<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-evan-mobley-pulls-off-feat-not-done-lebron-james-2014');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Evan Mobley pulls off feat not done since LeBron James in 2014');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bucks-guard-Ryan-Rollins-drives-to-the-basket-against-Cavs-center-Evan-Mobley.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cavs’ Evan Mobley pulls off feat not done since LeBron James in 2014</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T07:36:13-07:00">October 27th, 7:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T07:36:13-07:00">October 27th, 7:36am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-21-point-quarter-knicks">Cleveland Cavaliers did not have a great start</a> to their 2025-26 NBA campaign, as they lost to the New York Knicks in the Big Apple in their season opener last week, 119-111. However, the Cavs have since gotten up on their feet, as they followed that with two wins in a row.</p><p>After beating the Brooklyn Nets on the road, 131-124, last Friday, Evan Mobley and the Cavs defeated Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in Cleveland’s first home game of the season on Sunday via a score of 118-113.</p><p>Mobley played a big part in the Cavs’ successful takedown of the visiting Bucks, as he came up with 23 points. He was not particularly efficient with his shots from the floor, going only 5-for-13 on his field goal attempts, but the former USC Trojans star big man capitalized on the fouls he drew from Bucks defenders. Overall in the game, Mobley <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401809962" rel="noopener">went 12-for-12 from the free-throw line</a> to match a feat last done by a Cavs player in 2014.</p><p>“Mobley was a career-best 12 for 12 on free throws along with eight rebounds and six assists. The last Cavaliers player to go perfect from the line when making 12 or more attempts was LeBron James on Nov. 5, 2014, against Utah. James was also 12 of 12,” shared by the Associated Press (h/T ESPN).</p><p>The 24-year-old Mobley inflicted most of his damage from the foul line on the Bucks in the final quarter. During that period, he scored eight points while going 6-for-6 on his freebies. He also finished the contest with eight rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks in 34 minutes of all-around brilliance on the floor for Cleveland, which improved to 2-1.</p><p>As a team, the Cavaliers shot 28-of-35 from the free-throw line. Donovan Mitchell spearheaded Cleveland’s attack alongside Mobley, with the guard scoring 24 points to go with four assists.</p><p>Now in his fifth year in the NBA, Mobley is <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-brian-windhorst-major-evan-mobley-change">counted upon even more by the Cavs</a>, especially after he earned his first NBA All-Star nod during the 2024-25 season. So far in the 2025-26 campaign, Mobley is averaging 19.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists.</p><p>Coming up next for Cleveland is a game against another division rival in the form of the Detroit Pistons this Monay on the road.cavs</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Evan Mobley pulls off feat not done since LeBron James in 2014

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-brian-windhorst-major-evan-mobley-change');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brian Windhorst preps fans for major Cavs’ Evan Mobley change');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Evan-Mobley-1.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Brian Windhorst preps fans for major Cavs’ Evan Mobley change</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T10:12:39-07:00">October 22nd, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T10:12:39-07:00">October 22nd, 10:12am</time><address><a>Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. He can also be found three to five times weekly on Locked On Cavs, a part of the Locked On Podcast Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>ESPN insider Brian Windhorst <a href="https://x.com/ESPNCleveland/status/1981030792953274531" rel="noopener">believes a major change is coming</a> for Cleveland Cavaliers star Evan Mobley, and the rest of the NBA should take notice.</p><p>“Evan Mobley has shown us he is an All-NBA player and NBA Defensive Player of the Year,” Windhorst said. “He is still very young. There is no reason to keep a limit on his ability. What they’re asking him to do more of at the beginning of the year, especially with Darius Garland out, is to be more of a playmaker on offense. The ball is going to be in his hands more, and they did it because they believe he can handle it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The ball is going to be in his hands more, and they did it because they think he can handle it," – <a href="https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WindhorstESPN</a> on Evan Mobley. <a href="https://t.co/klcJiElzYU">pic.twitter.com/klcJiElzYU</a></p><p>— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNCleveland/status/1981030792953274531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That confidence reflects how the <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-what-gm-koby-altman-is-really-excited-about-in-championship-quest">Cavs are preparing to unleash</a> the 24-year-old forward in ways that extend far beyond defense. Mobley, who averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists last season, is expected to take on a <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-evan-mobley-dominates-with-two-way-mastery-vs-heat">central offensive role for the Cavs</a> under head coach Kenny Atkinson.