Houston Rockets center Clint Capela is marking a spot for himself in the NBA, and he attributes his development to former teammate Dwight Howard.
The Swiss big man spoke to reporters about how being alongside the Hawks' new star helped him.
“To compete against him at practice, it was really about my confidence. I was like ‘OK, if I can do that against him, I'm sure I can dominate, like on rebounds.' The thing I learned from him is to try to be consistent like he was on his game plan and his routine, always try to do the same thing every day.”
“He was hard. He was very hard. It was a good matchup for me.”
In their first meeting of the season, Capela stood gallantly, but Howard was too much as the teacher went on to dominate the glass.
Clint Capela had 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Dwight Howard registered 20 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks for Atlanta.
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