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Starts 0 of 2 games · 10th on HOU in minutes · Deep bench role

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• Podcast Hardwood Knocks host · Analysis · Oct 19 around the league

  Dan's Rockets top nine: starters VanVleet, Amen Thompson, Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Sengun; bench Smart, Reed Sheppard, Tari Eason and Steven Adams. Bogdanovic plays if healthy; Capela likely doesn't play when Sengun and Adams are both healthy.

  “1 Big Question For Every NBA Teams In The Western Conference” at 1:19:37 · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Rockets · 2 points · Oct 16
  • First-half substitution order: Tari Eason came in first, for Amen Thompson. Marcus Smart replaced Clint Capela and Reed Sheppard came in together for Sengun and VanVleet, leaving Durant with four bench players. Bogdanovich was the fifth and final sub. at 28:29
  • Jackson Gatlin: Clint Capela played five first-half minutes. at 24:16

  “Rockets Close Preseason STRONG Vs Thunder | Amen & Sengun CARRY Early, Bogdan Bogdanovic Goes CRAZY” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Rockets host · Analysis · Oct 14

  The host says Adams may be strategically rested more than VanVleet because the team can get by with Clint Capela in the regular season, and they really want Adams for the playoffs.

  “Rockets Fans PREDICTIONS | 60+ WINS? Western Conference Finals RUN? Kevin Durant DOMINANCE?” at 18:17 · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Rockets · 6 points · Oct 12
  • Game 2 starters with the regular starters out: Reed Sheppard, Marcus Smart, Clint Capela, Amen Thompson, and Jabari Smith Jr. The host said Capela, Smart and Sheppard were moved up from the bench to fill out the lineup. at 13:26
  • Smart ran short pick-and-rolls with Clint Capela. One got Capela fouled and to the line. On another, a re-screen, a bounce pass through two defenders set up a dunk. The host counted at least four or five pocket bounce passes from Smart. at 5:38
  • The host doesn't believe Sheppard connected on a good look with Capela in the two-man game. He calls Sheppard's two-man game with the bigs something to monitor. at 16:43
  • Clint Capela started with no Sengun or Adams: 5 points, 9 rebounds, 2-of-3 shooting. The host thought he looked better than at various points last season. at 29:49
  • Prompted by something "Hollins" (unidentified broadcast commentator) said, the host thinks Capela may be an unintended beneficiary of Fred's return and Smart's addition. The idea is that more pick-and-roll feeds will keep him engaged. Exactly what Hollins said is not given. at 30:06
  • Open question: can Capela still play above the rim? The host says that would be a difference-maker. at 32:00

  “Marcus Smart's IMPRESSIVE Rockets Debut Vs Mavs | Reed Sheppard's CONFIDENCE On Display” · listen ↗

• Podcast Locked On Rockets · 3 points · Oct 9
  • Host's best guess, which he says not to freak out about: Marcus and Clint Capela sat game 1 because there weren't enough minutes, since the team plans to rest Fred and Steve for one of the two games. at 22:26
  • Fred and Steven Adams both played game 1, while Marcus (Smart), Capela and Jae'Sean Tate did not. at 3:22
  • Host's gut prediction for Sunday's game 2: no Fred and no Steven; Marcus starts in place of Fred, Clint plays in place of Steve-O (Adams), and everything else stays the same. at 3:36

  “Rockets Vs Mavs LIVE Postgame Mailbag: Kevin Durant USAGE Concerns, Amen Thompson's ROLE & More” · listen ↗

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