Go ahead and give the money to Capela and lock him up.

Only way u get rid of Andersons contract is if u add Capela in the deal.

Capela should and will be locked up. Get ready to see that 100 mill deal for him.

 

Oh dear.

@basketballholic going to take this away

Popcawn time

 

Capela was damn good this season. Played his way into being an enticing Rubio trade chip.

 

Lol capelas good but getting rid of harden and building around capela is so knee jerk

 

Not worth my time anymore. People that are pumping Capela and wanting to extend him at $100 million are nuts. Offer him 4/30 to start. If he doesn't agree at 4/40 or less, then shop and ship him. He's a JAB. Just another big. Or just another Bambi. However you want to take JAB. He's not a core player on a championship team. Fools gold.

 

Should they sign Clint Capela to an extension or wait?

Pelton: Unless Capela is willing to take a huge discount -- something in the range of $10 million a year -- I'd wait for him to reach restricted free agency. While that might cost the Rockets some extra salary, it means less risk and allows them to take advantage of his small $7.0 million cap hold as a restricted free agent (RFA).

Engelmann: That's dependent on the price Capela's agent gives them. And there is risk for Houston either way. Given that Capela is just 22, chances are he's going to further improve his numbers. So a team eager to get him from Houston might throw the max at him next summer.

Herring: I love Capela, and his fit here as Harden's pick-and-roll partner, but would probably wait. See whether this team can consistently contend with the current roster, and see where these players take you first. If you have to spend big next year to keep him as a RFA, so be it. But don't pull the trigger now when there may be a better move out there for you between now and then.

MacMahon: Capela has played his way into a huge contract. Young rim protectors who average double-digit points without demanding the ball get paid. The Rockets would be wise to wait, though. It's not that Capela needs to do anything more to convince them that he can be a core player for years to come. It's that Houston can benefit by waiting to make that financial commitment to Capela -- maintaining cap space for 2018 -- and has no risk of losing him as a restricted free agent. The price will be high either way.

Haberstroh: Wait. Tabling it until next offseason will offer them flexibility in free agency and allow them to chase free agents without him eating the cap. Capela is an outstanding young player, who fits perfectly in their system, but there's little upside in locking him in now.​

 

This is knee jerk, we all knew the Spurs were a good match up for Capela but he struggled against the Thunder. He's not the guy you want to build your team around, that's absurd. Solid player, showing improvement but there's no way he will ever be the guy you build a team around in order to contend.

 

Capela is untouchable?

I see we've hurried through all the stages of denial and have moved quickly to hysteria?

 

Capela was good this season, but I definitely wouldn't label him untouchable. He's way too soft around the rim, definitely needs improvement in that area.

 

I think i agree with Haberstroh here...i like Clint and i do think he has still upside, but unless he's willing to sign for something a little higher than his cap holds (like Palton suggested) i'd wait....unless he's going to make a big jump next season i don't see teams throwing a max or something close to it to him tbh...George, Cousins, Westbrook and other interesting players like Exum, Smart are free agents next year, which is the last time we will be able to take advantage of Capela low salary...

 

But he's gonna get a max contract!

 

I believe Les has been quoted as "Having Plenty of money, but not enough championships". This is a very false rhetoric I'm not sure why you people keep trying to push it.

 

Would love a shot at Cousins to help in the Big Man area. Can you imaging him and Clint holding it down when the other team goes big?

 

At this point why not...tbh, i expect Hayward to sign with Boston or Utah (and watch out to the Spurs, they're a dark horse here imo), the Rockets will probably be in the position where they can choose between a good (but still expensive) signing like Gallo, which makes us better but not good enough, or just wait till next summer when Cousins, George and Westbrook are going to be free agents and teams like San Antonio and Boston should have no more cap space to sign them.