</p><p>Atkinson said Mobley’s growth has been “tremendous” and noted that he has been one of the team’s best shooters during camp.</p><p>“You can sense another jump coming from him,” Atkinson said. “He’s playing with more force and confidence. His strength and shooting are both on another level.”</p><h2><b>The Cavs will go as far as Evan Mobley can carry them</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Evan-Mobley-2.jpg"><figcaption>Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Mobley spent the offseason adding size and refining his ball handling. With Garland recovering from toe surgery, Cleveland’s offense will flow through him more often.</p><p>“You’re definitely going to see the ball in my hands a lot more,” Mobley said. “With guys out, we need people to step up, and I have that capability.”</p><p>President of basketball operations Koby Altman echoed that sentiment, calling Mobley “locked in” and predicting another leap forward. “He can be a top-five player in this league,” Altman said. “We go as he goes.”</p><p>Windhorst’s remarks only reinforce what many around the Cavs already believe: Mobley is ready to transform from a defensive anchor into an all-around superstar. As Cleveland opens its season against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, fans may soon witness the next great chapter in Mobley’s rise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brian Windhorst preps fans for major Cavs’ Evan Mobley change

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-news-training-camp-observations-evan-mobley-deandre-hunter');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs training camp observations: Evan Mobley’s next step, De’Andre Hunter standing out');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cavs-training-camp-observations-Mobleys-next-step-Hunter-standing-out.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Image</figcaption></figure><h1>Cavs training camp observations: Evan Mobley’s next step, De’Andre Hunter standing out</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-30T17:40:05-07:00">September 30th, 5:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-30T17:40:05-07:00">September 30th, 5:40pm</time><address><a href="https://spindavies.myportfolio.com/home">Spencer Davies</a>Spencer Davies has covered the NBA and the Cleveland Cavaliers as a credentialed reporter for over a decade. His work has appeared on Basketball News, Bleacher Report, USA Today, FOX Sports, HoopsHype, CloseUp360, FanSided, and Basketball Insiders, among others. In addition to his journalistic experience, he has been a senior editor, a digital production assistant, a social media manager, a sports radio anchor, and a producer.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-news-darius-garland-max-strus-positive-injury-updates-provide-hope-media-day">fun-filled start to the week at Media Day back home</a>, the Cleveland Cavaliers got to business on Tuesday afternoon at IMG Academy.</p><p>“I think our buildup to this, with guys coming in early on their own, it makes this transition to training camp easier,” Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson told a handful of reporters who made the trip to Bradenton, Florida. “We don’t have to overdo it right off the bat. Guys have been working and conditioning leading up to this, so, a good day. We didn’t scrimmage today. Probably get to that tomorrow.”</p><p>ClutchPoints will be on-site for the first three days of <a href="https://x.com/SpinDavies/status/1973097355663593889">Cavs training camp</a> in Bradenton, Florida, and highlight the most notable storylines of each day.</p><p>Here is what stood out on Day 1:</p><h2><b>A stronger Evan Mobley opens a world of possibilities</b></h2><p>Atkinson’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/kenny-atkinson-declaring-cavs-championship-ready">expectations for Evan Mobley are through the roof</a>. Sometimes, if a coach says something that puts too much pressure on a blossoming player, it’ll get clarified or put more gently in hindsight. In this particular case, he’s doubling down on the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and Second Team All-NBA member.