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Clint Capela

Houston Rockets · #30 · Rotation
C6'10"256 lbage 3212 yrs expGeneva, Switzerland
10th best of 14 on HOU
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Elite rebounder & rim protector
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Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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A veteran lob-finishing, rim-running center who rebounds and protects the basket without needing the ball. He played only a limited role in 2025-26 with no meaningful sample to grade here, but on a cheap $7M deal he's exactly the kind of low-usage rim-runner who keeps an offense flowing.

8.9
PPG
8.5
RPG
1.1
APG
0.6
SPG
1
BPG
GP 55MPG 21.4FG% 55.93P% 0FT% 53.6TS% 56.4USG% 16.7PER 17.7BPM -1VORP 0.3EPM +0.2
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Rebounding95
Rim protection78
Perimeter defense70
Scoring64
Inside finishing64
Playmaking63
Shooting58

Skill ratings are 2024-25 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2014-15 to 2025-26 · 12 seasons
11.1
PPG
9.9
RPG
1.0
APG
739
GAMES
Points 8,236Win Shares 72.6Starts 590Best season 2018-19 · 16.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons83%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 29 → 31
▬Steady

Clint, at 31, has held steady — 3.0 → 2.3 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 2.7 wins (+0.4)
Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 1.3–4.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.1 → +0.4+0.326-27 forecast -0.6
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +0.1 · 73 games2024-25: -1.0 · 55 games2025-26: +0.4 · 75 games2026-27: -0.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.0 → 2.3-0.726-27 forecast 2.7
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 3.0 · 73 games2024-25: 1.7 · 55 games2025-26: 2.3 · 75 games2026-27: 2.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.8M vs $7.0M salary−$1.2M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$7.0M salary2023-24: $6.9M · 73 games2024-25: $4.1M · 55 games2025-26: $5.0M · 75 games2026-27: $5.8M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $7,035,000 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$7,035,000Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 12 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$5,832,000 /yr
Surplus−$1,203,000
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.