I see why Hart is on a new team every season. Gets off to a really good start, gets fans excited, then starts trailing off as the season progresses. Looks like your average reserve big.

VDesai wrote:Has Mitch improved? Every time he has a stretch where he plays a bunch of games in a row, we definitely value Mitch's impact. But I think the improvement is just that he's been able to stay on the court for longer. I'm not sure his game is any better. He has always been a great rebounder and finisher, who at best, fouls less. But as a result of fouling less, in some respects his shotblocking is worse.

Im not trying to say he doesn't make an impact. He makes a huge impact. And when he's able to stay on the floor we are a better team. But I dunno that he has improved his game much.

He is a much better screener, almost really good.

He is the best boxout guy in the league. Same with rebounding, and it's much better than you are implying.

Fouling way down.

His defensive recognition is much better. His close outs much better.

He sustains his defense instead of his attention fading in and out.

FT shooting not where it needs to be but it's one step closer (he has a routine).

He (just about) knows his offensive sets and there are much more than over the past years.

He still sucks on offense and what to do outside of picks and some movement.

He is actually near getting into good NBA shape. Has found decent weight/strength balance.

He is actually taking his job seriously, probably first time in his career.

There is a lot to like about what Mitch is doing.

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Panos wrote:Last night it was like 4 on 5 on offense (maybe 3 on 5, and sometimes 2 on 5). Mitch needs to do something on offense besides rebound.

Can Mitch eventually develop an outside jumper? Not impossible. Oak did exactly that his last couple years here. Imagine Mitch camping wide open on the perimeter getting wide open looks

Good point about Oak. Got so bad that fans at MSG would groan as soon as Oak let one go. Guess he got tired of it, and developed a nice corner jumper. Not a lot of jump in it lol.

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nyvector16 wrote:Mitchell Robinson was drafted 36th overall in the 2nd round.
1st pick in that draft was DeAndre Ayton who plays same position.

Atyton has a lot more to offer on offense, but Robinson is the better player defensively.
We really had a great draft in 2018 picking him up in the 2nd round.
We got soo lucky Mitchell had the issues he did in his College year and then did not work out for teams leading him to drop to 2nd round.

great analysis in this thread. Mitchell does the intagibles to create opportuinities for others that does not show up in the stat sheet.
His salary is very reasonable for his production and the way it is structured to reduce each year it is probably one of the best value contracts when comparing talent to cost in the NBA.

Agree

I wish we had Chris Paul for one season so MitchRob could average average 20 pts in the paint, 10+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks per game.
The two centers MitchRob and Jarrett Allen I always seen their talent as equal ..
Jarrett playing on the Nets averaging 5 FGA per game to average 10 pts, while Durant & Kyrie take total advantage of having the green-light by performing as a shoot-first one on one offense.
Jarrett on the Cavs, where PG Garland gives Jarrett 10 FGA per game to average 15 pts per game putting 100% effort on defense.
Well, MitchRob have/had the same type of problems Jarrett Allen had on the Brooklyn Nets for 5 seasons.

Went from skinny, string bean bouncer who had zero clue what to do on defense. Couldn't set a pick to save his life. He was just pure clay with zero fundamentals. Hard to imagine his frame bulking out the way it did without losing the twitch-fast reactions times that he has.

And yet here we are.

I think he has a bunch of potential left on the O end of things but at a simple, rudimentary level, and that bump will still shock us all. It'll prob take about another 3 seasons but he has shown to be a learner IMO.

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But I thought Robinson altered another one of Tatum's shots. Tatum was not the same after and I think partly lead to him getting ejected.

I had mistakenly thought our 'Big 3' was Randle, Brunson, Barrett... it really is Randle, Brunson, Robinson. I think of RJ as more of a wildcard these days

SupremeCommander wrote:him coming back has been illuminating

I had mistakenly thought our 'Big 3' was Randle, Brunson, Barrett... it really is Randle, Brunson, Robinson. I think of RJ as more of a wildcard these days

Never thought about it that way and you prob right