Why Clint Capela Needs to Fire His Agent
Credit: NBA.com On Wednesday, September 1st Clint Capela signed a 2-year extension with the Atlanta Hawks. Let's take a look at Capela's production, the details of the deal and how Atlanta just got away with contractual murder. Metric #1: fivethirtyeight.com's RAPTOR ratings -3: Replacement Level 0: Low Level Starter 4: All-Star Level 9: MVP Level Per-season production - since 2017 Overall RAPTOR Player Team Minutes Offense Defense Total WAR Clint Capela '17-'18 Rockets 2,554 0.4 3.3 3.7 8.4 Clint Capela '18-'19 Rockets 2,580 0.8 1.9 2.7 7.2 Clint Capela '19-'20 Hawks 1,279 -1 4.2 3.1 3.8 Clint Capela '20-'21 Hawks 2,467 0.8 5.2 6 11 In '20-'21 Capela ranked 9th in WAR and 12th in total RAPTOR. Metric #2: bball-index.com's LEBRON ratings The fact that we can even see his image in this scatter plot is telling. According to LEBRON, Capela ranked 3rd defensively and 19th overall in '20-'21. Among "Roll and Cut B...