He's AT LEAST taller than 6'8" with a long wingspan and he's a great rebounder and a plus defender who can defend three positions. And he's younger than 25. Our roster needs this player badly.
We missed him by one ping pong ball but the Spurs love him...the other one is with the Thunder and Sabonis is with the Kings..Allen with the Cavs...hmmmm
Evan Mobley pf/c 22 years old 7'0" 2023 first team all-defense 16 pts pg 9 reb pg How to get him from Cleveland? Hire seal team 6.
Well, that's actually a perfect description of me, except for the height and wingspan and rebounding and defending and age. barfo
Pretty narrow definition - how many of these are in the NBA? Probably less than 5. I'd say every NBA team could use one of these guys.
Jordan wasn't close to 6'8" let alone taller. Most guys taller than 6'8" are centers, maybe some are tall PF's. But ones that can defend 3 positions? Just makes this criteria extremely narrow. Also seems very arbitrary. Blazers need to build up talent so they can eventually have 5 players on the court providing all the necessary aspect of offense and defense. Its very unlikely to have one player that provides all the frontcourt defensive skills needed. Its also not as valuable as having ~3 rotational players with a bit less individual skills but that can bring up the collective teams play to a much higher level.
Jarred Vanderbilt was the first name that came to mind. Jalen Johnson or Jaylin Williams would both fit that bill. Usman Garuba, maybe, though I doubt he can defend SF. Jericho Sims or Onyeka Okongwu, maybe. The-artist-formerly-known-as-Wesley-Matthews is correct; that is a very narrow criteria set.
Wow crazy he's that old already, feel like it was just a couple years ago he was getting drafted as a 19 year old. I guess not playing basketball for 2 years has a way of derailing your career.
He's probably our best bet, but are Brooklyn pretending he's an asset so they don't look bad for giving up Harden for him?