</p><p>“It’s pretty amazing at 24 years old, when you put all those accolades together, right? He’s not 28. <i>You’re 24</i>,” Atkinson said. “Maybe you can project better than me, but if you look at that, there’s other things out there that he can be in the conversation for. And I think we will see, you guys will observe the early part of the season, but it seems to me like he’s going to make another jump. I keep saying that. It just feels that way.”</p><p>Despite what the training camp roster list indicates, a league source told ClutchPoints that Mobley is now around 226 pounds.</p><p>With more added strength, Atkinson wants to see Mobley consistently play with more force. He is excited about his potential as a ball-handler, but doesn’t want the seven-footer to get away from being a big man.</p><p>“The challenge for me: I love perimeter Evan. I love it. But I also love interior Evan,” Atkinson said. “I thought last year we did a good job of finding that balance. I think the hardest to guard is if you can do both really well. That’s your complete player. I want to continue to find that balance with him.”</p><p>It’s also understood that opposing teams will try to take away the ball from the Cavs’ guards, so he’ll have to be ready for that too. Atkinson detailed the coaching staff’s specific plan to prepare Mobley for those scenarios.</p><p>“You have to be able to handle the ball in space, and then you’ve got to be able to go get us a bucket when we need a bucket,” Atkinson said. “They’re taking away our drive, kick, swing. They’re taking all our stuff away. Sometimes you’ve got to throw it to a guy, and he’s got to go get it.</p><p>“Those were two things we worked on, and we’re still working on. Today, we played a bunch of 1-on-1, elbow, mid-post. Just getting him in a little bit of a mentality of, ‘Hey, when we need a bucket, I can go get it for us.’”</p><p>According to Atkinson, Mobley has been one of Cleveland’s top 3-point shooters in the preseason. He is showing his development in driving off closeouts from that threat, an area of his game in which he showed some hesitation last season.</p><p>“Definitely stronger. He’s definitely more aggressive. He has confidence,” De’Andre Hunter added. “You can tell he’s putting in a lot of work. I’ve seen it this summer, I was working out with him. He’s gotten a lot better, us giving him confidence and the confidence he has in himself.</p><p>“I think he’s going to have a great year.”</p><h2><b>De’Andre Hunter should fit like a glove</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“He’s someone [that] you’ve really got to build his trust.”</p><p>De’Andre Hunter and Kenny Atkinson reflect on establishing a closer relationship with each other over the summer and how it’s helped with on-court communication. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cavs</a> <a href="https://t.co/8SQYuGKmet">pic.twitter.com/8SQYuGKmet</a></p><p>— Spencer Davies (@SpinDavies) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpinDavies/status/1973032680834117981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Atkinson shared that Hunter’s willingness to open up to the Cavs is like “night and day.” They’re not making anything official anytime soon, but in all likelihood, the 27-year-old forward should wind up in the starting five.</p><p>ClutchPoints asked Hunter how he can complement Mobley and Jarrett Allen on each end of the floor.</p><p>“I think we’re going to help each other a lot defensively, being able to switch with those guys, it makes it easier for them,” Hunter responded. “They don’t have to worry about guarding the pick-and-roll as much as a big. So I just try to make it easy for them, they try to make it easy for me. And offensively, I mean, we’re still going to have to figure it out. I haven’t played with them for too long, so I’ve still got to figure out what they like, what they’re used to, but I think that’ll be easy.”</p><p>Posed the same question, Atkinson believes it should work “seamlessly” with the trio.</p><p>“Dre is really kind of perimeter oriented offensively. He can play behind the three, and he gives you great spacing the way he shoots the ball, so there’s no spacing issues there,” Atkinson said. “He gives you an isolation scorer, obviously. Then defensively, I know those three on the court, they defended pretty well, and they rebounded well. I’m excited to see what that looks like.  I think Dre is a good match with Sam (Merrill) and Don (Mitchell), too. They complement each other in a way.</p><p>“I haven’t committed to anything yet, but they’re going to get kind of first shot at what that looks like. I don’t see, ‘Well, it can’t work because of this.’ I haven’t seen negatives to it yet. But again, we’ve got to see more on the floor.”</p><p>Hunter also brought up being more vocal on his part as an area he’d like to be better at: “Max (Strus) is one of our vocal guys who might not be around for the first few months. TT [Tristan Thompson] was one of our more vocal guys as well. So I think I have to step into that role and help Don and help DG [Darius Garland] in that regard.”</p><h2><b>The Cavs are not going to rush Darius Garland back</b></h2><p>Garland had a 45-minute individual workout without contact on the first day of camp.</p><p>“He looked good in those 45 minutes,” Atkinson said. “He’s moving quickly in small spaces, attacking closeouts. No contact. No contact. I don’t want anybody to read too much into that. But definitely getting some good on-court work, individual work.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs training camp observations: Evan Mobley’s next step, De’Andre Hunter standing out

