NBA Draft profiles: USC's Evan Mobley is the best big in the 2021 Draft. If he hits his ceiling, Anthony Davis is the ideal comp

Eye On College Basketball

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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We continue our weekly, up-to-the-draft specialized episodes on the top prospects by focusing on 4/5 hybrid big Evan Mobley, who was the Pac-12's Player, Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year last season. Mobley has been touted as a potential No. 1 pick for more than three years now. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander evaluate his case, with some thoughts from USC coach Andy Enfield included. As for the best comp, there's a name aside from Anthony Davis (and Kevin Durant, silly as that is) to consider.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Gary Perish.
0:04.3	It's Tuesday, June 1st, 2021.
0:06.6	Welcome back to the CBS Sports Ion College basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss
0:11.5	Kamil fighting, Dodo Birds and Leaky Black.
0:14.7	Matt Norlander is here with me and at least once a week for the next two months in advance
0:19.6	of the 2021 NBA draft that is scheduled for July 29th.
0:23.7	We're going to be dedicating an episode of the Ion College basketball podcast to a notable
0:27.4	prospect. Same way we did in advance of last year's NBA draft.
0:31.3	We started the series last week with a 22 minute profile of Kate Cunningham.
0:36.5	If you missed it and you interested, don't find it.
0:39.1	Today, we will turn our attention to another prospect who seems like a lot to go in the
0:43.8	top five of the 2021 NBA draft.
0:46.9	His name is Evan Mobile.
0:48.4	He's a seven foot center who averaged 16.4 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 2.4
0:55.2	assists in 33.9 minutes per game in his one season at USC.
1:00.4	Shot 57.8% from the field.
1:02.8	He was the Pac-12 player of the year, Pac-12 freshman of the year and Pac-12 defensive
1:07.3	player of the year.
1:08.3	He was a consensus second team all American who led USC to the elite A to the NCAA tournament.
1:13.8	Most mock drafts have him going second or third in this 2021 NBA draft.
1:18.5	So let's start with this dead leg.
1:20.1	Is Evan Mobile to you clearly?
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