Evan Mobley: 2023 All Defensive 1st Team

[InBoobieWeTrust]

DAAAAAAAMN!

Look at that handle. Much improved.

Could Mobley play SF for spotter minutes? It would not surprise me if JBB tried. Lamar Stevens started at SG last year.

Mobley SF/PF/C hybrid? A true unicorn? Spooky.

Fuck that. I want him at the 4. Going by slower guys and going through/over smaller guys.

A couple things I loved watching him work on-

-Sealing off his defender with his length when driving into the pain
-Keeping the ball high and tight on the block. Definitely wants to see less issues with dudes slapping the ball away from him when he’s working toward the basket
-conversely, when working from the perimeter he’s keeping his dribble lower and his arms/hands down.
-Quicker release on his jumper. Still has a long way to go but it clearly is a point of emphasis for him. Just a quicker more fluid shooting motion. He’s already got good inherent shooting touch


This is a kid who clearly watches film and listens to his coaches and knows where some of his biggest improvements can come from.

He’s been in runs basically dominating like this with superstars from around the league basically all offseason.

The strength and conditioning portion is a long game thing. It will take a couple years of consistent work as well as him just naturally filling out more as he gets older and closer toward his full physical prime. Still about 4/5 years away from that.

I think he will score at least 17-18 a game minimum this year. I wouldn’t be shocked at 20+ I think his efficiency will go up. He will be better from everywhere on the court and more consistent from the FT line and I think he will get to the FT line more. When that dude starts taking guys off the dribble from outside the arc what else are they gonna do besides foul his ass?

I wanna see him ratchet things up a little in terms of rebounding. I wanna see even more offensive glass dominance and I wanna see him clean up the defensive glass like Barkley cleans up a chicken wing bone.

Defensively I already can tell he will be building on his elite and nearly unprecedented rookie campaign. He will be a legitimate all defensive candidate and should have made the 2nd team last year but he got penalized for being a rookie and for our team limping to the finish line. If we would have started out bad and ended strong but with the same record I bet Mobley wins ROY and makes all defense but I digress.

All signs point to our young phenom hopefully coming out and playing like a star.

 

[pinoycavsfan]

 

[red.]

MOBLEY’S COMING!

That offensive bag is growing. I love to see it. Step back jumper, turnaround baseline jumper, knocking down 3s.

 

[MD13]

Speeding up the jumper is a multi-year project, but there's already so much improvement.

 

[Jscc]

Another man has never given me a boner until now. And I don't care how that sounds.

 

[Alec]

As a long time Mobosexual, welcome.

 

[Lee]

Speeding up the jumper is a multi-year project, but there's already so much improvement.

What we see in the video we wont see on a NBA court, so different. But with the work he is puting in, that video will completely translate to the court in 2 or 3 seasons. This kid is just going to be a monster.

I am curious to see how strong he can get, if he puts on muscle, with his athletic ability and length, I just cant wait.

 

[Lee]

Was watching NBA Today and they had the best 5 under 25. No Cav made it, but they did give props to Garland and Mobley. Malika Andrews said that Evan Mobley is gunning for that list, and Perk chimed in and said Even Mobley has the potential to be the best big man in the league in the next 2 or 3 years and that inludes Jokic.

Went on to say the things he can do on defense are special and just gave the Cavs in general some love. Nice to see.

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

Was watching NBA Today and they had the best 5 under 25. No Cav made it, but they did give props to Garland and Mobley. Malika Andrews said that Evan Mobley is gunning for that list, and Perk chimed in and said Even Mobley has the potential to be the best big man in the league in the next 2 or 3 years and that inludes Jokic.

Went on to say the things he can do on defense are special and just gave the Cavs in general some love. Nice to see.

But still not included that’s crazy. Garland should be on that list

 

[Lee]

But still not included that’s crazy. Garland should be on that list

Maybe Garland is right there, but this was the top 5. IMO< Mobley is the better player overall right now than Garland, and i loooove Garland.

Doncic
Ja
Tatum
Trae
Anthony Edwards

Hard to argue, maybe edwards, But Zion, LeMelo, Ayton.

 

[Lyuokdea]

Maybe Garland is right there, but this was the top 5. IMO< Mobley is the better player overall right now than Garland, and i loooove Garland.

Doncic
Ja
Tatum
Trae
Anthony Edwards

Hard to argue, maybe edwards, But Zion, LeMelo, Ayton.

The thing is that Garland/Mobley are 22 and 21 --- not even close to 24 yet.

They will be headlining this list in 2024.

 

[Boom Outta Here]

 

[Lee]

Holy fucking shit, he almost hit his head on the rim.

The kid is special.

 

[J_J]

Fuck that. I want him at the 4. Going by slower guys and going through/over smaller guys.

A couple things I loved watching him work on-

-Sealing off his defender with his length when driving into the pain
-Keeping the ball high and tight on the block. Definitely wants to see less issues with dudes slapping the ball away from him when he’s working toward the basket
-conversely, when working from the perimeter he’s keeping his dribble lower and his arms/hands down.
-Quicker release on his jumper. Still has a long way to go but it clearly is a point of emphasis for him. Just a quicker more fluid shooting motion. He’s already got good inherent shooting touch


This is a kid who clearly watches film and listens to his coaches and knows where some of his biggest improvements can come from.

He’s been in runs basically dominating like this with superstars from around the league basically all offseason.

The strength and conditioning portion is a long game thing. It will take a couple years of consistent work as well as him just naturally filling out more as he gets older and closer toward his full physical prime. Still about 4/5 years away from that.

I think he will score at least 17-18 a game minimum this year. I wouldn’t be shocked at 20+ I think his efficiency will go up. He will be better from everywhere on the court and more consistent from the FT line and I think he will get to the FT line more. When that dude starts taking guys off the dribble from outside the arc what else are they gonna do besides foul his ass?

I wanna see him ratchet things up a little in terms of rebounding. I wanna see even more offensive glass dominance and I wanna see him clean up the defensive glass like Barkley cleans up a chicken wing bone.

Defensively I already can tell he will be building on his elite and nearly unprecedented rookie campaign. He will be a legitimate all defensive candidate and should have made the 2nd team last year but he got penalized for being a rookie and for our team limping to the finish line. If we would have started out bad and ended strong but with the same record I bet Mobley wins ROY and makes all defense but I digress.

All signs point to our young phenom hopefully coming out and playing like a star.

Sounds like we should be a top 5 in the East with Mobley’s improvement

 

[J_J]