Chris Fedor commented that Mobley was "soft" on his shooting, taking off-balance shots. It did seem to me like he was putting up little jump hooks rather than powering up the shot and drawing a foul. He was playing a finesse game and missing everything. His jump hook from 3 feet out has been inaccurate all year - he seems to hurry it and the arc is too flat.
Next game I'd like to see him ditch the finesse game and power the ball to the rim. I know that's not easy against Robinson and Hartenstein, but these jump hooks off pump fakes are out of rhythm and ineffective.
All season those hooks and jumpers have been driving me nuts, imagining precisely what we saw last night. He should try to power to the hoop more, but also maybe he needs to learn a reliable shot that isn’t a dunk or a layup. He’s tall and long enough to stick short hook shots or turnarounds consistently if he had any finesse or touch around the basket but sometimes he looks like a giraffe out there. Just not that coordinated. I thought he was getting a handle on it late in the season but maybe not.
In the regular season he shot 82% inside of 3 feet, but then just 37% for all shots outside of 3 feet. Shooting like that limits him to being more of an opportunistic scorer than a reliable hub of the offense.
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