The Cleveland Cavaliers not too long ago signed ahead/middle Evan Mobley to a multi-year contract extension.
“We’re thrilled to signal Evan to a long-term extension, solidifying his place as a cornerstone of our franchise,” mentioned Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman. “Evan has shortly established himself as one of many premier defensive gamers within the league, and we’ve solely scratched the floor of his general potential. Since drafting him, he solely is aware of successful basketball and has confirmed to be pivotal to our staff’s success. His distinctive work ethic, versatility, and dedication to excellence each on and off the court docket really embody what it means to be a Cleveland Cavalier. We imagine Evan’s greatest basketball remains to be forward of him, and we couldn’t be extra excited to proceed constructing one thing particular collectively for a few years to come back.”
Mobley (7-0, 215) performed in 50 video games (all begins) for the Cavaliers this previous season and posted profession highs in area objective proportion (.580, Eleventh-best in NBA), three-point proportion (.373), free throw proportion (.719), rebounds (9.4) and assists (3.2), to associate with 15.7 factors and 1.44 blocks in 30.6 minutes per contest. He additionally registered 21 double-doubles and was one in every of solely 4 NBA gamers to common not less than 15.0 factors, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 blocks (Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Joel Embiid). Mobley’s 2.17 blocks per recreation throughout the 2024 NBA Playoffs had been essentially the most by any Cavalier in a single playoffs since 1992 (Larry Nance, 2.71). Within the First Spherical, Mobley set the franchise file for many blocks in a single playoff sequence with 21 towards Orlando. Moreover, Mobley turned the third-youngest Cavalier to file 30 or extra factors in a postseason recreation (LeBron James, Daniel Gibson) when he tallied 33 factors, seven rebounds, 4 assists, one steal and two blocks in 43 minutes versus Boston on Could 15.
