Mobley finds another calling as stopper (by JONATHAN FEIGEN )

Please tell me this hurt finger will help Mobes "get it." I love the guy but unless he changes his game, he's simply not a good fit for the team.... UNLESS he changes his game.

 

If the coaches can get this (hard defense, no wild shots, better passing) to his head, then I don't even mind keeping him. Mobley is our best defender (along with Posey). That's a big IF though. You can't count on his index finger being always injured.

Mobley, the Kobe-stopper in WCF in 2004!

 

Did Mobley limit AI or did AI's sore left knee limit AI?

 

Mobley....maybe some of it was cause of his knee...cause he did score little in two games.

 

Right before the season started, after Yao was drafted, the consensus is Steve and Mobley have to give up some of their shots, Mobley plays a more defensive role.

No looking back, IMHO, Steven has made the adjustment quite well & Mobley had been very reluctant.

During 76er’s game, we have seen Mobley is very capable of playing defensive. Will he continue this way?

We will see how he does in the next 41 games

 

Last year Mobley shot 18 times per game. The year before that it was over 15, and he only started about half the games he played in. This season he is shooting 14 times per game. I would say he HAS made the adjustment.

As a comparison, Francis shot 17 times per game last season, and 16 this season. I guess Steve has adjusted well in lowering his shots per game by 1 while Mobley has been reluctant to do so, only lowering his shots per game by 4. Good call.

 

Since he was also able to shut down Iverson in the first game, I guess it was probably Mobley. Iverson also shot over 50% for 24 points in his previous game against the Bulls.

 

AI sux, lots of ppl in the league can limit AI(since he is only shootin 40% for the season)

 

good call on letting your signature make fun of your posts for us.

 

Though painful, injuries could be a blessing in disguise. It allows one to focus on other aspects that would help their team to win. In the first game of my high school's basketball's season, I was not playing aggressive on the offensive end at all, but my defense/hustle was great. Then I told myself that I have to step it up on the offensive end. I was showing a lot of promise with my increased aggresiveness in the next game going to the free throw line four times in less than the first minute of the game. Unfortunately, I slammed into my teammate's chest while jumping for a rebound and injured my shoulder. That injury took all of my strength as I was not playing as aggressive nor was I able to shoot or dribble. I took one week off from practice, icing my shoulder and suited up for the next game. Because my shoulder was limited at what it could do, my focus shifted. I knew that it would be hard for me to grab rebounds, for instance, so I focussed more on boxing and I think I drew like six or seven fouls in about 22 minutues of playing time and went to the line 7 or 10 times. The injury also helped me in shooting free throws, my weak spot. When I shot my free throws, I knew that I couldn't lift/rotate my left arm much, the one that I injured and my non-shooting hand, so I lifted my arm to as much as possible, concentrated more at the rim and was able to make some of my free throws. The injury really allowed me to depend on my right hand and to measure it up to the rim as much as possible and allow my left hand to guide the shot. In upcoming games, when my shoulder improved a bit, I continued to focus on boxing out and getting to the line. The boxing out indeed helped me in games immidiately after. One game, 6 of the 17 times that I went to the line resulted from me boxing out . I averaged around 7 free throws per game including 30 free throws in a combined two games - 62 of a possible 64 minutes.

 

My bad. I wanted to edit my post by addig the word out to "boxing," but I ended up quoting myself.

 

Mobley will "get it"....eventually. After situations like this (injury), and with time, and maturity, he'll get it. So will others on our team.

When I see us play, and lose, and when I think generally about the game (not about specific plays or players) it's clear to me that our losses stem from a general lack of team maturity. I don't mean that they act like children, I just mean that they need a little more experience. We're getting there. It won't be this year, but we're getting there.

And, olliez, will you please, PLEASE, PLEASE get rid of that hideous blue text!!!

-- droxford

 

There arent too many times when anyone shuts down Kobe...Mobley doesnt have to wait till 2004 though....Remember the Rockets 4 pt win over the Lakers on Jan 17, this year.? Here is what you probably missed:
Cat...50min.....Kobe 49min
Cat...8-17fga..Kobe...5-21fga
Cat...47.1fg %Kobe...23.8
Cat...29pts Kobe 22pts
Cats a very good defensive player, who has stopped a lot of super stars this season.

 

Zzhiggins, a bit selective memory on your part isn't it? I remember Kobe lit Cat up for 40+ pts and 50+ pts between your highlighted game.

 

when kobe got 52 it was in 2 OT's and 16 of the pts came in the OT's. that was also in the middle of kobe's ridiculous scoring streak and cuttino was the only one to hold kobe to under 40 in regulation. so in retrospect, his D wasn't even that bad in that game.

 

He stopped Gordan Giricek today.

 

Not trying to argue with you, but Kobe averaged 38 pts against us in 4 games this season, well above his season average. There is simply no such thing as "Kobe stopper".

 

Kobe makes a living lighting up NBA teams..there is no one player that can stop him. But Cat did, one on one, for the most part ..on Jan 17.