For any sport, the preseason is a time for unbridled optimism where everyone’s championship goals are alive and all teams are undefeated. So when the Atlanta Hawks gave their starters a polaroid photo and asked them to write down their goals for the upcoming NBA season, everyone had extremely was optimistically hoping for an NBA championship – except center Clint Capela.
While every other Hawks player was listing their team goal as winning a championship, Capela was far more realistic than the rest of his teammates, setting his goals as simply reaching the Eastern Conference Finals and earning first-team All-Defense honors.
Gave the guys a Polaroid and had them write down their goal for the season 📸✍️ pic.twitter.com/I2WQaaPfiK
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) September 27, 2022
To be fair, those are lofty goals by themselves but compared to the season goals from the rest of his teammates they look a little tame. In any case, the NBA world had plenty to say about his extremely realistic season goals.
Capela: "Alright guys, let's be realistic here." https://t.co/BLSI2d4l3o
— local bIogger (@fergoe) September 27, 2022
The 1st sign of healing is facing reality. These boys are delusional https://t.co/rMPdYW9dFD
— Max McGee (@MaxMcGeeTV) September 28, 2022
Clint Capela said winning don’t matter. Respect. https://t.co/GREt6PYgi8
— Fire EveRByone (@RyB_311) September 27, 2022
Capela keepin it real https://t.co/Z7CS4o7lnw
— Alex Burns (@AlexBurnsHoops) September 27, 2022
At first I thought Clint Capela saying all defense and ECF vs championship was just funny but then when I looked up his contract incentives and realized he gets more for ECF but not for Finals I thought it was HILARIOUS. My man Clint wants to get paid https://t.co/TwxWexLHdE
— Ti Windisch (@TiWindisch) September 27, 2022
Capela apparently saw the replies to the Tweet and had a response to the NBA world’s reactions, saying that his prediction was the team’s “worst case scenario.”
I remember they told me worst case scenario!! we all wanna win 💍 come on y’all 🤣🤣 https://t.co/Y1ZiLpHq8q
— Clint Capela (@CapelaClint) September 27, 2022
“I remember they told me worst case scenario!! we all wanna win come on y’all,” Capela said in a Tweet along with a ring emoji.
Though he got roasted for his prediction, there’s a strong chance that Capela is right. The Hawks currently have just the 16th-best odds to win the NBA title this season according to most sports books.
