Two-Way Talents: Elijah Harkless

Heading into 2025-26, the Jazz have a rotation more wide-open than the Bryce Canyon. With most of their vets gone, Utah is a land of basketball opportunity right now. Every young player on the team will get a chance to show what they can do, even the two-way guys, and legitimate minutes could be snatchedContinue reading “Two-Way Talents: Elijah Harkless”

7 Trades That Would Shake Up the League at the Deadline

The NBA trade deadline is almost here! We’ve already seen multiple deals go down this season involving notable names like Dennis Schroder, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Nick Richards. Hopefully, though, there is a lot more player movement to come. Here are seven mock deals that would shake up the league before February 6th.  Trade #1 HawksContinue reading “7 Trades That Would Shake Up the League at the Deadline”

Buy or Sell: Early Over-Performers of the 2024-25 Season

We are now a little over a month into the 2024-25 season, and we’re starting to get a good feel for the level different teams and players are operating at this year. Uncharacteristic hot and cold streaks are beginning to end, but the sample size is remains small enough where some guys are still onContinue reading “Buy or Sell: Early Over-Performers of the 2024-25 Season”

Settling the Devin Booker Versus Donovan Mitchell Debate (11/9/22)

Donovan Mitchell is playing out of his mind this season.  The three-time All-Star is playing arguably the best ball of his career so far while leading the 8-2 Cleveland Cavaliers. He’s shooting at career clips from inside and outside the arc and showing improved defensive effort. It’s early, but he’s on track to receiving hisContinue reading “Settling the Devin Booker Versus Donovan Mitchell Debate (11/9/22)”

Thoughts on the Donovan Mitchell Trade (9/1/22)

Kevin Durant didn’t get traded, but we got the next best thing.  In somewhat of a shocking event, the Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz. In exchange for their franchise player, Utah received Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, three unprotected first-round picks, and two pick swaps. AfterContinue reading “Thoughts on the Donovan Mitchell Trade (9/1/22)”

My Top 10 Worst Takes Ever (1/6/22)

With 2021 complete, the Bench Mob Blog has existed for an entire year. That’s crazy. To celebrate that, I’ve gone through all of my past articles and put together a list of my worst takes ever. I was originally going to include some of my best takes too, but those aren’t as fun. I’d ratherContinue reading “My Top 10 Worst Takes Ever (1/6/22)”