he needs to tame his schtick, though- saying he "did not know where his next meal would come from when he was drafted" is a bit much
Mobley's style of playing is more like AD, not Giannis. If I remember correctly, Giannis was a point guard before he entered the league. So his ball-handling was legit.
Just dropping in to say Mobley is the pick and I’m going to get a Mobley Cavs jersey if Tillman botches this. Last nights game showed just that...electric guards like Booker are great obviously, but to win it all you still have to have elite big man play. It may have morphed into more of a guards league, but I think that makes big men that much more important. Mobley is built for, and is ideal for, the next decade plus of professional basketball.
All things being equal, always choose: The 2 Way Player The Most Unique Player The Positionless Player The Player that makes ENTIRE TEAM BETTER The player that embodies WINNING over anything else, especially individual stats.
Here’s a side-by-side image of how Mobley looks next to Davis during his college days. Davis also faced criticism for being too skinny when he was at Kentucky.
Ball handling AND passing are legit. https://www.sbnation.com/college-ba...aft-comparison-bio-highlights-scouting-report Mobley is a tremendous passer for a center Mobley put up an impressive 14.1 percent assist rate as a center — which is better than many of the other big men who were drafted in the top-3 coming out of college like Joel Embiid (11.5 percent), Karl-Anthony Towns (11.6 percent), and Davis (7.5 percent). Passing has become an essential skill for big men in today’s NBA. When defenses blitz a ball handler off a screen, the easy play is to pitch the ball to the big man and let him initiate a four-on-three break. Mobley has been excellent in similar situations in college, showing a rare ability to immediately spot the open man and deliver him the ball in a hurry.
I just watched Mobley playing in a College Game against UCLA. Not impressed, looks like he is about another year out of the NBA, Possibly he might be great next year. Mobley is a a very smooth performer but didn't show that he knows how to play the traditional Center, I don:t see him being the next Hakeem for instance. Where as Green after a few years in the NBA could show the sign of another Jordan, Y
Your argument seems counter-intuitive. On one hand, you're saying Mobley is a year out from being NBA-ready and on the other, you're saying Green is a few years from being a superstar player like Jordan. Aren't you basically saying both players with the right development, are a few years from achieving star-level play?
