Do you have Mobley ahead of where JJJ was as a prospect? Jaren Jackson had a huge youth advantage going for him, better shooting potential, and more bulk, but obviously he was foul prone even in college and didn’t have Mobley’s passing ability. I’m really disappointed in how Jackson Jr has turned out given how promising he was. He just hasn’t seemed to improve and obviously injuries haven’t helped.
They are in the same ballpark in overall impact.
The differences in their profiles really lay in how much better Mobley was as a passer and also how Mobley was able to be really impactful defensively, without generating an excess of fouls.
Again, I think people may disagree on wether fouls are good or not for defenders but my model sees it as a positive quality that elite NBA bigs tend to have. And in Jackson's case, these /PF metrics didn't love what he did and in the NBA, he has been a far less impactful defender.
If you extend this out to look at the defensive leaderboards on Raptor (last two seasons)......the impactful centers just all scored better than JJJ for example, that actually went on to have plus defensive impact.
This is a bit of what I was chatting with
@Out of the Rafters at the Q about, which just makes Mobley so unique to me.
He has a defensive profile that sits around someone like Noel but he has an offensive profile that is a touch better than AD.
Typically you see guys sometimes land in Noel's range (in the top 60 or so prospects) but Mobley is really the only guy since AD, who has been considered a top prospect, that has landed in that range in college and
NOT been a more one dimensional player.