The Dallas Mavericks remain interested in trading for Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela, according to NBA insider Marc Stein.
Capela is on the trade block, according to NBA insiders Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon of ESPN, and the Mavericks are very interested in pairing the big man with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.
“The Mavericks don’t want to be done,” Stein said on his podcast. “Maybe they are done with this roster because further moves are not available to them. They would love it if the chance to make another trade run at Clint Capela from the Atlanta Hawks materializes to this point. That opportunity has not availed itself to the Mavericks.
“But will Atlanta move Capela elsewhere which creates an opportunity for Dallas to try to get in as a third team? Or would they trade him somewhere to a team that really only needs him for contract purposes, salary cap matching purposes in the trade, and then that team makes Capela available?”
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Clint Capela, Dallas Mavericks & Atlanta Hawks Updates
Capela averaged 12.0 points and 11.0 rebounds last season for the Hawks while shooting 65.3% from the field. The 29-year-old signed a two-year, $45.5 million contract extension with Atlanta in September 2021.
Capela, who began his NBA career with the Houston Rockets, will make $20.6 million next season. The veteran has career averages of 12.4 points and 10.7 rebounds with the Rockets and Hawks.
Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report proposed that the Mavericks trade Tim Hardaway Jr., Josh Green and a 2025 second-round pick to the Hawks for Capela.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Clint Capela, Dallas Mavericks & Atlanta Hawks Updates
“To bring aboard their sought-after shot-blocking, board-hoarding center, the Mavericks have to cough up a package headlined by Josh Green, a promising connective wing who can cut, pass on the move, defend and hit open threes,” Hughes wrote. “If he can replicate the 40.2 percent he shot from distance last year, Green, still just 22, could be a huge get for the Hawks.
“There are permutations of this deal that include the Toronto Raptors and Pascal Siakam, but this is a fairly simple construction. If Atlanta truly believes Onyeka Okongwu is ready to take over starting duties, moving Capela and the $43 million he’s owed through 2024-25 for more shooting and cost-controlled guard depth is a good way to balance the roster and tidy up the books.”
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