The Rockets snatch people, welcome back the cake king Capela, the Lakers defending champion, and create a five-star lineup

Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers have become the most popular teams in the free agent trading market in the 2025 offseason because of their possession of Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Because both of them want to win the fifth championship in their personal careers and become greater players.

However, the two teams have not made much move so far. In contrast, the Houston Rockets were as fierce as a tiger after entering the offseason. First, eight changed to one and defeated Kevin Durant. Now, we welcomed the former cake king Capela and gave the other party a three-year, $21 million contract. It also gave Lakers player Dorian Finney Smith a four-year, $53 million contract.

Capela played for the Atlanta Hawks last season, averaging only 21 minutes of playing time, and averaged 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block to the team. Capela is 2.08 meters tall and is a center with excellent mobility. Her defensive ability is at the best defensive lineup level.

32-year-old Dorian Finney Smith averaged 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist last season. With a 41% three-point shooting percentage, he is a striker with excellent defense. His forward defensive combination with Jared Vanderbilt and Hachimura Came caused great trouble to many inside players last season. The Lakers never expected that Dorian Finney Smith would be intercepted.

However, the Lakers really can't give it a four-year, $53 million contract. Give him a maximum of 2 years and a contract of about 25 million US dollars. Joining the Rockets is Dorian Finney Smith's best choice, because in Texas, the local taxes for Rockets stars are very low, and the same annual salary is higher than the salary you get when you stay with the Lakers.

The Houston Rockets are planning to soar! In the offseason, he first won Kevin Durant, and then center Capela and forward Dorian Finney Smith, directly reinforcing all the weaknesses of the 2024-25 season. Let’s take a look at the current lineup configuration of the Houston Rockets!

Point guards: Van Vleet, Alon Holiday, Amen Thompson, Reed Shepard

Score guards: Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore

Small forwards: Tari Ethan, Dorian Finney Smith

Power forwards: Jabarri Smith Jr., Kevin Durant, Jeff Green

Center: Shinkyung, Stephen Adams, Clint Capela, Jocklandell

From the current position of the Houston Rockets, they have an excellent starting or substitute in almost every position, and this is a configuration of the strength of a double starting lineup. The strongest starting lineup should be Van Vleet, Amen Thompson, Jabarry Smith Jr., Kevin Durant and Shin Kyung. All five positions are players with both offense and defense. The most terrifying thing is that they can all shoot three-pointers.