Free player observation & Brief analysis of technical characteristics: Clint Capela

Clint Capela

EPM -0.5, LEBRON 0.3, BPM -1

Capela is a very pure final center, what are the "basic functions" of center? There are only the following items:

end, frame protection, rebounds, screens.

(Cover is the "scientific". For the center, the angle of the cover changes the quality of the cover according to different defensive situations; including the timing of "disassembly" in the pick-and-roll offense, the downward movement... all should be as comprehensive as possible).

Even if a center only has the skill points in the "center basic functions", it can become a good ending frame-proof center with excellent completion.

Connet, who is both a free agent with Capela, is a good example, not to mention that he has the ability to support him. (Of course, defensive rebounds are his relative weakness. And his offense and defensive performance has taken advantage of the Green Kai environment to a certain extent.)

Capela is also a representative figure of the "final center"?

He is really too "pure". The reason I talked about "the basic functions of the center" at the beginning is because, besides screening, finishing and front panel, Capela really doesn't have any extra skill points on the offensive end.

What's more, he is unable to achieve a high degree of completion in each of the above items. Especially the end of the basket. This will be expanded in detail in the "Disadvantages" below.

Let's start with the advantages and main offensive methods:

Capela is a first-class frontcourt rebounding beast in the league. It is a "front board machine" that will make the team's front board ability stronger as long as it is present.

Compared to being out of the court this season, the team's frontboard rate will rise by 3.2%. His own frontcourt rebounding rate is also top-notch in the league.

In the past five years, his front basketball ratio will increase by 4.3%. In comparison, Zhuang Shen and Miro's data were 5.9% and 4.3% respectively.

Miro has played "famous scenes" and strategic value through first-hand frontcourt rebounds in recent playoffs, no need to elaborate on it.

In theory, Capela also has the capital to do this. If you serve as a substitute, you may also have a better effect when facing a substitute center who is usually weaker than a starter.

For example, in the game against the Pistons on November 9, Capela grabbed 7 front boards in 18 minutes; in the game against the Knicks, in less than 20 minutes of playing, he grabbed 7 frontcourt rebounds.

But there is a "pain point" that Capela and Zhuang Shen have the same problem: they cannot efficiently fill the ball after grabbing the front board. Capela's tip-in efficiency has declined sharply this season, scoring 0.8 per round, at the bottom of the same position.

Capela's offensive moves are mainly focused on pick-and-roll down, cutting in an empty space (such as ambushing at the basket, dunk point), and grabbing the tip-in after the front board. The offensive end is a very standard "pure final center" positioning. The end of the pick-and-roll is pulled down:

The end of the catch at the basket and the end of the empty-cut catch:

What are the shortcomings of Capela on the offensive end?

As mentioned above, he is really too "pure". The space attributes and support are not mentioned, the hand-working under the basket, the ending methods near the frame, the hooking skills, and the independent attack are not what Capela is proficient in.

Compared with Zubac, Capela is like the "reverse of a coin": Capela (especially in her early years) is known for her athletic ability, and her skills are a weakness; Zubac is a dynamic talent that is mediocre, and relies on technology to make up for it, and takes the route of "both specific and technical".

technical characteristics also mean that Capela has higher requirements for the ball holder to change the formation and the team space compared to Zubac.

Above this, Capela's physical condition was not in the best state last season, or it had declined.

This is a very dangerous signal for the "anti-aging ability" that is the worst "pure final center" among the center.

This is a line chart I made myself, which can be seen very intuitively in Capela's dunk and all-connect efficiency trends in his career. It is not difficult to see that Capela's dunk and all-received efficiency have dropped to "freezing point" this season.

In the two seasons before this season, Capela made some progress in the end of the near-frame area (compared to himself), but after further production in the near-frame this season, her efficiency also decreased significantly.

At the same time, with Capela's production in the near-frame, his shooting percentage at the basket reached the lowest level in his career. The decline in

' body further exposed Capela's skills and the problem of his absolute size being insufficient.

What followed was very poor basket efficiency, the lowest dunk efficiency in his career, and the worst pick-and-roll efficiency in his career. At the same time, his aggressive free throws are also the worst in his career. Add the failure of the production of the near-frame.

This also led to Capela's real shooting percentage last season, reaching the second-to-last in his career, 56.7% of the 12th-last in the same position this season.

This is based on the premise that he is a "pure finishing center" whose shots are concentrated in the basket and paint areas, and dunk shots account for 26.1% of the total shots.

If the core centers like Shin Kyung and space centers like Rees who will make a lot of three-pointers are eliminated, they will only be horizontally compared with the final center, Capela's ranking will be lower..

On the defensive end, after DPOY ranked 6th and played the 20-21 season of the franchise protection year, Capela's franchise protection efficiency this season once again set a new record (not counting the rookie year that only played 12 games), with a reduction rate of -10.2%, the best in his career.

At the same time, his blocking rate has always been excellent, with an average career average of 19.9%, and 20.% of this season can rank upstream in the same position.

In the NBA Cup against the Bucks, Capela sent 4 blocks in a single game, including shots of frame protection interfering with letters:

However, Capela's frame protection frequency this season has dropped to the lowest in his career. And due to the absolute body shape..., Capela is not the core of assisting defense with strong frame protection and deterrence. In the past few seasons, he has not effectively reduced the proportion of opponents' shots under the basket.

Capela's rebounding protection has also declined significantly compared with the past, but it is still at a mid-to-upstream level compared with the same position.

Capela's years of rebounding influence is not positive enough. The team's defensive rebounding rate has been very small in the past three years.

Capela needs good organizers to lead, and fortunately he has this number around him almost his entire career. But as mentioned above, players like Capela are the weakest "anti-aging ability" in the center position. Once the body begins to deteriorate, Capela lacks skills on the offensive end, and the problem of not being good enough will be further exposed.

This year, his attendance and performance are the worst in recent years, and his playing time is the lowest in recent years.

Starting from the 1.21 match against the Knicks, the starting position was also taken away by Okonggu. This is also the first season since the 16-17 season, Capela has been on the bench for the first time.

He only played 55 games this season, and the time period for a large number of absences is mainly concentrated at the end of the season. After playing against the 76ers on March 11, Capela finished his 24-25 season, which may be the last game of the Hawks' career.

Since then, until the end of the season, Capela has been absent from a left-hand ligament injury.

The Hawks had repeatedly reported selling Capela last season, but they failed to successfully reach a deal.

Recently, there have been news:

"Clint Capela will leave the Hawks as a free agent. At this stage of his career, Capela is unlikely to become a starter, and he will be given priority to teams that need to replace big men."

It seems that Capela's cooperation with the Hawks is likely to come to an end. Capela stood at the crossroads. For him at this time, his choice in this offseason and his performance next season may greatly affect his trend at the end of his career.

But Capela is lucky because for him, there are still "opportunities":

has both big cities and cake feeding masters, and has a clear "gap" in the center/substitute center position, and there are two teams in Los Angeles alone.