Lots of people jumping to conclusions on a dude who is still very young and developing his game and body. While I’m not all in on JA he is still needed as opposed to not being available at all – mainly because it allows Mobley to flourish. He’s still fine defensively but he and the team are even more impactful when he’s able to rotate on the defensive end as a four and impact a number of opposing positions.
On the offensive end he’s simply not big enough yet to be impactful inside as a C. Much prefer him getting his looks with the threat of JA there – opens him up to more mismatches and better looks.
There’s also the fact our coach doesn’t really scheme for him much at all but don’t get me started on JB. Even listen to what he says about it in the postgame presser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBligzh3_qk&ab_channel=ClevelandCavaliers – the dude seems clueless and clearly isn’t urging him to be more aggressive. Seems out of his depth as per.
End of the day stop talking shit about the dude, he’s played most games so far this season without a point guard and without his frontcourt buddy, and he’s shown us more than enough during his EARLY career for us to know he has major potential.
by Pigeon9
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I’ve never understood the insistence Mob should be a center. It can work in certain matchups but youre crazy to think his build could ever really be full time against strong nba centers.
He is going to need to start making some mid range shots if he’s going to be a 4
You solved it! Playing two rim runners and lob threats in 2023 is the way to go, that’s why we kicked NY ass in the series. And now we’re much much better with Strus instead of Levert in the starting lineup, it’ll be night and day!
If this is the case then why havnt the cavs got a valuable backup center to slide in for Allen who is always sick or hurt?
He needs to stretch the floor if he’s a 4
The criticism is fair and trying to silence any opinion that’s different than yours is not smart. If he wants to play PF then he needs to be able to shoot in the modern NBA.