Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela is on the trade block, according to NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon of ESPN.
The Dallas Mavericks are a team interested in trading for Capela.
Capela averaged 12.0 points and 11.0 rebounds last season for the Hawks while shooting 65.3% from the floor. The 29-year-old signed a two-year, $45.5 million contract extension with Atlanta in September 2021.
Capela, who began his career with the Houston Rockets, will make $20.6 million next season. The veteran big man has career averages of 12.4 points and 10.7 rebounds with the Rockets and Hawks.
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The Hawks are trying to acquire Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors. NBA insider Marc Stein reported that the Mavericks would like to trade for Capela as a third team in a potential Siakam deal.
“You can safely presume that the Dallas Mavericks are rooting for Atlanta to win the trade race for Toronto’s Siakam,” Stein wrote. “And that they’re also hoping such a trade features Hawks center Clint Capela as opposed to a strictly De’Andre Hunter-centric deal. Capela has two seasons left on his current contract valued at nearly $43 million.
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“The Raptors would appear to have little need for a pricey center after re-signing Jakob Poeltl this month to a four-year deal worth $78 million, so a theoretical trade of Siakam to the Hawks that features Capela would open the door for Dallas to join the trade as a third team or pursue a separate deal with Toronto for Capela.”
The Hawks traded John Collins to the Utah Jazz earlier this offseason. It will be interesting to see if they part ways with Capela next.
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