Onyeka Okongwu outscores and matches the rebounds both of Cleveland’s bigs with 29⁄12 with 4 3s
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909893
Hawks fans need to appreciate this guy before some other team does I swear.
I’m just here to spread propokongwu
Don’t be awkokongwu
He’ll never go Brokokongwu
Wtf is wrong with Cleveland, played their best game in the 1st and proceeded to let the Hawks do anything they want the next three and a half quarters. Smells like a good team bad coach situation
The vision of the hawks defense was finally seen, they were flying around and harassing the ball handler constantly. No one other than Harden and Merril could get into a rhythm
Analytically that was their game to win. Seriously though, how does Okongwu outrebound the two Cavs big men?
To give a serious answer, Cavs decided to switch everything tonight which ended up with both bigs on the perimeter and Okongwu rebounding against the smalls. The switching worked well in the 2nd half last night against the Wiz and looked fucking terrible tonight. But we played like shit and only just barely lost so 🤷
The ball went up in the air and he grabbed it with both hands.
Also up big against Philly and lost. Maybe they can’t make in-game adjustments
They have no hustle, it’s crazy
They’re just terrible at the possession game tbh. They’re not a super high turnover team but they don’t force any turnovers at all and they’re super weak on the boards. Allen is good for his size and Mobley is fine sometimes but Harden & Mitchell don’t crash or box out and Watson is absolutely awful given his size, which is why I don’t like his fit with the starting 5 cause you’re starting 3 terrible rebounders in a time where everyone is prioritising extra possessions.
The Cavs have the softest bigs.
Soft like charmin
Monster game from Okongwu
Evan Mobley is NOT an all-star player, only a borderline all-star at best.
he could, if he actually gave the fucks required. He can’t, that’snot his personality.
Cannot stand the Hawks fans that complain about him when he has an off game
Huge performance from the Kingside Castle.
Onyeka I see u Gahd damn! 😮💨
He has been rightfully getting some heat early this season, but he really put the team on his back at times tonight
I wouldn’t say he rightfully deserves heat for five games when he just had an 18 month track record of playing at a high level consistently. Especially last season. It just reeks of emotionally immature crybabies
KONG
Mobley saw his averages were getting too high and had to regress them back to 18&8 I respect it
He had a great game the offense is too hot and cold from him and it’s an objective fact he is too small to guard some guys
IM ON TEAM CHINO HILLS. WHOS CADE N EM?
He was due for a big game, man was not playing his usual style of ball those first few games
feels like just yesterday I was watching him and LaMelo tear it up in Chino Hills. Now they’re in year 7 in the NBA lmao
Now Big O, it’s showtime!
Still need a real center to pair with him but when they get a good center it’s lights out
im just happy to see kong but the damn ball in the hoop. He has so much potential offensively
Cavs need to just blow it up. The experiment has been dead for quite some time with this front court specifically. Win totals and seeding every year make this the ultimate paper tiger team and everybody knows it.
that #1 seed two seasons ago really gave so much false hope lol
we say they gotta blow up the core every year for 4 years and every year, they keep upgrading the core without addressing the two bigs elephant
They ain’t blowing up shit. First seed 2 years ago or so and an ECF appearance, both done without LeBron for the first time in idk. This is their team and analytically they’re world champions
With how well Mobley/Allen handled AD and co, this surprised me massively lol
Cleveland’s trees fucking suck. They need to be cut down. Kenny Atkinson is analytically overrated
Always love when you can spot the children in the subreddit
I’m young enough to know they suck
Analytically
yes
i swear jarret allen was way better than this when he was on the nets
Statistically very untrue. Allen is not in anyway the problem.
is it not a center’s job to rebound?
Its also other people’s job to find a body. Which is why so often the Cavs lose the rebound battle.
oh yeah and wasn’t kenny the coach too
He has one good game a month. It’s been like this for years lol. Don’t let him trick you
He brings it on defense every game and the fact that he takes 3s allows Daniels to function on offense.
Even when he isn’t showing up in the stats, his latent value is significant for Atlanta
This is blatantly untrue lmao
Cavs bigs soft as cottonelle