[Highlight] Sengun isos on Mobley and gets him airborne on the fake for the lay
Mobley is great against lanky bigs but sengun has chungus strength
Sengun too savvy
Serious q: why was Mobley guarding him so tight so far out? I don’t believe Sengun is that much of a threat from outside
for some reason people try to really hard to get a steal from him cuz they’re confused why a center is dribbling so far out. it usually catches them off guard that he has a handle
Part of the reason is that Alpi is shooting 45% from 3 (3.2 3PA)
45??? holy shit
He really is just jokic but a generation back, there is no reason these guys should be that efficient at that volume 😭
He needs to get his 2P% up but their year 5 to year 5 stats are pretty synced up lol
It happens to him quite a bit- defenders don’t expect his handle to be as tight as it is for someone his size + build, and they try pressure him into a turnover.
He’s shooting lights out this season. Who knows if he can continue shooting like this, but so far he has been a sniper.
Defenders like to get on guys so they can hand check and harass the dribble, especially if they think they have a weak dribble. There’s enough time that you should probably expect to have help if you get blown by.
It also has to feel really bad if a guy kind of dribbles into a three or has a full head of steam coming at you while you’re flat footed too.
Nahhh… He a threat. A weird threat Mobley doesn’t have to guard every night. Sengun can run that offense from out there too and you can’t double him cause KD out there. Might be the only time you want your big up that high and tight. Because over the summer this dude really started shooting like Dirk.
In other words. Rox gon score. Gotta gamble some kind of way.
Mobley is only good at switching onto shitty guards and giving the appearance that he’s some 1-5 monster. He tricks yall man
Sid the sloth vs the slendermans short cousin
sid the sloth
where did Cam Payne come into this discussion?
You mean Ms. Me Bounds
Why are you bringing Draymond into this?
got them chungus calves fo sho. Makes Durant looks like a balleria during the timeouts
Bro his chest looks like an inflated balloon under his jersey. He’s freaky strong.
Mobley can take bears but not twunks
Got that WNBA build
My closer, walked the DPOY down on back-to-back isos.
A closer. That’s what, in my opinion, is a true superstar. A guy that you can just give the ball to in the last 5 minutes, and he will find a way to put that ball in the basket, over and over and over again. In the clutch time, when the team needs it most.
Imagine trading a guy who can do that!
Like that turnaround hook the other night with two seconds left.
Yea and in return not even asking a cold white boy that is him in Lakers uniform
Starting to look like a more fraudulent DPOY than even JJJ
Woah woah, this is Marcus Smart erasure
Marcus Smart is the best defensive guard of his era
I think Allen was splitting a lot of the defensive responsibility and Mobley was getting all the hype.
Yeah okay 👍
If you don’t actually watch Cavs games, then sure, his DPOY may seem fraudulent. But maybe don’t make embarrassing comments like this if you don’t. Just a thought.
You can watch the Cavs and still admit he only won DPOY because Wemby got hurt
And Dyson Daniels was robbed.
Amen Thompson was robbed
told my brother when i saw the first game and saw KD defer his last minute shots to him that that boy is very special. i didnt get to watch much of him last season, but what i did was neat. very much.
That’s my 6’11” PG
Cade and Şengün in their own tier for that draft class. Respectfully.
This is less about Mobley and more about Alpi just ascending to that next level
Mobley also really isn’t that good
2021 really was an awesome draft class
MVP potential: Cade Cunningham, Alperen Sengün
All NBA potential: Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson, Franz Wagner, Evan Mobley
All star potential: Josh Giddy, Austin Reaves
6th man/Most improved/Above average scorer: Jalen Green, Quentin Grimes, Trey Murphy
Solid role player: Herb Jones, Jonathan Kuminga, Deuce McBride, Aaron Wiggings, Sam Hauser, Jalen Suggs, Ayo Dosunmu, Santi Aldama, Davion Mitchell, Corey Kispert, José Alvarado
AR has been a surprise seeing here. I’ve watched more Lakers games this year and dude is a baller. I always thought he’s way older as well.
Franz is right there too imo. For some reason I’ve been watching the Magic a lot and he’s a mother fucker
I think Franz is closer to the Scottie/Mobley tier than the Cade/Sengun tier tbh
i do think he’s clearly shown enough talent to get to the latter tier, it’s just a question of exorcising whatever curse is going on with the Magic being completely incapable of having lineup continuity cause of injuries lol
Do you think he can be better than Paolo?
