.

 

Make me.

 

Who he? Who he play for?

 

Boy was he good!!!!!

 

Kid is perfect for this squad

 

Please? I asked nicely...

 

Respectfully.....not right now. Ha.

 

Asik played very well for the Rockets. The 2014 team could have won a championship. Terrance Jones had a good year Parsons also and Asik.

 

Dude is an unstoppable machine

 

Beside skills, I love Capela because he said this "We are better than them."

 

He took over the game at one point the way only a true rim protector can. Its a special kind of defense. It felt like he had 50 blocks.

I hope he can stay a rocket for long long time

 

I thought he had more than 4 blocks..... 1 on favors, 2on Rudy, 1on ingles, and I thought he had atleast 2on Mitchell.......

 

Shows you how stupid Dwight is. If Dwight would've taken that role he'd prolly still be here

 

...and winning for some time now.

 

And the good thing is that he's most likely going to improve his offensive game going forward, i have no doubt about this at this point, to me, when i watch him play, it's pretty clear he's not at his peak yet, there's still some upside left.

 

I hope by the time we play against Warriors, he would up his games and become Clint Olajuwon.

 

Great game by Capela, especially in that first half. He had some Mutombo-like interior D possessions. In total, they shot 7/17 on shots < 6 ft against him. 10 defended paint misses just might be his high for the season. In the regular season, opponents shot 4.5/8 on shots < 6 ft against him, on average. Here are the numbers for centers in the regular season, BTW (min 45 games played, min 5.5 shots defended per game within 6 ft):

Code:

PLAYER              TEAM   AGE  G    FREQ      DFGM   DFGA  DFG%   FG%     DIFF%
Kristaps Porzingis  NYK    22   47   38.0%     2.9    5.9   48.7   62.5   -13.7
Joel Embiid         PHI    24   62   45.7%     3.3    6.5   50.1   62.3   -12.1
Anthony Davis       NOP    25   73   39.5%     3.4    6.5   51.6   62     -10.5
Rudy Gobert         UTA    25   55   47.6%     4      7.7   51.9   61.9   -10
Jakob Poeltl        TOR    22   80   53.2%     2.9    5.7   51.2   61.1   -9.9
Hassan Whiteside    MIA    28   53   54.6%     3.1    5.8   53.7   62.8   -9.2
Jusuf Nurkic        POR    23   78   51.5%     3.6    6.6   53.8   62.1   -8.3
Jonas Valanciunas   TOR    25   74   48.8%     3.2    5.7   55.2   62     -6.8
Clint Capela        HOU    23   74   48.8%     4.5    8     56.6   61.7   -5.1
John Henson         MIL    27   73   51.3%     3.5    6.1   57.1   61.8   -4.7
Marc Gasol          MEM    33   72   53.0%     3.8    6.6   58     62.5   -4.5
Andre Drummond      DET    24   78   50.7%     3.7    6.4   58.5   62.2   -3.7
Myles Turner        IND    22   64   55.6%     4.5    7.6   58.3   61.8   -3.6
DeMarcus Cousins    NOP    27   48   45.4%     4.5    7.6   58.8   61.6   -2.8
Marcin Gortat       WAS    34   81   47.0%     3.5    5.9   59.8   62.4   -2.6
Enes Kanter         NYK    25   70   45.2%     3.4    5.6   60.8   62.3   -1.5
Karl-Anthony Towns  MIN    22   80   45.2%     4.4    7.1   61.6   62     -0.4
Nikola Vucevic      ORL    27   56   47.9%     4.4    7     63.4   61.9   +1.5
Kevin Love          CLE    29   58   46.5%     3.6    5.6   64.4   62.6   +1.8
Nikola Jokic        DEN    23   73   46.2%     5      7.5   66.8   62.6   +4.2

Another way to look at the data: points saved through interior D on FG < 6ft:

Code:

PLAYER              TEAM   AGE  G    FREQ     DFGMade  DFGMiss   PointsSaved
Kristaps Porzingis  NYK    22   47   38.00%   2.9      3         1.6
Joel Embiid         PHI    24   62   45.70%   3.3      3.2       1.6
Rudy Gobert         UTA    25   55   47.60%   4        3.7       1.5
Anthony Davis       NOP    25   73   39.50%   3.4      3.1       1.4
Jakob Poeltl        TOR    22   80   53.20%   2.9      2.8       1.1
Jusuf Nurkic        POR    23   78   51.50%   3.6      3         1.1
Hassan Whiteside    MIA    28   53   54.60%   3.1      2.7       1.1
Clint Capela        HOU    23   74   48.80%   4.5      3.5       0.8
Jonas Valanciunas   TOR    25   74   48.80%   3.2      2.5       0.8
Marc Gasol          MEM    33   72   53.00%   3.8      2.8       0.6
John Henson         MIL    27   73   51.30%   3.5      2.6       0.6
Myles Turner        IND    22   64   55.60%   4.5      3.1       0.5
Andre Drummond      DET    24   78   50.70%   3.7      2.7       0.5
DeMarcus Cousins    NOP    27   48   45.40%   4.5      3.1       0.4
Marcin Gortat       WAS    34   81   47.00%   3.5      2.4       0.3
Enes Kanter         NYK    25   70   45.20%   3.4      2.2       0.2
Karl-Anthony Towns  MIN    22   80   45.20%   4.4      2.7       0.1
Kevin Love          CLE    29   58   46.50%   3.6      2        -0.2
Nikola Vucevic      ORL    27   56   47.90%   4.4      2.6      -0.2
Nikola Jokic        DEN    23   73   46.20%   5        2.5      -0.6

 

You proposed Thon Maker and Seth Curry for Gordon and Capela. Shut the **** up.