Clint Capela

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Clint Capela
No. 15 – Houston Rockets
Position Power forward / Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1994-05-18) May 18, 1994 (age 30)
Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school INSEP (Paris, France)
NBA draft 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2014 Élan Chalon (France)
2014–present Houston Rockets
2014–2015 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Clint N'Dumba-Capela (born May 18, 1994) is a Swiss professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Early life

Capela was born in Geneva, Switzerland to parents from Angola and the Congo,[1] and was raised in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. He attended the National Institute of Sport and Physical Education, where he played basketball.[2]

Professional career

Élan Chalon (2012–14)

In 2012, Capela joined the senior Élan Chalon team of the LNB Pro A.

On April 12, 2014, Capela represented the World Team at the 2014 Nike Hoop Summit.[3] Later that month, he declared for the 2014 NBA draft.[4] In May 2014, he was named the Best Young Player and Most Improved Player of the 2013–14 LNB Pro A season.[5]

Houston Rockets (2014–present)

On June 26, 2014, Capela was selected with the 25th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.[6][7] On July 25, 2014, he signed with the Rockets.[8] On March 30, 2015, Capela scored his first NBA points, finishing the game with eight points and nine rebounds in a loss to the Toronto Raptors.[9] On April 13, he had a season-best game for the Rockets with 10 points and five rebounds in a win over the Charlotte Hornets.[10] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League.[11] Capela took a step forward in the postseason, when he saw minutes in place of the injured Donatas Motiejūnas. He appeared in more playoff games (17) than regular season contests in 2014–15 and averaged 3.4 points in 7.5 minutes per postseason game.[12]

On November 6, 2015, Capela recorded his first career double-double with then career highs of 13 points and 12 rebounds as a starter in a 116–110 win over the Sacramento Kings.[13] On November 29, in an overtime win over the New York Knicks, Capela recorded his third double-double over a span of four games, including a career-high 18 points.[14] During the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend, Capela competed for the World Team in the Rising Stars Challenge. On April 13, in the Rockets' season finale, Capela recorded a career-high 17 rebounds in a 116–81 win over the Sacramento Kings.[15]

International career

In August 2013, Capela debuted for the Swiss national basketball team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification rounds.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Houston 12 0 7.5 .483 .000 .174 3.0 .2 .1 .8 2.7
2015–16 Houston 77 35 19.1 .582 .000 .379 6.4 .6 .8 1.2 7.0
Career 89 35 17.5 .575 .000 .359 6.0 .6 .7 1.1 6.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Houston 17 0 7.5 .677 .000 .517 2.5 .3 .2 .5 3.4
2016 Houston 5 0 8.6 .333 .000 .400 4.0 .4 .6 .4 1.6
Career 22 0 7.7 .600 .000 .500 2.8 .3 .3 .5 3.0

References

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Clint Capela at euroleague.net