With how much it changed from the regular season and how much he shaded or helped which left him out of position it had to be a scheme from JBB. Which clearly didn't work and hopefully he learned from that.What I hated the most about Jarrett this year was he seemingly lost his rim protecting abilities.
This playoffs shown me how true rim protecting bigs impact the game and JA is not in the same league.
The heat had a similar tactic of Bam shading over Bronson and it worked for them.With how much it changed from the regular season and how much he shaded or helped which left him out of position it had to be a scheme from JBB. Which clearly didn't work and hopefully he learned from that.
But you need 3 shooters in the team to make it work. Heck... both horford and davis can shoot from 3. Until mobley can do that and we find an SF that can, the offensive minus is greater than the defensive plus.I hope people are watching the adjustments Ham has made with the Lakers, or similarly how playing Robert Williams alongside Horford changed the series for Boston..
The importance of having a rim protector behind a primary big defender has been the key factor in placing Davis in a roam position and putting Williams in the lineup...
Having Allen and Mobley in the lineup defensively allows them to cover either big spot and have the other roam without sacrificing anything defensively or have poor matchups..
Understand the offensive adjustments needed moving forward but these series speak to the importance of having bigs like Allen and Mobley together..
I hope people are watching the adjustments Ham has made with the Lakers, or similarly how playing Robert Williams alongside Horford changed the series for Boston..
The importance of having a rim protector behind a primary big defender has been the key factor in placing Davis in a roam position and putting Williams in the lineup...
Having Allen and Mobley in the lineup defensively allows them to cover either big spot and have the other roam without sacrificing anything defensively or have poor matchups..
Understand the offensive adjustments needed moving forward but these series speak to the importance of having bigs like Allen and Mobley together..
Any team can put two tall, athletic defenders in the game if they have them on their roster.I hope people are watching the adjustments Ham has made with the Lakers, or similarly how playing Robert Williams alongside Horford changed the series for Boston..
The importance of having a rim protector behind a primary big defender has been the key factor in placing Davis in a roam position and putting Williams in the lineup...
Having Allen and Mobley in the lineup defensively allows them to cover either big spot and have the other roam without sacrificing anything defensively or have poor matchups..
Understand the offensive adjustments needed moving forward but these series speak to the importance of having bigs like Allen and Mobley together..
Because they had rebounding behind Bam. The problem wasn’t forcing misses with that defense, but rather Mitchell Robinson owning the glass.The heat had a similar tactic of Bam shading over Bronson and it worked for them.
Spacing is going to be the key to making the Mobley and Allen pairing work... It will at the very least require a legitimate spacer at the 3 and for Mobley to possibly show he can consistently knock down a mid-range shot...Any team can put two tall, athletic defenders in the game if they have them on their roster.
Where the Lakers lose nothing from that is they can play either LeBron or Rui at the 4 spot (smaller guy) and bait Jokic into the post to have AD shade over. They especially love this defensive look when the Nuggets insist on Jeff Green time..
It’s a fantastic look defensively and the best they can do against Joker. (Didn’t have to do this against the Warriors at all)
Problem when the Cavs implore this look they get absolutely nothing offensively (as opposed to what the Lakers get from Bron & Rui)
It clogs their offense, disables spacing, and ultimately cost them.
It was literally the New York Knicks that exposed this. Not any of these quality contenders, not even the Bucks— but the New York Knicks.
So what are you thinking? Trade Mobley for Tatum?I still look at these playoffs and find more evidence amongst the contenders that it's more important to have at least one big, at minimum, truly spacing the floor at all times then having two non-spacing bigs sharing the floor. And none of them, ever, have two non-spacing bigs sharing the floor for a majority of the game like we do.
The closest is the Lakers with Vanderbilt and Davis. But Davis is a far better shooter than either Mobley or Allen.
The rest of them? You can't find it. I'm not sure you can find them play any lineup outside of a random minute here and there where two non-spacers share the floor.
Has Bam and Zeller shared the court for any length time? Maybe a minute here and there....
Denver doesn't even play another big man. It's just Jokic (who can shoot) and then guys moonlighting as big men, like Jeff Green and Michael Porter Jr.
I say the Cavs give it till the deadline to see if Mobley has started to develop real signs of a jumper. Otherwise, you've got to make a move here imo.
You will not compensate for two total non-spacing bigs with a journeyman wing to space the floor. It's not enough in the modern NBA.
So what are you thinking? Trade Mobley for Tatum?
No I'd axe the Allen/Mobley pairing and bring in a floor spacing big man.
If you can do that w/o trading Jarrett Allen, amazing.
If you ahve to trade Jarrett Allen to do it? Fine.
The cavs are trying to zig while everyone else is zagging. Sacrifice spacing to have elite rim protection. Well, they were the number 1 rated defense in the regular season and then they got to the post-season and couldn't score 100 points against a middle of the road defensive team.
I'm of the opinion they will, eventually, have to sacrifice the number 1 rated defense to move in a direction that the rest of the league has went in. One of your bigs has to space the floor, at minimum.
And all the time. Not just 10 minutes a game. But all 48 minutes needs to be compromised of at least one floor spacing big man.
Mobley has more upside than Allen (by a lot), he's a more versatile defender than Allen, and for a couple more years, he's way cheaper than Allen.
he's the one you keep.