A conference final to everyone’s surprise, and now the Hawks thought they had become NBA stars! It’s a bit of a reproach Clint Capela to his training. While the team has a lot to play for in a very open Eastern Conference, Nate McMillan’s players have taken this season by the wrong end, and despite a very good stint in January, they are still in 10th place with a negative balance (27v-30d).
” Throughout the season, our approach is to already believe that we will go to the playoffs regrets the Swiss pivot. “We are not focusing on the next game. It’s more like, ‘We won this, we won that.’ That’s the problem with teams that aren’t used to it. But I’m not that surprised.“
In fact, it’s like the Hawks picking their matches. We have already seen this in the past with formations of the same level. The proof with this victory to end the series of the Suns, then this heavy defeat with 136 points against the Spurs.
A motivation problem
” I think we don’t approach all matches the same way. Maybe we don’t prepare well enough for every match. Obviously, this has an impact on the way we play. This is clearly a problem. “
In addition to the standing of the opponent, there is also the presence, or not, of cameras from a national channel. “That’s part of it” confirms Clint Capela at The Athletic. “I’m not saying it doesn’t happen to others, but the preparation has to stay the same. It doesn’t matter if the opponent doesn’t thrill you. We don’t control the television program. The preparation must remain the same, and this is not the case for us. It is probably for this reason that we do not show regularity. “
For Clint Capela, the team lacks experience, and this conference final gave the group the illusion that it had precisely acquired this experience, and that a qualification in the playoffs was already acquired.
Still time to change things
” For a young team that hadn’t had such an experience before, that’s going to be a factor. Success is not always the same, and everyone should know that. The fact is that you are never guaranteed to regain your level from the previous season. Nothing is guaranteed. This should be our approach. You have to give your all as if you were the worst team in the NBA because nothing is guaranteed to you at any time. No one is guaranteed to make the playoffs at the start of the season. I think for us, as a young team, we didn’t know that. Sometimes it takes a click to become aware of it, and find this approach that we had the previous season“.
For the Swiss, there is still time to correct the situation, and that requires a change of mentality in the preparation for matches. ” I think we have to realize that we have to prepare the same way, whether we face the Pistons or the Heat. (…) The season is well advanced, but it’s not too late. There are no matches left. As long as there are matches left, we can improve. That should be our way of approaching things.“
| Clint Capela | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2014-15 | HOO | 12 | 8 | 48.3 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| 2015-16 | HOO | 77 | 19 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 37.9 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 2016-17 | HOO | 65 | 24 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 53.1 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| 2017-18 | HOO | 74 | 28 | 65.2 | 0.0 | 56.0 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| 2018-19 | HOO | 67 | 34 | 64.8 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 16.6 |
| 2019-20 | HOO | 39 | 33 | 62.9 | 0.0 | 52.9 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| 2020-21 | ATL | 63 | 30 | 59.4 | 0.0 | 57.3 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| 2021-22 | ATL | 48 | 28 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 46.6 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| Total | 445 | 27 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 52.8 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 12.5 | |
