Matt Mobley (born September 1, 1994) is an American professional

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player for

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of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played

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for St. Bonaventure and

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Early life

Mobley is the son of Ronald and Pamela Mobley and grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of

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. As a child he always begged his mother to go to the playground where he would play basketball against teenagers. Mobley developed into a star at

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and averaged 28.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game as a senior. He led the team to the Central Massachusetts Division 1 title game and earned 2012 Hometeam Player of the Year honors and was a finalist for Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year award. He opted to spend a postgraduate year at Worcester Academy and developed into a good scorer after Rene Castro was injured. Besides Castro, who later played against Mobley at Duquesne, Mobley played alongside several future Division 1 players at Worcester Academy: Darryl Reynolds ( Villanova), Matt Cimino (

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) and Matt Panaggio (

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College career

Mobley began his college career at

and averaged 6.8 points per game in his freshman season. He increased his scoring to 17.2 points per game as a sophomore and earned Second-team All- Northeast Conference honors. After the season he decided to transfer to St. Bonaventure after developing a relationship with coach

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, sitting out a season per NCAA regulations. Mobley had a season-high 34 points and set a St. Bonaventure record with nine 3-pointers in a loss to VCU on February 4, 2017. On February 22, Mobley finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bonnies past St. Joseph’s, 83–77. He was named to the Third-team All-

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as a junior. He averaged 18.5 points per game, which was fourth in the conference. In addition, Mobley led the NCAA Division I in minutes per game with 38.3. On January 31, 2018, Mobley scored a career-high 35 points and had 11 rebounds to lead St. Bonaventure to a victory over George Mason, 85–69. As a senior, Mobley averaged 18.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He was named to the First-team All-Atlantic 10. Mobley set a St. Bonaventure single-season record with 105 3-pointers as a senior and set an Atlantic 10 tournament record with nine 3-pointers in a victory over

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; along with

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, Mobley helped the Bonnies to a 26–8 record. After the season, he was invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. Mobley was awarded the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the

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, for the week of February 18 2018.

Professional career

Prior to the

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, Mobley had some workouts with NBA teams: the

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, Utah Jazz, Sacramento Kings and

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. After going undrafted, Mobley was signed by the Jazz to a Summer League deal. On August 11, 2018, Mobley signed with

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of the Belgian side. He averaged 16.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 41.5% from three-point range. On June 29, 2019, he has signed with

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of the

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. He averaged 9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. On October 30, 2019, Mobley signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ BB of the Turkish Basketball League (BSL). On February 28, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

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(BBL). Mobley played only one game before the season was cancelled. On September 15, he re-signed with the team. Mobley averaged 20 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. On July 22, 2021, he signed with Basket Zaragoza of the Spanish

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. On August 27, 2022, he signed with

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of the

(BBL). On November 20, 2022, Mobley signed with the

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of the

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(PBA) to replace

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as the team's import for the

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. On January 4, 2023, he signed with JDA Dijon of the

. On October 6, 2023, Mobley signed with

Taipei Taishin Mars The Taipei Taishin Mars ( zh, 臺北台新戰神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2023–24 season, and play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnas ...

of the

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. He never played for the team as his contract was terminated on November 10. On January 17, 2024, Mobley signed with

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of the

. On March 11, 2024, he signed with

of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).

References

External links

St. Bonaventure Bonnies bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mobley, Matt 1994 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from Worcester, Massachusetts Basket Zaragoza players Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball players Élan Béarnais players JDA Dijon Basket players İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. players Liga ACB players Philippine Basketball Association imports Point guards Ratiopharm Ulm players Skyliners Frankfurt players SLUC Nancy Basket players Spirou Charleroi players St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball players TNT Tropang Giga players Wilki Morskie Szczecin players