vulture wrote:Badonkadonk wrote:vulture wrote:Anyone expecting Mobley to be a center is going to be surprised. He's basically a wing player forced to be a center because he's a 7 footer. He has less strength than siakam and siakam had trouble playing center this season.
What? He projects as a 5 on defense in almost every way. Watching even one scouting video should make this obvious. What makes him a unique defensive prospect is ability to cover the perimeter as well, but his man AND weakside rim protection is classic center stuff.
Even offense most of his value comes out of that position as well (especially his jump hook, which is impossible to guard), but he's got a nifty midrange game and has shown good form from behind the arc. Of course he brings the obvious center stuff too (i.e. lob threat, camping the dunker's spot on some sets).
He moves like a 3, but he'll play the role of a 5 on both ends.
this is literally the boucher conundrum. He doesn't have the strength to hold his position defensively or offensively. He gets moved by smaller players all the time and he can't set screens because he's always looking to slip due to lack of physicality.
His offense is outside in rather than inside out so I don't think he'll be able to play center until he adds strength.
This is literally NOT the Boucher conundrum. Boucher was a grown-ass man by the time he played his way into the rotation.
This has been posted several times before, but the closest analogy to Mobley is Anthony Davis, who had the exact same things written about his physical profile, and more importantly, about how his skillset would make that a moot point eventually.
The video just posted is just one place where the specific attributes get mapped.
And yeah, every prospect has their weaknesses - Cade is not athletic or explosive, Suggs needs to shoot better, Mobley needs to get bigger/stronger, Green needs to learn how to play D and read offenses. That doesn't mean you gloss over the very rare stuff that any of them bring to the table.
Boucher and Mobley are on completely different planets skill-wise.
