He was The Man on the rockets. ppl forget that boy was the lob machine

His name is just being used to call somebody a role-player. Which isn’t really that big of an insult considering good big men are hard to find.

everyone is missing that Sengun is often called ‘Baby Jokic’ and Doncic is saying you’re closer to a Capela than a Jokic.

Not everyone, it’s just Lakers players that fucking hates Capela’s guts.

He’s a good player in a kinda limited role, it’s only insulting to be compared to Capella if you’re a star big who’s supposed to have guard skills, like Sengun.

At least with this one it’s relevant because he made a name for himself on the Rockets and he’s also not great at free throws.

Think a media member said Ayton needs to play the capela role, which he was insulted by. Without realizing a +defender rim running big is a very valuable archetype

So gained even more attention as a funny self own/meme

Obviously Luka heard the chatter as a member of the lakers, and since capelas on the rockets rn, it makes perfect sense he’s chirping defending DA

This isn’t an insult to capela tho

It’s cause he missed the freethrow lmao

Do people not know how horrible a FT shooter Capela was? That was a big thing on those Harden Rockets teams

Edit: so not Baby Jokic like people call him, Baby Capela instead

Yeah because all shit talk is meant to make logical sense.

Have you Ever talked trash before? Come on bruh

Capela is a well known (or I had thought) horrible free throw shooter. That’s where the reference comes in since Sengun just missed a FT.

Probably because ayton said I’m not Clint capela maybe he’s saying even their starter is worse than ayton

What’s the saying we often hate most in others what we hate in ourselves 

Ohhh that’s why I hate Reeves. I’m a white dude who lived in Arkansas for a stint.

Well in fairness, Larry’s not white. Larry’s clear.

Idk I think they whine in similar amounts lol

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Lmao, definitely.

Are those Dwight Howard shirts? Who was #12 in this gif?

He just doesn’t bother cutting his hair if he doesn’t play and just lets it do its thing. If you see a fresh cut that means AR is playing 😂

He’s like me, when I can’t be arsed to pay 200 SEK to get a haircut, then regret it at the party when a girl shows 1% interest in me. I respect it.

I think his haircut is sweet. The undercut for every white guy in the league trend is over.

Arkansas haircut, let him rock

not nearly as bad as Jalen Johnson or Dyson Daniels though

I’m also a great non all star viewer of the league

lmfaaoooooo ts frying me rn. Maybe he meant like “elite roleplayer” which I’ve heard before. Now that we’re down this road I guess Danny Green is one of the best non all star shooting guards of all time. Chuck Hayes one of the best non scoring, 6’6 centers of all time too bruh

Yea like Capela was a great starting center but one of the best non-All star centers?? That’s a bit far. He’s probably in the tier below that. If we are allowed to use a one time all star, “best non-all stat center” fits Tyson Chandler better.

Yeah that’s a massive stretch lol, basically if you aren’t top 5 then you aren’t an all-star and he’s not been top 5 a single season, much less all freakin time lmao

Right? Never heard this terminology in my life lmaooo

He’s the best Swiss and Roll center of all time 

Lol my exact thought. What a dumb statement. They’re just two completely different players

One sided in that Ayton and now Doncic have thrown a stray at Capela for seemingly no reason. It’s not very serious or anything but I don’t think Capela is doing anything to draw their ire.

I think a lot of people are confused because it’s not a very good line.

They made the second round the next year?

I agree. I just didn’t want to overstate him as an amazing defender, because I don’t think he was, but he was a great rebounder and rotational help defender and decent iso defender

100%. Easily a top 10 center in the league during his prime

Once he leaves he’s going to be so annoying. He already is annoying, he’ll just be more annoying.

Leading scorer this season is not a normal fan

Luka himself misses more than he should

On FaceTime. No custody. 

But his girl wants a man who can sing acapela

Luka is the kind of guy who can do coke AND eat

Right? Shouldn’t be saying baby anything right now.