Jalen Johnson belongs with Scottie/Mobley who I personally think are right there with Cade while Sengun is out in front. Giddey is moving up and in that Franz tier, but below the Scottie/Mobley/Johnson tier
God the 2021 class was already hyped up back then but I feel like it’s still exceeding expectations
Didn’t realize there were that man good ones from this class. Giddey and Jalen Johnson ascending this season too. Even Trey Murphy and Quentin Grimes
Facts & even in the 2nd round you have solid ass role players like Herb Jones, Ayo Dosunmu & Aaron Wiggins.
Incredibly deep draft class. I don’t put that much stock into what analysts say regarding the draft bc it never really goes how they say it will, but man they fucking nailed their evaluation of that class.
really no need to talk like this lol
Pretty standard trash talk
Mobley is in a class of his own defensively then. Respectfully.
did we watch the same game?? dude was barbecue chicken all night.
I’m not talking about tonight I’m talking about for their entire career - Houston’s lineup is big as fuck of course lanky Evan is gonna have problems against it
all i’m saying is every time i watch a cavs game mobley is getting fried by a wing. i would put sengun in nearly the same defensive tier as him if not the same
taking a good thing too far, let’s pump the brakes a little
Jesus this is a bad take
Crazy how the people whose job it is to watch the games and vote on DPOY all disagree with you. I’m sure they just missed the games you watched tho 👍
I don’t think Sengun is as good defensively as Mobley, but the “they get paid to talk about it” argument is out the window as long as Stephen A. Smith has a job.
For sure, Houston fan yeetlol1215 on Reddit knows more than the aggregate opinion of the 100 media members selected to vote on DPOY. God yall are absolute ROCKS on here.
Mobley is DPOY, he’s in a class of his own already lol
The truth hurts sometimes
It wouldn’t hurt even if it was true because I love Evan Mobley and wouldn’t trade him for either of those guys
There really aren’t many players that are better to watch than Sengun imo. He just does a bit of everything and isn’t afraid to try some wild shit
I just wish he wouldn’t bitch as much. That shit is tiring
On the one hand I understand, the complaining definitely gets tiresome
On the other hand he would probably complain less if not for the fact that he had an absolutely miserable whistle for his first 3 years and still regularly gets hacked with no calls, so maybe the refs should just do their god damn jobs
I’m gonna be the Rockets fan here who agrees with you. He’s incredible and I love him, but I genuinely wish he’d whine for calls less. I don’t even care about players flopping the same way other people do, but it drives me insane every time I see him cry to the official after the smallest amount of contact, over and over and over again. Just play.
Facts
Mobley was food all game lmao
That one was so mean, but damn it was good
Dawg this guys post moves are fuckign disgusting lmfao.
He makes me miss Donatas Motiejūnas. He was nowhere near as good overall but he was usually good for a few post highlights.
Captain Hook was the fucking man
Good old D-Mo
DMo for three-mo 🚀
Honestly DMO was my favorite player from that era of Rockets
I was a big Chandler Parsons guy. That putback dunk off the missed free throw made like four guys in my shop explode. Plus his flat ass three to tie it vs the Lakers.
Not the flat ass laser three lol. I watch it once a year
Adding here I love DMO, over the years in interviews and podcasts overseas he’s claimed the Rockets medical staff fucked him up bad, talks about them having him do exercises and shit not even related to his problems and that he knew it was amateur hour. Sad that many of our hometown teams medical staffs have this problem when the city is renown worldwide for health. 🖤DMo
https://youtu.be/4L37je8JKLo?si=-D6G8wWmet5aIrVo
Hey, funny to see this name. D-Mo joined my team this year in Euroleague, Crvena Zvezda. We started 0-2 in Euroleague, swapped the coach and brought him because our first center got injured (generally having a tough time with injuries).
He was an immense help for us to turn the season around and right now we are 8-3 and 2nd in the standings. It’s not the same D-Mo as he was in the NBA, of course, he’s gotten older and is often struggling with the pace of the games. But basketball class just radiates out of him.
Thank you OKC
Spurs actually. Just passed on him for fucking Josh Primo lmao.
And the Kings. Could’ve had Haliburton and Sengun. Instead they draft a third PG in Davion Mitchell when they already have Fox and Hali, and now all three of those guys are thriving as starters on other teams
Unfortunately Kings..
