![]() In the league, the player whose game is most similar to Mobley’s is the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo. Flashes of brilliance from Mobley are a sign of things to come for the Cavaliers’ budding star big man. Anyone that finds their name next to these legends is doing something right, especially so young, because being a good defender is about intelligence, technique and effort. By definition, as an NBA minnow, he was the creme de la creme on the side that wins championships. His big man company in this stat is Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manute Bol, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Embiid. On defense, Mobley is one of 22 players since 1969 to make an All-Defensive team in his first two seasons. He still logged more on his scorecard over his initial two years than past and present ballers such as Anthony Davis (2,261), Amar’e Stoudemire (2,239), Chris Bosh (2,222), Joel Embiid (2,072) and Nikola Jokić (2,017). That number may not seem high at first, but the NBA has been around for a long time. In his first two seasons, he is 57th all-time for points scored by a power forward or center in the first two years of a career. For his career, he has spent 34% of it at center and as high as 44% in 2022-2023 at that spot. ![]() Mobley got in where he fit in because he is a switchblade that can man the four and five spot. The squad had expectations for the first time since LeBron James led it to four straight NBA Finals (2015-2018).Īccommodating a scorer like Mitchell requires everyone on the team to sacrifice touches and forces management to abandon the original timeline for group success. ![]() Some things are trackable, but his role shifted when the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired the gunslinging Donovan Mitchell. ![]() From his rookie year to sophomore season, the improvements of Evan Mobley are not identifiable by only looking at the stat sheet.
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