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-star-evan-mobley-brother-earns-new-professional-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs star Evan Mobley’s brother earns new professional contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cavaliers-forward-Isaiah-Mobley-15-drives-to-the-basket.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cavs star Evan Mobley’s brother earns new professional contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-11T19:33:40-07:00">August 11th, 7:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-11T19:33:40-07:00">August 11th, 7:33pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After three seasons in the NBA, <a href="https://cavsnation.com/editorials/cavs-why-isaiah-mobley-must-make-clevelands-roster">former Cleveland Cavaliers forward</a> and brother of Cavs star big man Evan Mobley, Isaiah Mobley, is headed overseas to <a href="https://x.com/manisabasket94/status/1954870415999881600" rel="noopener">continue his professional basketball career</a>.</p><p>The 25-year-old Mobley has signed with Turkish ball club Manisa Basket, the team announced in a post on social media.</p><p>“Our team has signed American power forward Isaiah Mobley, known for his NBA experience and versatile game,” Manisa wrote in a statement (translated via Grok) shared via social media platform X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>“We believe his basketball IQ and all-around skills will be a great asset to us. Welcome Isaiah!”</p><p>Mobley turned pro in 2022 when he entered that year’s NBA draft and got <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-isaiah-mobley-game-winning-double-poster-nba-g-league-pure-insanity">selected in the second round (19th overall) by the Cavs</a> — a year after Evan Mobley was taken in the first round (third overall) of the 2021 NBA draft by Cleveland. In two seasons with the Cavaliers, Isaiah Mobley appeared in only 22 games, averaging 2.5 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.1 blocks while shooting 42.3 percent from the field and posting a 46.6 effective field goal percentage.</p><p>Isaiah signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers in the summer of 2024, and in a lone appearance for the Sixers in the 2024-25 NBA campaign, he scored six points, dished out five assists, grabbed four rebounds, recorded a steal and had a block in 17 minutes of action during a 122-102 loss at home against the visiting Chicago Bulls last April.</p><p>Manisa is coming offa disappointing season in which they won just 11 games agianst 19 losses. An anemic offense made it harder for the team to have success, as they were second-last in the Turkish league with just an average of 87.7 points per game. But their defense was among the best, holding opponents to only 88.9 points per outing — third-best overall.</p><p>While not known for his offense, Mobley can still be expected to contribute on that side of the floor for Manisa, given his NBA experience and likely higher usage on the floor. Before getting drafted by the Cavs, Mobley averged 14.2 points and shot 35.2 percent from behind the arc in his final college basketball season with the USC Trojans in the 2021-22 NCAA campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs star Evan Mobley’s brother earns new professional contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-donovan-mitchell-evan-mobley-earn-exclusive-honors-joining-lebron-james-and-kyrie-irving');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley join LeBron James, Kyrie Irving with All-NBA honors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Donovan-Mitchell-and-Evan-Mobley-celebrate-Cavs.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley join LeBron James, Kyrie Irving with All-NBA honors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-23T17:40:16-07:00">May 23rd, 5:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-23T17:55:01-07:00">May 23rd, 5:55pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-lit-admission-cavs-game-5-crowd">Cleveland Cavaliers may have exited the postseason</a> earlier than hoped, but they didn’t walk away from the year empty-handed. Sure, it still stings to watch the Eastern Conference Finals from their couch. However, the Cavs might have gained something just as valuable as playoff wins with the latest round of NBA awards: Undeniable validation of their core.</p><p>For the <a href="https://x.com/AmNotEvan/status/1926054916910448677" rel="noopener">first time in nearly a decade</a>, Cleveland <a href="https://x.com/AmNotEvan/status/1926054717483888797" rel="noopener">placed two players</a> on the All-NBA teams, a milestone that speaks volumes about the organization’s trajectory. LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were the last Cavs teammates to pull off the feat, and now Cleveland has another dynamic duo to hang its hat on.