Evan Mobley’s ceiling is SKY HIGH! The Junkyard Pod – Cleveland Cavaliers, Cavs News
Mitchell has his head up Tak get that we out of Here let’s move in and talk about that core because Evan Moy is back after his knee injury and kind of looks better than he ever did before uh he’s had a really really strong return after that injury and I know Ben is a huge Evan Moy
Fan so I want to ask you how high are you on Evan Moy and where do you see his long-term ceiling um I am quite high on on Evan Mobley for sure and I agree that he’s been excellent in in the games that he’s looked back even like like a game like
The Kings game the other night where he didn’t like score as much he was obviously like an awesome passer in that game super impactful on defense and I think the the improved spacing the better role players is is going to be really helpful for him to to continue to
Find his stride um like his chemistry with Garland has always been good I think there’s going to be some stuff with stru but yeah I still believe in in Mo a lot like I think it’s easy to forget how young he is because of how like how long it feels like he’s been
Around and the fact that he’s been like one of the best defenders in the league since like the second he stepped in and there’s still so many like big areas that he can improve despite being a very good player like his scoring in like eight to 12 feet being a very notable
One like I don’t necessarily think he has to become a three-point shooter to be like viable as a a great offensive player but if he can like be knocking down those mid-ranges which I am kind of surprised that he’s as bad as he is at
That based on what he did in high school and college which is unfortunate obviously but it is what it is but just like having the guy who’s like legit seven-footer who handles like that who passes like that who drives and finishes like that um who works in transition
Like he does and turns defense into offense there’s it’s just so valuable and especially now that I think more than ever the Cavs have the pieces to unlock that they have they can play him in lineups with great spacing or with other great Defenders they have a bunch
Of good passers on the roster which they and like notably haven’t had in the past with Moy so I’m very I’m still very high on Moy like I think his ceiling is still pretty ridiculous I mean he’s he’s already shown that he can be like a top three vote getter for defensive player
Of the year right he’s already an elite elite elite top end Defender and then anything you add on to that is is just kind of gravy but yeah I’m I’m very happy he’s back and looking good um the low like the low pickup rip throughs that he’s pulled out in a couple of
These recent games absolutely sick like where did that come from but looks like he was working on that while he was gone which keep keep busting out new moves like let’s let’s see it let’s see it I agree let’s see how crazy this can get if he can start doing sham Gods like
Wemi I mean maybe people will finally start to see what what I’ve been seeing but uh I I agree with everything you said uh I’m glad you mentioned the three-point shooting because I was going to ask that uh a lot of people view Mo’s three-point shot is like The X Factor in
His development I kind of think it’s more of like a cherry on top really because I think especially if he can if he starts making those mid-range shots I’m not really concerned about three-point shot at all if he can do that uh he has been a little bit of a
Disappointment from that zone when you consider how good he was in the past and just his form looks good like when he lets go of those shots they feel good and they just aren’t really going in yet he is shooting 77% from the free throw line this year which is 10% higher than
Last year so something’s there something is starting to click for him a little bit in terms of that shot so hopefully he continues to expand on that and top three in defensive player of the year last year at 22 years old I believe it’s like yeah people take for granted how
Quickly he became one of the best defenders in the world like it really there wasn’t much of aition period three months older than he’s three months younger than me which is insane and I hate thinking about it but like yeah like the fact that he it’s easy to get
Like bored with players like him who are so good so quickly and then it’s like oh you know they’re they’re not developing when in reality Moy is was better like halfway through year one than a lot of rookies and young players are in year three like yeah exactly I mean that’s
That’s well said I think we take for granted his fluidity for a seven-footer because we see wanyama and chat now it’s like you’re not supposed to do a rip through move at that size like you’re not supposed to be that good moving off the triple uh Corey where are you at in
Mo’s development how what have you been seeing from him I’ve been pretty pumped with Mo’s development thus far I mean because you kind of think about like you you watch the Cavs without Moy looking at them defensively holding their own and you’re like my God imagine adding a
Runner up for defensive player of the year to this lineup what could even happen it’s then it’s like if the Cavs defense stayed the way it was with everyone kind of playing a team sense of basketball allowing Isaac to kind of operate more freely in sets imagine having two potential all NBA Defenders
On the floor at the same time then you see Moy just kind of doing it freelance thing moving around causing disruption in the center and then creating a transition off of it I mean how many players in the league can you see rip through the ball and then just take it
Up the court and just decide you know what this is a oneman fast break let’s just clear a lane and just do it in three dribbles or less I mean there maybe you would say that’s like a Giannis esque skill and the fact that Moy is even showing those flashes is
Just it’s like jawdropping at times you kind of just like Ben said you because the expectations were so high coming out you kind of like because he matched those expectations it’s not as exciting as being surprised that someone is like rising to that level so early and now
That we’re seeing it on a much more complete defensive team because yes the defense was good last year according to most metrics but it just the defense feels like more suffocating this year than it has in past years it feels like teams are constantly struggling quarter to quarter see them alterating their
Schemes just trying to crack some part of this defense and thus far as we saw even just yesterday with Sacramento like the kings were struggling through three quarters and then it was kind of like we’re going to throw everything at you in the fourth quarter if it just doesn’t
Work I guess packing our bags early and going home they held them to 18 points in that fourth quarter it was just suffocating defense crazy and uh yeah they turn it on in ways that few teams can right yeah I mean when you have Moy who’s just basically a cheat code help
Defender like even if the rest of your team stinks defensively that guy’s gonna raise your ceiling and then I mean with the way the Cav has been playing as a unit if you if you if you’re Donovan Mitchell and you’re putting in effort and you have Moy and Allen on your
Backside like that’s a Prett pretty damn good Defense
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