From Switzerland to Life in the NBA With Clint Capela | The Answer

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Kyle and Seerat are joined by Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela. They start their conversation by detailing his beginnings as a young athlete in Switzerland and his first impressions upon arrival to the NBA. Clint then talks about drawing inspiration from French players like Tony Parker, transitioning from soccer to basketball, and the hardest player to defend in the league (7:02). Next, they shine a spotlight on the Rockets' Game 7 meltdown versus the Warriors in the 2018 Western Conference finals and his chemistry with James Harden while he was in Houston (31:30). Finally, they discuss the state of the Hawks, speculate on Clint's future in the league, and dive into his relationship with Trae Young (53:36). Hosts: J. Kyle Mann and Seerat Sohi Guest: Clint Capela Production Supervision: Benjamin Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everybody, it's Austin Rivers from the Minnesota Temple Wolves.
0:03.3	It's a new year and I have a new podcast here at The Ringer, off guard, hosted by me and my guy,
0:08.1	Pasha Higigi.
0:09.1	Austin and I go way back and talk so much through already that we figured
0:12.6	those time to fire up the mics and let you in on all of these conversations.
0:16.4	Every week, Pasha and I will head on to biggest stories happening in the league
0:19.6	and get Austin's perspective of someone currently hoping in the NBA.
0:22.9	Tap into off guard, every Friday on the Ringer NBA Show Feed on Spotify
0:27.1	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:39.1	Oh, it's basketball.
0:41.4	It's very good.
0:42.2	Welcome to the answer.
0:43.4	This is a show where we ponder.
0:45.2	We walk around in the yard and we smoke a pipe and, you know, stroke our moustaches,
0:50.3	our proverbial moustaches and talk about basketball and all the details of it.
0:54.2	I'm joined by Sir, it's so he, the poet, Laureate.
0:56.8	I've Ed Minton, the sharpest mind in all of Hoops coverage.
1:01.1	What's up, Sir?
1:02.1	You know, I was thinking today how Ed Minton actually does have a poet, Laureate.
1:05.5	Do they really?
1:06.5	Yeah, they do.
1:08.5	And I just wonder if I'm ever going to get in trouble for this designation one day.
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