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-bold-promise-next-season">Donovan Mitchell landed on the All-NBA First Team</a>, the pinnacle of personal achievement in the regular season, and Evan Mobley, meanwhile, followed with a Second Team selection, a rare feat for a player in just his fourth year, and<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavs-evan-mobley-joins-lebron-james-exclusive-list"> joins his All-Defensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors</a>.</p><p>This kind of recognition doesn’t happen by accident. And in Cleveland’s case, it’s not simply recognition for regular-season success. It’s a statement that what the Cavs are building, spearheaded by Mobley and Mitchell, could lead to a championship sooner rather than later.</p><h2><b>Donovan Mitchell stepping back allowed Evan Mobley, Cavs to thrive</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Donovan-Mitchell-and-Evan-Mobley-sit-Cavs.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Mitchell, now firmly entrenched as the heartbeat of this team, didn’t arrive at this honor by inflating his stats or chasing headlines. This season, his game was sharper, smarter, and more mature. He balanced aggressiveness with composure, scoring with facilitation. He understood that leadership sometimes meant stepping back so others could step forward.</p><p>And no one stepped up more than Mobley.</p><p>The 23-year-old big man wasn’t just good. He was essential. Mobley expanded his offensive arsenal while maintaining the discipline and intelligence that make him one of the most adaptable defenders in the league. In just one season, he became the kind of player who doesn’t just fill roles. Instead, he became one who defines them.</p><p>Together, Mitchell and Mobley formed a duo that reshaped the Cavs’ identity. What began as a talented team with promise evolved into a unit led by two of the most complete players in the league.</p><p>For Mobley, that development wasn’t incidental. Mitchell’s intentional effort to involve Mobley more in the offense was a turning point. Early in the year, he asked the coaching staff for more time on the floor with Mobley, believing that success wouldn’t come unless the young forward grew into a star right alongside him.</p><p>“Donovan, a big reason why he re-signed, is Evan Mobley,” Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman said. “… He said ‘I want to force feed Evan to make sure he’s going to be ready for the playoffs’ and that’s not going to stop.”</p><p>The growth that soon followed came quickly. From a breakout All-Star appearance to anchoring the frontcourt defensively, Mobley made the kind of jump that franchises dream of. His impact wasn’t always loud, but it was constant and respected across the league.</p><h2><b>Cleveland’s superstar duo got the recognition they deserve</b></h2><p>Recognition came in waves: All-Star, All-Defensive First Team, and finally, All-NBA Second Team. Yet, Mobley didn’t dwell on the honors. He viewed them the way great players do. Each award is a step towards greatness, not the final destination.</p><p>But the brilliance of this pairing isn’t just in the accolades. It’s in how they mesh. Mitchell brings fire, Mobley brings control. Mitchell delivers the knockout punches, Mobley grinds out the rounds. Their All-Star Weekend win in the Skills Challenge may have been played for fun, but it highlighted something deeper: chemistry rooted in trust and shared ambition.</p><p>The Cavaliers have seen a duo capable of rewriting the franchise’s story before in LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. But unlike the LeBron-Kyrie era, this version is being built brick by brick, through sweat, patience, and belief in development.</p><p>The All-NBA selections reflect more than individual excellence. They represent a franchise on the rise, one no longer content with regular-season relevance. Cleveland is thinking bigger now. It has to. Because when Cleveland’s two best players are being recognized as among the league’s elite, the expectation shifts. From building toward something to the Cavs being ready for something.</p><p>Mobley is growing into the kind of star who makes winning a habit. Mitchell is proving he can lead without always needing the ball. And the front office knows the opportunity window isn’t just open. It’s widening.</p><p>The next step is clear: translate regular-season excellence into playoff dominance. That’s the only way banners get raised and why the Cavs aren’t chasing echoes of past glory. They’re charting a path toward something new. And with Mitchell and Mobley leading the charge, the future in Cleveland isn’t just a dream, it’s reality.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
18.3	8.8	4.8	2.0	1.8

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