A blockbuster trade happened last night with the Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves. These four teams agreed on a deal to send Clint Capela and Nene to the Hawks but they lost a 2020 first round lottery protected pick which was kind of not worth it because Clint Capela is not even a top 20 pick. But Capela makes much more sense for the Hawks than Andre Drummond. He is the more versatile defender, though he’ll have a tougher time against the bigger center and forwards, and his offensive role fits better into their all-Trae Young-everything dynamic.
The Denver Nuggets get Keita Bates-Diop, Gerald Green, Shabazz Napier, Noah Vonleh, and Houston’s 2020 first round pick. The only win the the Nuggets got in my opinion is with Thursday’s trade deadline, they’re a win-now team with a bunch of salary filler and, now, a additional first-round pick in the their back pocket. In return for the Houstons center Clint Capela they got Jorden bell, Robert Covington and Golden States 2024 second-round pick, which they got from Atlanta. Covington is a more accurate shooter than he’s shown and a great defender with amazing hands, and he has the size and mobility to capably guard four positions. Adding someone like him, with two additional years left on his contract, extends Houston’s feature.
Minnesota received Malik Beasley,Juan Hernangomez, Evan Turner, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Brooklyns 2020 first-round pick (lottery protected from Atlanta). Minnesota is rebuilding. Not trying to win, not attempting to straddle two different timelines but actually, genuinely rebuilding. Rosas has made that inarguable.
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