{"id":764177,"date":"2022-10-27T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=764177"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:19:47","slug":"j-b-bickerstaff-on-getting-evan-mobley-more-involved-offensively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/j-b-bickerstaff-on-getting-evan-mobley-more-involved-offensively\/","title":{"rendered":"J.B. Bickerstaff On Getting Evan Mobley ‘More Involved’ Offensively"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> Coach J.B Bickerstaff<\/a> described the first week of Evan Mobley’s<\/a> sophomore season as an extended preseason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USC product suffered an ankle injury and was forced to sit out at the end of training camp and Cleveland’s first three preseason games. Because of that untimely injury, Mobley lost the valuable opportunity to play alongside the combination of Darius Garland<\/a>, Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, and Caris LeVert<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without sizable time to find a rhythm post-injury and to build chemistry with the Cavs’ new backcourt in Garland and Mitchell, Mobley feels like he has “gotten off to kind of a slow start,” per The Athletic<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Sunday’s OT win against the Washington Wizards<\/a>, the 21-year-old hadn’t taken double-digit shot attempts this season. On Sunday, Mobley shot 28.6 percent from the field and finished with two field goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Tuesday’s practice, Bickerstaff said, “we’ve gotta get him more involved.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Again, it’s a mix of time together and where he was in the preseason and then him coming back and then Darius being gone. There are some things that we’re still working through. He’s so skilled and so talented, and we want him involved in our offense in a bunch of different ways.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pic.twitter.com\/9PmVr6NJaY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) October 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>