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Report: Rockets reach deal to send Clint Capela to Hawks in massive 4-team trade

Clint Capela was sent to the Rockets as part of a four-team deal on Tuesday night. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
Clint Capela was sent to the Hawks as part of a four-team deal on Tuesday night. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

A massive NBA trade went down late on Tuesday night, sending 12 players and two future draft picks to different teams across the league just days ahead of the trade deadline.

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves struck the four-way deal — the largest the league has seen in two decades.

Houston Rockets

While the Rockets sent several pieces elsewhere on Tuesday night, they did receive Robert Covington in the deal.

Covington has averaged 12.8 points and six rebounds so far this season with the Timberwolves, his seventh in the league. The 29-year-old got his start in the NBA with the Rockets, too, playing seven games for them in his rookie season.

He is currently in the second year of a four-year, $46.8 million deal.

The Rockets also received Jordan Bell from the Timberwolves. Bell has averaged 3.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in 27 games off the bench for Minnesota.

The Rockets dealt away Clint Capela, Nene and Gerald Green.

Atlanta Hawks

The Hawks picked up both Capela, who has been at the center of trade rumors for some time now, and Nene on Tuesday night.

Capela has averaged 13.9 points and 13.8 rebounds so far this season for the Rockets, his sixth in the league since Houston selected him with the No. 25 pick in the 2014 draft. He has been sidelined recently, however, while dealing with a heel injury.

Nene has averaged 3.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 42 games for Houston this season, though the 37-year-old has started in just two of them and is averaging less than 14 minutes per contest.

The Hawks dealt away both a future first-round draft pick and Evan Turner in the deal.

Minnesota Timberwolves

The Timberwolves received Turner from the Hawks. Turner has played in just 19 games this season in Atlanta, averaging 3.3 points and two rebounds. They will also receive a first-round pick from the Hawks for the 2020 draft.

Minnesota also picked up Juancho Hernangomez and Malik Beasley from Denver. Beasley has averaged 7.8 points per game, while Hernangomez has averaged three off the bench.

The Timberwolves dealt away Covington, Shabazz Napier, Noah Vonleh and Keita-Bates Diop in the deal.

Denver Nuggets

The Nuggets received Green and Bates-Diop in the deal, and are expected to waive Green, who is out for the season with a broken foot. They also picked up Vonleh and Napier from Minnesota.

Bates-Diop has averaged 6.8 points and three rebounds per game this season in Minnesota. Napier has put up 9.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 36 games with the Timberwolves. Vonleh has appeared in 29 games and put up 4.1 points and four rebounds in less than 13 minutes per contest.

Denver also picked up a future first-round draft pick from Houston.

The Nuggets dealt away Hernangomez and Beasley in the deal.

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