He’s not slumping. Mobley has a better overall field goal percentage this season than last season. This year, he’s shooting over 56.0% (56.5% to be exact). Last season, his overall field goal percentage was 50.8%. He’s rebounding the better this season than during his rookie season. He’s a fine player and one who has the potential to be a two-way star for years to come. He does have two All-Star guards (Mitchell and Garland) who has the ball in their hands a lot. So he doesn’t have as many opportunities to score than a few other young players who are the first or second options on their teams. But even if he doesn’t put up about 18-20 points per game that a lot of us like to see, Mobley impacts the game in multiple ways that doesn’t include scoring. Pretty good defensively, can guard on the perimeter. Yeah, a big who can do that. He’s pretty mobile. And don’t forget Mobley is a terrific passer with the basketball. He can find his teammates while they’re cutting towards the basketball. He just knows how to play winning basketball. Mobley being able to move well for a guy his size and being a terrific passer with the basketball no doubt makes him one of the great draft prospects in NBA history that were unique along with other guys like D-Rose and John Wall. I love this kid’s game. He’s not there yet on offense but he is just 21 years old. Tons of time left to add weight to his body. Not too long from now, when I see Mobley post up opposing defenders, I will look back and laugh when I think about the days that he was just this very talented kid who needed to add weight to his skinny fame. It won’t be long from now. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to see Mobley be aggressive on offense, like he has been in his last six games. Mobley being aggressive and mad on offense is a thing of beauty. Show that swag, kid. SWAG. 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😎😎😎🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄✍️✍️📖📖📖📖
Illustrious_Kale_692
Nice breakdown. Anyone who thinks Mobley is slumping this year is box score watching. He is a better player in almost every facet of the game this year (outside of 3 point shooting, but that is a long term project).
The perception of a slump comes from 2 things. First, Mobley’s growth is all-around. He is incrementally better at almost everything, but not significantly better at any one given ability so it does not pop off the screen. This is a good thing, because it shows good sustainable improvement. Second, he is playing within his role on a winning team. I have zero doubt in my mind that if he were on a bottom dweller he could easily be putting up 20 ppg.
NeonxGone
Every serious NBA person (scouts, analysts, former executives) loves Mobley. It’s painfully obvious he has a very unique gift and is just scratching the surface.
Also I think fans need to learn more about 3 point variance in the NBA. Teams shoot in the 35-36 percent range. Good defenses can bring that number down a bit and bad defenses will bring it up a bit. But when a team starts shooting over 40% from three or under 32% from three, its variance every time. Undoubtedly it reverts to the mean, and it turns out that team wasn’t that good (or bad).
JohnySilkBoots
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illogicalhawk
The fact is, having such a talented starting lineup will always depress box scores. If Garland has a great night then Mitchell might not get as many shots. If the two of them go off then there’s less for Allen and Mobley. There’s just one ball. And part of that is a shame, because having the ball in your hands more often and having more opportunities generally correlates with faster growth.
But Mobley has the advantage that he’s good at *so* many things even beyond just having the ball in his hand. Allen’s numbers tend to pop in the boxscore more on defense, but watching Mobley on that end is unreal; opposing players change their path and alter their shot angle just due to his presence, and it ends up causing a lot of misses and turnovers that won’t get directly credited to Mobley in the boxscore but were absolutely caused by his play and presence.
Alternative_Way_313
I think it goes under the radar that he’s shooting much higher% from the field. Evan Mobley would start on over half of nba teams right now as a second year player. That’s impressive.
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He’s not slumping. Mobley has a better overall field goal percentage this season than last season. This year, he’s shooting over 56.0% (56.5% to be exact). Last season, his overall field goal percentage was 50.8%. He’s rebounding the better this season than during his rookie season. He’s a fine player and one who has the potential to be a two-way star for years to come. He does have two All-Star guards (Mitchell and Garland) who has the ball in their hands a lot. So he doesn’t have as many opportunities to score than a few other young players who are the first or second options on their teams. But even if he doesn’t put up about 18-20 points per game that a lot of us like to see, Mobley impacts the game in multiple ways that doesn’t include scoring. Pretty good defensively, can guard on the perimeter. Yeah, a big who can do that. He’s pretty mobile. And don’t forget Mobley is a terrific passer with the basketball. He can find his teammates while they’re cutting towards the basketball. He just knows how to play winning basketball. Mobley being able to move well for a guy his size and being a terrific passer with the basketball no doubt makes him one of the great draft prospects in NBA history that were unique along with other guys like D-Rose and John Wall. I love this kid’s game. He’s not there yet on offense but he is just 21 years old. Tons of time left to add weight to his body. Not too long from now, when I see Mobley post up opposing defenders, I will look back and laugh when I think about the days that he was just this very talented kid who needed to add weight to his skinny fame. It won’t be long from now. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to see Mobley be aggressive on offense, like he has been in his last six games. Mobley being aggressive and mad on offense is a thing of beauty. Show that swag, kid. SWAG. 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😎😎😎🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄✍️✍️📖📖📖📖
Nice breakdown. Anyone who thinks Mobley is slumping this year is box score watching. He is a better player in almost every facet of the game this year (outside of 3 point shooting, but that is a long term project).
The perception of a slump comes from 2 things. First, Mobley’s growth is all-around. He is incrementally better at almost everything, but not significantly better at any one given ability so it does not pop off the screen. This is a good thing, because it shows good sustainable improvement. Second, he is playing within his role on a winning team. I have zero doubt in my mind that if he were on a bottom dweller he could easily be putting up 20 ppg.
Every serious NBA person (scouts, analysts, former executives) loves Mobley. It’s painfully obvious he has a very unique gift and is just scratching the surface.
Also I think fans need to learn more about 3 point variance in the NBA. Teams shoot in the 35-36 percent range. Good defenses can bring that number down a bit and bad defenses will bring it up a bit. But when a team starts shooting over 40% from three or under 32% from three, its variance every time. Undoubtedly it reverts to the mean, and it turns out that team wasn’t that good (or bad).
Thinking Basketball makes god-tier content.
The fact is, having such a talented starting lineup will always depress box scores. If Garland has a great night then Mitchell might not get as many shots. If the two of them go off then there’s less for Allen and Mobley. There’s just one ball. And part of that is a shame, because having the ball in your hands more often and having more opportunities generally correlates with faster growth.
But Mobley has the advantage that he’s good at *so* many things even beyond just having the ball in his hand. Allen’s numbers tend to pop in the boxscore more on defense, but watching Mobley on that end is unreal; opposing players change their path and alter their shot angle just due to his presence, and it ends up causing a lot of misses and turnovers that won’t get directly credited to Mobley in the boxscore but were absolutely caused by his play and presence.
I think it goes under the radar that he’s shooting much higher% from the field. Evan Mobley would start on over half of nba teams right now as a second year player. That’s impressive.