NBA Trade Rumor: Hawks Clint Capela Asking Price Too High for Mavs

Though the Dallas Mavericks showed interest in Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela, the asking price ended up being too high.

Going into last night's NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks were one of the more talked about teams given their potential to make a move, whether it was their pick entirely for a win-now piece or moving back in efforts to acquire multiple picks. 

Well, Dallas did indeed move back, but it wasn't for the rumored veteran center that they were speculated to target in a trade.

On Friday morning's episode of Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective, ESPN's Tim MacMahon touched on Dallas' movement in the draft, which included the rumored deal between the Mavericks and the Hawks that failed to come to fruition. 

"The Mavericks asked for Clint Capela," MacMahon said. "My understanding is the Hawks asked for the Mavericks to throw in Josh Green or Jaden Hardy, which that's a no-go. Those are young players that the Mavericks really like."

As MacMahon noted, and has been rumored for a few weeks, the Hawks have been actively shopping Collins and in discussions with the Mavs, the Dallas front office preferred Capela over Collins, which was ultimately the fork in the road. 

On the podcast, MacMahon also mentioned that Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter was discussed in the potential trade with Dallas, but the Mavs' front office "liked the player but not at that money."

For the price of losing one of Green or Hardy, the trade with Atlanta just made no sense for the Mavericks this early in the offseason, especially with the avenues they decided to pursue. Dallas landed two first-round picks, shedded Davis Bertans' contract and added the ability to use the full midlevel exception at $12.4 million in free agency.

With those two first rounders turning into Duke center Dereck Lively II and Marquette forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper, the Mavericks have have drafted themselves their own future versions of Capela and Hunter without having to lose an asset in Green or Hardy.


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Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.