Wanted the Raps to take him so badly at #4, went down the Sengun rabbit hole predraft as the Raps were tanking that year in Tampa watching Turkish league full games (FF when he wasn’t in the game). Compared him to Curry as in a guy who had insane skill and bbiq at a young age and that was super undervalued relative to run and jump athleticism which is way overvalued. Also, coordination is athleticism, but isn’t valued much. Once they took Barnes I was just happy they didn’t take Suggs as I thought Suggs would be a solid player, but not game changer and Barnes at least had potential…but then Sengun fell to #10 and I was praying the Raps would see what I did and would trade a bunch of stuff to move back in to the lottery and take Sengun. Messaging my friends with every pick like they have to trade up now, you can get a superstar #1 overall pick for relatively nothing.
No kidding. Didn’t that trade eventually net them Ousmane Dieng?
Reminder to all nba scouts: when a 18 year old becomes MVP of a men‘s league (and A top 5 league worldwide), just draft him
Alpi leveled up in when he played for his national team Turkey, for people who watched the international games it was obv. he was going to have a good year, i honestly think he could average 30 with ease but he chooses to always look for others which is part of his game.
His concentration is steady his offense has no holes he can do it all and finally has the confidence to back it up against anybody.
30 with ease is a stretch but he definitely did improve his game
And he’s only 16 years old.
He’s only 23 years old.
Please don’t be one of those fans
What are you talking about?
Maybe he means how Tatum kept having glazers talk about how young he was then it turned into a meme
I dont see why it’s such a big deal? Honestly its kinda impressive how he punched his way out of the placenta right before the season started.
Same things happening with Flagg
hE’s OnLy ThIs MaNy YeArS oLd!
My goat is on a mission, first Giannis and now Mobley
Sengun speciality.
Sonned. And sengun is a loving father but he has to teach Mobley humility
And free throw shooting
“The next Kevin Garnett”
“Generational rim protector”
I genuinely drank the Koolaid his rookie year and thought he’d be AD 2.0 🤡
Probably one of the most overrated players in the league. I just don’t see it with his offensive game. He very rarely creates for himself, doesn’t have great vision, and almost looks scared to put the ball on the floor.
He’s great defensively but like others pointed out, he benefits so much from playing next to Jarrett Allen.
He absolutely isnt. Not sure why he got their reputation to begin with
He’s a great weak side shot blocker and good 1 v 1 defender against guards, but an average 1 v 1 defender against other bigs.
Jarret Allen covering the 5 allows Mobley’s strengths to shine.
Next KG is obviously a stretch. Mobley is still a very good rim protector and switchable against guards. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean much when bigger players go directly at him.
Let’s take a look at his defensive metric this year
Oh look - still a generational rim protector despite jumping on a fake one time in the regular season
Last year Sengun had a better Defensive EPM than Mobley did
Dude won DPOY without being top 30 in both EPM and RAPM, generational heist
I find that to be impossible because Sengun is an awful defender
Instantly makes everything you say invalid
he plays in an entire lineup of 7 footers. Of course his defensive metrics will look good.
His individual defense is closer to Jokic than a + defender lol
Then why is Houston a significantly better defensive team with him on the floor than with him off it?
You are just stupid lol
No I just know ball and don’t overreact - in fact I put money on the rockets tonight because I know they’re a bad matchup for us. We don’t need to exaggerate everything tho
lol we beat you so many times lately yall named your arena after us
Bro what 🤣 Mobley is an outstanding defender no doubt but Sengun is pretty good in his own right. Saying he’s an “awful” defender is just nonsense.
Ah yes, because weakside rim protection is the only aspect of defense
Rim defense 91
BLKpct 92
CraftedDPM 95
What more could you want from a PF/Center defensively lmao
“CraftedDPM” LMFAO wtf kind of garbage is this
Ain’t even top 30 last year in EPM/RAPM, the real stats
it’s legit lol
Unless for some reason you draw the line of advanced analytics at EPM/RAPM
It’s a composite stat…of some of the worst metrics? Lol.
BPM is completely, and I mean completely worthless. Defensive DARKO/LEBRON are infamously biased toward rebounding bigs and think Jusuf Nurkic is a perennial top 20 defender in the league.
Stats schmatts I’ve watched every all-star wing and big fry his face off regular season and postseason
You hate watch every Cavs game just for Mobley?
Don’t waste your energy in a cesspool bro.
