When the Houston Rockets traded Clint Capela away in exchange for Robert Covington, it was assumed that their interior defense would suffer. At 6-10, the Swiss center had been the anchor of the defense for years, leading Houston in blocks per game at 1.8 at the time of the trade.
Since the Rockets were losing three inches in the deal, it would make sense if the Rockets’ shot-blocking took a significant hit with it’s new 6-7 and under rotations. Covington hasn’t allowed that to be the case at all, however. RoCo has been hosting his own block parties over the six games he’s played with H-Town, and the team is benefitting in many ways, going 4-2 over that stretch.