Mobley is also a face up forward. What position do you believe he played on USC and in HS? Hint, his brother was the center.
They played him alongside his brother because Mobley isn’t big enough yet to bang in the paint like a center. You can do that in college, especially the PAC-10 because of the talent disparity. Mobley is not a good enough shooter or dibbler to be an effective face up player without years of development. He’s also pretty wirey so I can see him getting knocked off his spot pretty easily on face up drives. This is not to say he can’t get there I definitely see flashes that he may be able to. But as a big man that skill gap is harder to pass.
Wait wut? So now we need to draft based on the idea that this #2 pick needs to be the #1 option on a championship team? Really? You find that #1 option in other drafts or by a trade or FA, using this logic you seem to think a #1 or #2 option on a championship team is drafted in the top 2 of every draft. The draft is for talent accumulation you can't e basing everything on is this guy a franchise guy they come few and far between in drafts and can be found throughout the 1st round.
The way people are talking about Green or the Pistons giving us Cade he must have grew to 7'2" instead of shrinking to 6'5".
My mistake I thought you were actually trying to have a basketball discussion. But it looks like you’re more interested in being right and criticizing others.
This is very common in NBA too. Rockets did same thing with Wood and Olynyk. Giannis plays alongside Brook Lopez. AD plays with Marc Gasol. And if it was good enough for Olajuwon (played alongside Sampson, Thorpe, Barkley) then it should be good enough for Mobley-Wood.
LOL. Says the guy who has been calling others out and crapping on Mobley non stop. How are you having a basketball discussion when you are saying stuff about Mobley that are demonstrably false. And then keep repeating them. And the crazy part is you are criticizing Mobley for a weakness that Green has and that is a skill he needs more to be effective.
Good points I can see it working ultimately if we go that route. I’d still like for Mobley to gain about 20 lbs to help him with defensive positioning and rebounding if that were the case.
This is pretty much it as well. I dont think the Suns would be a Top 5 seed but it's feasible they would be 7-8. Everything else you said is poignant. The Rockets aren't one player away. They're a full rebuild away and they're likely a Bottom 5 team next year as well so might as well look at the 2022 Draft Class. If you Draft Mobley then Wood should be traded for another pick. I dont see Mobley becoming an impact player until year 3 at the earliest. He needs to fill out and his conditioning is probably terrible. If you do feel like Wood is an All Star caliber player then Jalen Green is probably the pick. I just think we're getting back into an All Offense No Defense style of team. I adore the idea of Suggs and Mobley together. Two amazing defenders and good offensive players next to KPJ and Tate would be a fantastic core. It's probably Green though.
I agree it looks like Green is the likely pick. Aside from my hesitation to buy in to him based off of his high school and aau career and 16 games over a month I worry about how the Rockets build from there. Mobley allows the Rockets to choose literally anyone with their remaining picks this year, next year and beyond. Green does not provide that type of flexibility I don't think. If he hits and is that generational talent then this doesn't matter. If he ends up being just really good, it might be a problem. And, yeah, Mobley & Suggs would be nice.
