Tacoma wrote:Thaddy wrote:tsherkin wrote:
Nothing supports this.
What is ''nothing''? He's better on defense than most of those guys, has better tools than most, and he's shown improvement in his skills year over year.
He's better than Cade, Banchero, and Sengun as a man and help defender.
He's got a better bag than Mobley.
Franz has a case for being better on offense but defensively they could be equal. The only thing is that playing next to a true first option in Banchero gives him an advantage and he is working with adequate spacing.
What's in that bag? Here's a direct Barnes vs. Mobley running stats comparison: https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/compare/evan-mobley-scottie-barnes.php and it shows Mobley leading in most categories, plus Mobley has more in the bag on defence.
What's interesting is Mobley (like Barnes) isn't noted for shooting but he's shooting 42% from 3PT so far. Barnes attempts more 3PT shots (155 vs. 107) but Mobley has surprisingly made more of them (45 vs. 43).
In terms of ceiling, Cade, Franz and Mobley are all on an upward trajectory with chance to be an all star this year. On the other hand, Barnes' trajectory seems to have flatten and so it's difficult right now to see Barnes with the higher ceiling.
You should look up the terminology. Mobley plays his natural position next to 3 all stars. If Mobley was the first option on a bad team he would likely suck pretty bad because he has no bag.