Mobley isn’t supposed to guard point guards. Clearly a mismatch.
good kebab right there
Sengun is so good, Ime needs to run less double big lineups. When Sengun is the center and can run as the point guard, the defense either has to use a smaller guy where Sengun can just overpower, guard with a center where Sengun can just out skill them, or bring help and then Sengun can find the open man bc he’s a great passer. Sengun will be an mvp contender maybe not this year but it’s coming
The double big lineup should absolutely be matchup dependant and a calculated move.
I am not a fan of the double big lineup with Amen, I think it does more harm than good.
100% but Sengun has become such a threat that allowing other centers to still play the paint is a huge mistake
The Amen/Sengun/Adams line-up has a +16.7 net rating this year in 132 minutes. It doesn’t look pretty a lot of times on the court, but the numbers still say it’s a dominant line-up
I mean I never said it wasn’t a bad lineup. Just said it should be matchup dependent and calculated. I guess I should rephrase that I’m not a fan of how often they are using the lineup at times and it takes away from Amen’s game a lot at times. Really need Amen to develop his shot.
He is currently 9th in the Kia MVP ladder.
Mobley was BBQ chicken all night. Sengun > Mobley any day, everyday
this one actually counted too !
He is milking the DPOYs one by one. Whos next
When do we play the Wolves? Sengun loves cooking Baguette Biyombo
Happened already to Gobert
It is funny that Bismack Biyombo is actually one of the few bigs who can cause Sengun problems.
Mobley got SENGOOOONED
Both Scottie Barnes and Sengun toying with Mobley in his own crib, the 2021 redraft wars will live on forever
Scottie has scored 9 points on 9 shots while defended by Mobley in the two games this season
Good for Mobley but he still got beat like a drum by sengun. He’s also a horrible player to bet on, everyone thinks he’s better than he actually is. Good luck with Mobley, I’d rather still have Jalen green which is saying something
Green over Mobley is crazy talk. Jalen isn’t anywhere near this conversation
Now that’s delusional. Jalen Green is super fun to watch when he’s in his groove. But bro is insanely inconsistent, and when he’s on a bad streak it usually means automatic Ls for the Rockets, because his usage is so high. It’s dumb to be that dependent on a player. Jalen Green is just not an efficient player, and we can already see how KD’s efficiency gives Sengun plenty of space to consistently thrive himself
Only reason I could see a Rockets fan saying they’d rather Jalen Green than Evan Mobley, is if it’s because you desperately want more offense, even if you’re taking a worse player overall
Naa that guy is nuts. 99 out of 100 Rockets fans would take Mobley over JG.
#notmyDPOY
Sengun for 185M seems so cheap in comparison to people in his draft class now lol.
Mobley has a new father
Mobley was Senguns toy tonight he scored all points nearly on his head 🤣
Clear and-1 right there.
How can a thicc 6’11 dude moving like that?
He was supposed to be a Shooting Forward until the age of 17 and he grew to 6’10” in a summer break. His fundamentals were for a wing growing up. That’s why.
Hakeem teaching him moves.
Man this kid has gotten better every year. He really might end up the best player in a very deep draft. If this keeps going he’s gonna start pushing for MVP votes
Scottie > mobley
tell us something we didn’t know
Scottie playing better D this year than Mobley ever has in his career
Scottie is a million times batter on offense and is a great defender. Mobley really is all hype, he doesn’t rebound, score or protect the paint like he should. Mobley is closer to average than anywhere close to an all star player
Really gooned all over mobley
People still glaze Mobley so much, he hasn’t done anything so far and his “defense” gets exposed in the playoffs like against the pacers
Sengun clutched up getting 7 assists too!
SENGUN HAS NEVER DONE ME WRONG!!!
Mobley is just a rollman at this point. He can’t even create his own shot. And people really thought he was a trade asset for Giannis.
MK that you
Did he throw his arms up cause he wanted a +1??
Sengun emotionally throws his hands to the sky after every shot. Many think he’s whining to the refs, really he’s just gathering energy
why I expected this to be a post up play
Is this your DPOY ?
Oh boy. Alpi cooks left and right. Great to watch him cook!
1 minute to go, 0 help defense, absolute disaster class
and this is supposed to be one of the best defenders in the nba? he got shook by a center from the 3.
I know it’s just one play but I don’t think Mobley deserved DPOY. Still not sure why he won it.
Despite the fake out, props to Evan Mobley for being on his ass on defense. That’s some hustle
NBA defense in 2025 lmao. Imagine Shaq in this era. Coaches just letting him remain iso single defender all game because tHrEeS aRe wOrTh MoRe.
Travel
Lol. I love sore losers.
You should. It’s good for you.