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What young player who hasn’t cracked the starting lineup do you think could break out if his team traded away the guy in front of him? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by lopea182@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Past example: Bam Adebayo (became an All Star immediately after Hassan Whiteside was traded away)

My guess: I am convinced that Onyeka Okongwu is the next great NBA center, and we are one Clint Capela trade away from setting him loose on the NBA, and his recently-inked extension (4-yr, $62 million) will be a steal.

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[–] Overall-Palpitation6@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm not really sure why the Hawks should have any urgency to move Capela on to start Okongwu, especially now that Okongwu has been extended on a great team-friendly deal.

Neither one is bucking for more minutes/touches/a bigger role, both are on great contracts for their production/potential, and Capela is still as good as ever at what he does (his ultra-low foul rate while being a physical defensive centre is low-key amazingly helpful), so why not just continue to let them share the centre role, stick with 48 combined minutes of great low-mistake production, and consider that position "solved" for the Hawks?