NBA Draft 2021: The Sky High Ceiling Of Evan Mobley
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🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The NBA Draft is almost here and one of the most intriguing prospects at the top of the lottery is USC big man Evan Mobley. The seven footer's game has drawn comparisons to reigning finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and All-NBA big man Anthony Davis, but questions over his introverted personality and skinny frame have some evaluators questioning if he can actually reach his incredible upside. The Athletic's Sam Vecenie spent some time with Mobley during his lone college season and he joins us to discuss whether the concerns over the big man's mentality are overblown and whether or not he could actually become the best player in this draft. Then he tells us about his evaluation of presumptive number one pick Cade Cunningham and picks one player who could be this draft's most undervalued prospect.
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| 0:46.0 | The NBA Draft is Thursday night and one of the most exciting names to watch at the top is a high upside big man out of USC. |
| 1:01.0 | Today, the Athletics Sam Vistini on the skills that have Evan Mowlou drawing comparisons to two of the best big men in the NBA, |
| 1:09.0 | why some evaluators have reached questions about his mindset and whether the 20 year old has the takes to emerge as the top player in his class. |
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| 1:42.0 | So Sam, you're the Athletics resident NBA draft guru and you're actually based out in Melbourne, Australia. |
| 1:49.0 | So the draft starts for you at like 930 in the morning. So how early of a week of time are we talking about on draft day? |
| 1:57.0 | Yes. So last year was the first time that I did this out here in Melbourne and I woke up probably around 3 a.m. |
| 2:06.0 | Not because I had to more out of sheer concern and anticipation for, hey, are there trades? Like what do I need to know? What's going on today? |
| 2:19.0 | Like all of that stuff. It's a fun day. The draft is at like 9 a.m. 10 a.m. here and then I move on with my day and you know, can continue on. |
| 2:27.0 | I would be certain nervous that I would sleep in or something and be like setting the alarm every like 10 minutes to make sure I was up in time. |
| 2:36.0 | Oh, yeah. No, I did that last year. I think I set like four alarms to be up around, you know, like 3.34 o'clock. We were in good shape. |
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