Mo has been a great spark plug off the bench, something we were sorely lacking last year. I hope Mo resigns with the Blazers. Mo and CJ could be a dynamic back court.
I love his attitude, experience and leadership. When we come out flat he gets us going. He can score in various ways and find others, makes mistakes - sometimes holds the ball for too long but gets much more heat than he deserves, he's the best backup PG we've had since Greg Anthony.
I like players who love being here. Shout out to Mo for showing Portland and the team a lot of love and shout out to Stotts for being a coach guys want to play for! I think Mo may stick here.
I love it when he just dribbles to the baseline to lose his defender, really disrupts the defense. Although he is terrible at running into screens when he's defending.
I like Mo and what he brings to the team off the bench. But he is 31 and relies on his speed and quickness to be effective. To re-sign him long term would be a mistake, IMO. Still got a long way to go this season. Best for both sides to play the season out and evaluate after that.
I would point out that we're -10 PP100P when Mo is in the game and we're +10 PP100P when Lillard is in the game so each Mo minute negates each Lillard minute, BUT this is a Mo Appreciation Thread. Mo gives us some very valuable minutes, but he also kills us some of the time. The good news is that he doesn't really need to "improve," he really just needs to suck much less often. I don't know if that's fixable or not honestly.
I like his aggressive shooting as well. It is hard to come off the bench and heat up quickly. He does a pretty good job at it. I also like how he pushes the ball up the floor. But once he does that he just needs to keep the passing simple. Limit the forced passes and the lazy cross court passes. I am hoping that CJ and he will mesh well together, but it may take a while.
