NBA Draft 2014: Houston Rockets fans react to Clint Capela

The Houston Rockets have been busy in the days leading up to the draft as they worked out a trade between the New Orleans Pelicans for a first round pick as early as next year for Omer Asik and are active in trying to move Jeremy Lin, but that was put on hold when the team was on the clock with the No. 25 pick.

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The Rockets have been mentioned as a potential landing spot for either LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony if they can clear enough space on the salary cap which is why they’re trying to trade Lin and why there were rumors the Rockets would be drafting an international prospect they can stash overseas and not count against the cap.

That’s exactly what the Rockets did when they drafted Clint Capela who averaged 9.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in the French league playing for team Chalon.

With James Harden and Dwight Howard and the possibility of James or Anthony joining this team, Houston is gearing up for a run at the NBA Title and had to stash a player overseas to keep that dream of one of those free agents coming to the Rockets.

Twitter reacted to the news of the Rockets getting one of the best players to ever come out of Switzerland.