The Hawks inside veteran will attract widespread attention. Is he the Lakers priority signing target?

According to American media reporter Anthony F. Irwin, Atlanta Hawks interior veteran Clint Capela, who is about to become a free agent this summer, may be one of the candidates for the Los Angeles Lakers to prioritize this summer's signing list.

Irwin said: Some sources revealed to him that the free agent market will still be in a tight state this summer, but even so, the situation will not have developed to allow players of the level of Steven Adams to fall into the Lakers' squad, let alone popular inside players like Myles Turner or Naz Reid. In contrast, Capela's situation is obviously not that ideal, and his salary requirement is also considered to be within the budget of the $5.7 million luxury tax special case that the Lakers can provide. In this case, Capela has also become a more realistic goal that a team can "access". Therefore, he ranks high on the Lakers' signing list.

In the NBA regular season this season, Capela played a total of 55 games in 82 games, with injuries affecting a total of 55 games, of which 41 games were started. His average playing time reached 21.4 minutes, with an average of 8.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.1 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers and 1.9 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 55.9% and a free throw percentage of 53.6%. Affected by injuries, Capela has been playing the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 10 this year, and he also missed the team's play-off game.

From the Lakers' perspective, they have a very high demand for a qualified inside player. After all, they don't even have a reliable inside player to use, which is fully reflected in this season's playoffs. Although Capela's condition has declined, he still has good basket protection and cake eating ability, and his adaptability to Luka Doncic is also relatively high. From Capela's personal perspective, joining the Lakers will be beneficial to continuing his career and his next contract. The Lakers are probably one of the few teams in the playoff level that can provide Capela with starting positions and stable playing time. Capela may have a chance to get a contract offer slightly higher than the Lakers in other teams, but the playing time he can get should not be higher than that of the Lakers. For the sake of his next contract, Capela should actually seriously consider the possibility of joining the Lakers.