Evan Mobley must maintain his aggressiveness on offense

“He has no choice.” Donovan Mitchell doesn’t hesitate to comment on the offensive lineEvan Mobley. With Darius Garland currently in the infirmary, the Cavaliers need the interior to be more of a presence on offense, to compensate and also relieve their All-Star teammate.

“He’s got to go out there and find a way to match up. You’ve got to make him go into space. It’s easy, when it’s Garland or De’Andre Hunter or me, to take a step back. No, you’ve got to go”, claims former jazz.

Against kingsEvan Mobley had a very good game not only offensively, with his 29 points, but also in other areas of the game: 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks.

“It was Shaquille O’Neal in this game”Kenny Atkinson gets carried away. “Seriously, the way he goes to the rim over and over again and dominates defensively, that’s one of the most dominant performances I’ve seen from him. And we needed him. That might be his best performance since I’ve been here on the bench.”

“The curse of being versatile”

The bad side with defender 2025it is his regularity in this area. Some nights, like against Sacramento, he’s great; the other is more discreet. How to explain it? And how do we finally transform it into a more regular weapon?

“He’s versatile. He doesn’t have a move like Yao Ming with his hook or DeMar DeRozan with his spin move. He’s not like that, he’s complete and he plays in the rhythm of the matchup.”analyzes his coach. “But it’s almost a curse to be versatile. There are players who are good in the low post or threes, that’s their thing. Evan is good everywhere so he doesn’t have his own.”

Additionally, he has to do his job defensively, a reputation to uphold since his DPOI trophy win last season. Being in the oven and the grinder is not always easy.

“It’s not easy to be strong on both ends of the court, but my superpower is being able to fight for shots on one side and then run and be a threat on the other.”says Evan Mobley. “I have to continue to work offensively, I can become a high-level two-way player here.”

That’s all Donovan Mitchell is looking for. “I don’t care about counterattacks and defense”throws back straight. “In this match he had the will. He wanted to attack and that’s what we like to see from him. Very often he just needs to be aggressive and he was aggressive for 48 minutes in this game. We want to see that and we won’t necessarily look for him continuously, but he has to want to get into the racket, towards the circle. If we take those two, I conclude in the whole circle. the most interesting thing »

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How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.