Everything Mogbo

[SkywalkerAC]

More from that pick-up action from the other week, including Mogbo being reverse dunked-on (almost) by his bro Scottie around the 1:00 mark.

*More of Jonathan in the last third, but we've already seen a bunch of these 3s.

Can't wait to see where he's at in preseason. Will Darko trust him more than Boucher because of his affinity for passing? More than Ochai because of his size? Or is he lost to the bench and/or 905 for the first half of the season?

I tend to think we might see this lineup sooner rather than later:

Mitchell
Quickly
Scottie
Jonathan
Kelly

Darko gets 3-frontcourt "hubs" out there while going full guard-play in the backcourt and maybe being passable defensively. Then he could come back with RJ and Boucher and Jak if he wants to give his defense a chance with length:

Mitchell
RJ
Boucher
Jonathan
Jak

That would get us back to the starters to finish each half. But of course would only be remotely tenable if Mogbo is ready for primetime and as versatile as advertised. If he can be two-way competitive, we can be just a much bigger, badass team than if we are rolling with 6'5 small forwards the whole game.

[Kagenusha]

Something to keep in mind is that this guy is 23 next month. He’s a late-bloomer but I don’t believe he was drafted as a project, he was drafted to be a contributor.

Guys of his “type” (yes, athletic high-motor forwards with or without dreads is a type) tend to come into the league and put up stats. It is entirely possible that he beats out Ochai for the backup wing-forward role sooner rather than later.

Someone should fix this site asap

[SkywalkerAC]

Something to keep in mind is that this guy is 23 next month. He’s a late-bloomer but I don’t believe he was drafted as a project, he was drafted to be a contributor.

Guys of his “type” (yes, athletic high-motor forwards with or without dreads is a type) tend to come into the league and put up stats. It is entirely possible that he beats out Ochai for the backup wing-forward role sooner rather than later.

[SkywalkerAC]

Something to keep in mind is that this guy is 23 next month. He’s a late-bloomer but I don’t believe he was drafted as a project, he was drafted to be a contributor.

Guys of his “type” (yes, athletic high-motor big with or without dreads is a type) tend to come into the league and put up stats. It is entirely possible that he beats out Ochai for the backup wing-forward role sooner rather than later.

[SkywalkerAC]

Working with his bud the face of the franchise

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[SkywalkerAC]

Just noticed that Mogbo measured as the same pre-draft height as Gradey but with a standing reach 7.5 inches taller. No wonder Mogbo plays so much bigger than his height, Gradey doesn't even play that small!

[DanH]

I agree that Boucher SHOULD be part of the rotation. But he should have been last year too and he wasn't. If he doesn't play, there's a pretty clear runway to backup big minutes for Mogbo beside Kelly.

[slaw]

They probably have Brown pegged as the 5th starter. He's getting paid like one and he's on his final year so they need to create some interest in him.

?????Ochai is probably closer to make or break territory than the other younger prospects so he'll have his chances as well.

Oh yeah, forgot about Agbaji. Yes, he will also get minutes over Mogbo.

If Brown starts, then Dick, Olynyk, Agbaji, Walter, Mitchell and Boucher(?). Will be good competition for minutes before you even get to guys like Mogbo. Based on Summer League, which is all we've seen, I'd say Shead has a better chance of cracking that rotation than Mogbo.

[LJ2]

They probably have Brown pegged as the 5th starter. He's getting paid like one and he's on his final year so they need to create some interest in him.

?????Ochai is probably closer to make or break territory than the other younger prospects so he'll have his chances as well.

[Primer]

Zero chance Mogbo starts. If we want to start an energy big you start Boucher. Mogbo is gonna be backup C at best this year, probably G League a lot of the time.

[LJ2]

Mogbo should probably be in the conversation for 5th starter. Might sound farfetched but one would have said the same about starting Pascal as a rookie. Doesn't shoot as well as he should to maximize Scottie but maybe he flashes enough there to get the nod sooner rather than later. He gives us that big, athletic, hyper mobile frontcourt that we've grown accustomed to and we know we need to compete on D. Plus I love how he pushes RJ to the 3 and has the quickness to take the more perimeter-oriented player of opponent frontcourts.

Quickley
RJ
Barnes
Mogbo
Jak

Might not be Darko's first choice but in "year one of the rebuild" his job evaluation probably depends just as much on development of the young guys as it does on wins next season.

Who's his competition for the starting 3/4? Gradey, Brown, and...?

I think Pascal was the leading scorer on his college team so had enough offense to stay on the floor. I like Mogbo but I'm not even sure if they picked him because they really like him or because they wanted to make their franchise guy happy. Hope to see more from him in preseason.

[Primer]

Mitchell is going to be fighting for playing time not starting.

I don't know about that. He's the defacto backup PG. I think 10-20 mpg is where he will land.

[slaw]

I think Mitchel has agood chance of starting

Mitchell is going to be fighting for playing time not starting.

[WJF]

I think Mitchel has agood chance of starting

That would make for a very small backcourt. Not my first choice.

[Quirk]

I think Mitchel has agood chance of starting