Is he the first rookie of the class of 2021?
When Cunningham, The Leader Jaylen Green, are still struggling to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, Tanhua Lang Evan Mobley, but with a very fast pace to cash in on the talent, and unlike the No. 4 show Barnes, no. 8 show Wagner, and no. 13 show Duarte, Mobley's report card, with a higher gold content, look at his Cavaliers, as of now, this team that has ranked in the bottom 3 of the division for 3 consecutive years has become a strong team with a winning percentage of more than 55%.
Admittedly, Garland and Allen are recognized as the Cavaliers' internal and external cores, and the first place in many of the team's statistics is also occupied by them, such as scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, three-points, shooting rate, etc., combined with an average of 36.4 points per game, which is 1/3 of the team's total score.
When Garland is on the floor, the Cavaliers will score 8.4 points per 100 rounds; when Allen is on the floor, the Cavaliers will score 3.0 points per 100 rounds; and Mobley, when he's on the floor, the Cavaliers offensive end will score 5.9 points per 100 rounds, but don't worry...
Although mobley did not help the team much on the offensive end, he was no less important than Garland on the defensive end.
It should be noted that the reason why the Cavaliers have won so many games this season, the defense is a great achievement, their current defensive efficiency, high in the league, second only to the Warriors and the Suns, and last season, they only ranked 25th in the league, the reason why they improved so fast is because of The addition of Mobly.
Mobley has a height of 2.13 meters, an arm span of 2.25 meters, mobility among players of the same size, is the top presence, and in college, he has exercised a keen sense of defensive smell and judgment, averaging 0.8 steals and 1.9 blocks per game, after landing in the NBA, Mobly is almost seamless, directly transplanting data, in the past 28 games, he has delivered 24 steals, plus 51 blocks, averaging 0.85 and 1.82 per game.
Next, use a few sets of data to give everyone a more intuitive understanding of how good Mobley's defense really is.
Jammed shots: averaged 13 per game, second only to Gobert and Peltel in the league;
Interference with three-point shooting: averaged 4.0 per game, ranking 5th in the league;
Limit opponent shooting percentage: -4.6%, ranking 12th in the league among players with more than 200 total defensive rounds;
Among the players who average more than ten players in the defensive round per game, only Ayton and Gobert are more defensively effective than Mobley;
Within the 6-foot zone, Mobly was able to limit his opponent's shooting percentage to just 47.4 percent, down 15.4 percentage points, and of all players who average at least five rounds per game, only Alphabet Brother was better than him.
Looking at these numbers, who can believe that Mobley is a rookie who is only 20 years old, the NBA is only 159 days old, and his defense is exactly the league's top ten level, quasi-DPOY level.
When Mobley is on the floor, the Cavaliers defensive end only loses 101.9 points per 100 rounds, and conversely, it will lose 108.6 points, and the difference of 6.7 points is the highest in the whole team, for comparison, we look at Jarrett Allen, when he is on the floor, the Cavaliers defensive end will lose 103.4 points per 100 rounds, and vice versa, it will lose 107 points, the difference is 3.6 points, which shows how important Mobley's defense is to the Cavaliers.
Finally, talking about offense, although it does not help much, But Mobly is not a pure defensive player, in addition to the end of the basket, he can also shoot in the 10-16 foot area, the production of 21 goals, and the 40.4% shooting rate are not bad, the only weakness is that the body is slightly thin, the ability to resist needs to be improved, especially near the basket, under the opponent's close defense, Mobly is difficult to put the ball into the basket, accumulated 96 shots, shot 35 goals, shooting only 36.5%.
It is precisely because of this short board that it will lead to the overall offensive efficiency of Mobly is low, only shooting 54.6% of the true shooting rate, but don't be depressed, almost all the rookies who land in the NBA will go through this process, Mobley is only one of them, but defense, in the past few years, I have never seen which rookie, can have such dominance, there is defense as the lower limit, the future Mobley, iron is not bad.
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