Those remarks have indeed gotten back to Capela.
The Houston Rockets center took a playful shot at Ayton Thursday night via his Instagram story. Sharing an ESPN post that contained Ayton’s comments, Capela wrote ‘U got 2 of the best floor general in the game my dawg Lockinnn’ and included two crying from laughter emojis.
Capela’s comments went up roughly around the time when the Lakers’ game against the Suns was concluding. Los Angeles lost a heartbreaker, 113-110, as Phoenix’s Royce O’Neale hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds. Ayton struggled mightily in the contest.
Fresh off saying he was ‘Not no Clint Capela,’ following the Lakers’ prior game, Ayton went out and scored just 2 points on 1-for-3 shooting. He added just 4 rebounds in his 23 minutes.
The performance, coinciding with the Lakers’ third consecutive loss, is not likely to quiet down the conversation around the former No. 1 overall pick.