Mobley is awesome. I wish they ran more stuff through him. That will come I guess. Good stuff happens when it's in his hands.
Really thought without him the ball didn't move enough and it looks great with him
They actually did run an awful lot through him vs Orlando, which is wild with it being his first game action in 2 weeks. The trust he already has with the team is awesome to see. Clearly there was a point of emphasis to feed him the rock when possessions slowed, cause he got the ball an awful lot on the low and high posts when they pushed and got shut down so they had to go into their normal offense.
Problem was he either got bodied up or made a post move into a double team or traffic, why his shooting numbers at one point were a little ugly.
But in just 15 games he already has created offensive gravity. Noticed that more this past game than the previous ones, he had a lot of off ball defender eyes on him. He had 4 assists, but he probably could have had 8 by my count. He is incredibly smart and gifted as a passer for his age and size. Drop off bounce passes to cutters on the move to the basket between 2 defenders, skip passes from the low post to the opposite corner for wide open looks at 3...those aren't things a 20 year old rookie 7 footer should be doing at this point in the NBA.
Think a big thing the Cavs will have to figure out moving forward, as I fully expect the future offense to revolve around Garland/Mobley high pick and rolls getting them into their sets, is getting their spacing right. They create good spacing for good looks at 3 consistently with their sets, but they do that by collapsing defenses into the paint. With a guy like Mobley who, when he is the focal point of the offense, will run sets from the low to high post they will need to clear the paint out for him so he doesn't make a post move into someone elses man because the set is too tight. Happened a lot vs Orlando.
That comes with getting more respected shooters at the wing spot to pull guys out of the paint and Mobley continuing to show his willingness to kick out to them when they are left (which will 100% never go away).