How do you think Mobley would fair on other teams..do you think he would be a star.. or role player? I think he feels he needs to do more than he is capable of for the Rockets.. don't get me wrong I love the guy.. I think If he was on a championship caliber team where he was the third or fourth option.. he would be the key piece to a championship team.. causing mismatches like crazy...any thoughts??
Ditto. I like Cat, but he is not a smart enough player, and enough of a good all-around player to be a starter. His mentality, as well as his skills would best suit him as a 6th man. He's basically John Starks, without the defense.
Mobley on a crappy team would be a second, if not first, option. He could score 30 a night, but the team wouldn't be very good. I've contended in the past that while he's a good player, he's not really better than Ron Mercer, except in being able to shoot the long ball. On a contending team, he'd be a good 4th or 5th option (if starting) or the 6th man of the year (if coming off of the bench). He's got talent, but he's not a superstar and never will be.
John Starks without the defense is not John Starks. He is a streaky offensife player, but consistant on the other end. That is something the rockets are sorely missing.
Let's get real. What type of team are you talking about. Are you talking about Mobley with the Lakers, Blazers, Jazz, or what? If your talking about last weekends all stars, I'll be the first to tell you that Mobley would be a good 13th man. Mobley is doing what is asked of him. It is my feeling he'd be doing the same things for even the Lakers. No doubt that he'd be the 3rd option for the Lakers. But for almost every other team in the league, he would be a 1st or 2nd option. I would not trade Mobley for Mercer.
C'mon, guys and gals. Mobley is a very talented player. But he's not the sharpest stick in the bundle. So he won't reach superstar status. I just wish he would learn to pass.
please name "MOST" teams in the league that would have Mobley as a first or second option.. name more than 5 that would have him as a first option
Mobley wouldn't be a star on any contending team. Mobley would definitly be more suitable as a 6th man to come off the bench and provide spark like he did when he came into the league. However, Mobley's ego would get in the way of him accepting a 6th man role.
So to all of those who believe Mobley would be best suited coming off the bench as a 6th man, do you believe we should go for another SG in the draft or more size?
Mobley can and will lead us to a title. He's a star waiting to happen. He's that good. And for those of you who fail to see the light you will have an awakening when we get to the finals. It won't be francis hitting the clutch shots. It will be mobley.
Oh Boy, PSJ thinks it 1999. Seriously, Im getting very sick of the Cat Hating , So He cant shoot it lights out, Few 2 guards can, Its not an easy position when you take a lot of shots and get flamed if you dont make half of them. This forum is turning into a joke.
Mobley is very good and underappreciated on this board. Would he be a superstar - no. But he could be a star easily. Mobley, in my opinion, is offensively better than Micahel Finley but defensively nto quite as good. Overall talent wise, they are the same, and Finley did make the all-star team last year. If the Rockets were a playoff contender, Mobley could be making the All-Star team on and off. Say he has a 13 year career, I think he has the skills to be an all star 4-6 of those. Thus far it doesnt look like it will happen, but it all depends on how good the team becomes and the amount of talent in the league any given year.
Atlanta - if you count Shareef as a 3 they want him. Boston - Strickland? They want Mobley Charlotte - David Wesley? Mobley is just as good or better Chicago - prior to J. Rose deal, they would have wanted Mobley Cleveland - Wesley Person/Trajan Langdon (Mobley is just as good or better) Dallas - with their Dirk/Bradley/Howard lineup Finley is technically the SG. So Dallas would not want Mobley. Although espn.com is saying Finley is on the block, so then they might want him after that. Denver - Tariq Abdul-Wahad or Voshon Lenard? Mobley is better and I think Denver would take him over either of these two. Detroit - Stack is their 2 so NO. Golden State - Bob Sura? Yeah they want Mobley Indiana - Reggie Miller - NO LA Clippers - they have Q, Dooling, Piatkowski but I think they would want Mobley if they could get him. (Q Rules!) Lakers - Kobe - Hell No. Memphis - Micheal Dickerson - Mobley is better than Dickerson but they don't want him. Miami - Eddie Jones - NO Milwaukee - Ray Allen - NO Minnesotta - Peeler - they want Mobley. I think technically Wally Z is their 2 but they would still take Mobley. New Jersey - Kittles? they probably don't want Mobley even though he is better than Kittles. New York - Houston/Spree - NO Orlando - Tmac/Miller - NO Philly - #3 - NO Phoenix - They got Penny, but he is always hurt. Probably don't want Mobley. Portland - Derek Anderson - NO Sacramento - Bobby Jackson/Doug Christie - would probably want Mobley. But they don't really need anymore scorers. San Antonio - Steve Smith - NO Seattle - Brent Barry - they might want Mobley Toronto - Vince - NO Utah - Deshawn Stevenson(convict) or Quincy Lewis - they want Mobley Washington - Hamilton - after what Mobley did to them yesterday they may want him. Rip got game though. I would say there at least 5 that want him (Utah, GS, Boston, Denver, Atlanta) and the majority of the league would trade for him to replace their current SG or to be their 6th man. Mobley is a great scorer, he just needs to work on his D. I don't think he will be a superstar because he will always be playing with one (Wink) so he doesn't feel like he has to do that. I think if he goes to another team though he could be a Jalen Rose type that could easily take over a game and lead a team. Mobley is the man.
At this moment, if the Lakers traded us Mitch Richmond, Jelani Mccoy and Devean George for Mobley, I'd declare the Lakers a dynasty till Shaq retires. Most think that, in a triangle offense, you have to be smart. I think that a triangle offense covers up the not-so-smart players, because there's barely any reason to think. Everything is perfectly calculated.
Despite this thread being ludicres as Moe stated: There are 21 players in the league scoring over 20 PPG, Mobley is one of these 21. There are 8 SGs in the league at 21 PPG or higher, the rest of the SGs are significantly lower (19PPG or less). Cuttino Mobley is one of those first 8, he also shoots better from the field than 3 of the other 7 (Iverson, Carter & Stack all shoot lower despite playing on better teams). CM is also shooting 3s better than all of the other top 8. Granted scoring isn't all an SG does, but anyone who doesn't think Mobley is better than at least 1/2 of the starting 2s in the league and every back-up 2s in the world has blinders on. WinkCat, good job but I think you underestimated somewhat. The Spurs would LOVE to have Cuttino Mobley. He would drain the open shots he gets from their base offense (again he shoots 3s better than the other top 8 scoering SGs) and be a viable 1st option when Duncan was resting. We saw what Anderson did for them last year (and what that offense was done to Smith's shooting) and Mobley is a lot like Anderson with better natural scoring instincts and a better shot. Also, Mobley is MUCH better than Wesley (D), Person, Q, Dickerson, Peeler, or Kittles. Also, Mobley is better than (though I dropped the MUCH part) than Barry, Penny, Anderson or Christie. Mobley is there with Jones, Stack, Finley, Spree, Houston and (IMO though he doesn't always show it) Wells in the 2nd best group of SGs in the league. Granted Mobley IS NOT near the Kobe, AI, McGrady, Pierce, Carter, and Allen class of SGs (a pretty liberal interpretion of this category of player), but he is <i> arguably </i> as good as anyone else after that. If that means he sucks to you well you should open your eyes and take off your blinders.
