<!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>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.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><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cavs-Jarrett-Allen.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jarrett Allen gets real after Cavs win on desire to be an All-Star</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-15T06:30:53-08:00">January 15th, 6:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-15T06:30:53-08:00">January 15th, 6:30am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jarrett Allen has been sensational for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. The 23-year-old center is averaging 16.8 points and 10.9 rebounds while shooting an astonishing 69.8 percent, which is one of the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2022_totals.html#totals_stats::fg_pct">very best</a> field-goal percentages in the league.</p><p>Allen and Darius Garland have legitimate shots at becoming <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-hops-darius-garland-all-star-bandwagon/">first-time All-Stars</a> this season. It would be extra special considering the All-Star Game is in Cleveland this year. After a win over the San Antonio Spurs, Allen was asked about how badly he wants to be an All-Star.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Cavs</a> Jarrett Allen was asked postgame about how important it is to him to be an All-Star:</p><p>“I’m not gonna lie, I do want to be an All-Star. […] I feel like I’m playing for this team. I can’t do it without this team. It’s not a solo mission.” <a href="https://t.co/QcVF08UwYO" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/QcVF08UwYO</a></p><p>— Kelsey Russo (@kelseyyrusso) <a href="https://twitter.com/kelseyyrusso/status/1482217837687148545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Allen <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-jarrett-allen-amazing-all-star-realization-amid-career-season/">got excited</a> when he first realized he could be an All-Star. His two-way excellence, paired with the Cavs surprising everyone by being a good team, gives him a very good case. Even if he doesn’t get in this year, his impressive performance this season makes him a keeper for Cleveland.</p><p>Garland’s scoring and playmaking talents and Allen’s stout defense and interior scoring each make them hugely important to the Cavs’ success. Still, it might be tough to see even one of them reach the All-Star Game. The competition is very stiff. Garland, in particular, will have a tough time fighting for a spot in a conference stacked with talented guards. Allen will be fighting for a spot on the All-Star reserves with Joel Embiid likely to be the Eastern Conference’s starting center.</p><p>With a ton of young talent and general manager Koby Altman <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-koby-altman-agrees-to-long-term-extension-after-franchises-resurgence/">signing an extension</a>, Cleveland’s future is incredibly bright.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jarrett Allen gets real after Cavs win on desire to be an All-Star

<!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>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.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><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jarrett-Allen-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs star Jarrett Allen’s amazing All-Star realization amid career season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-11T10:08:30-08:00">January 11th, 10:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-11T10:09:04-08:00">January 11th, 10:09am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-jarrett-allen-spills-the-tea-on-how-he-evan-mobley-and-lauri-markkanen-build-chemistry/">is enjoying quite the campaign</a>. He’s putting up career numbers across the board and proving to be an integral part of the Cavs’ success.</p><p>The idea of being an NBA All-Star has never really crossed his mind. But Allen, <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/2022/01/11/jarrett-allen-cavaliers-building-all-star-case">who recently sat down with Sports Illustrated</a>, opened up about the moment when the thought of actually being named one of the elite players in the Eastern Conference became a reality. Funny enough, it was on Christmas Day because of his family:</p><blockquote>“All my family kept telling me, ‘I’m gonna vote for you. I’m gonna do all this for you.’” Allen said. “And I was like, ‘Oh okay, I got a little group behind me to vote for All-Star! That got me a little riled up, but then I kinda forgot.”</blockquote><p>For what it’s worth, the Cavs center finished in sixth spot in the East frontcourt in the first ballot of fan voting last week. It’s definitely well deserved considering he is averaging 16.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per night for Cleveland.</p><p>If Allen actually ended up being picked as a reserve for the East, it would undoubtedly be special. After all, February’s All-Star Weekend is at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. But All-Star or not, Allen has already solidified himself as a building block for the Cavs’ future. The accolades will come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs star Jarrett Allen’s amazing All-Star realization amid career season

<!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>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.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><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jarrett-Allen-Darius-Garland-Evan-Mobley-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs big man Jarrett Allen’s brutally honest blame game after loss to Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-10T07:19:39-08:00">January 10th, 7:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-10T07:19:57-08:00">January 10th, 7:19am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers were outclassed on Sunday night in Klay Thompson’s return to the Golden State Warriors, losing 96-82. While this contest was even in a lot of areas, the Dubs clearly dominated the Cavs on the boards and big man Jarrett Allen has fronted up and taken full responsibility.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/kelseyyrusso/status/1480397260525498368">Via Kelsey Russo:</a></p><blockquote> “First and foremost, I’m going to take responsibility for that. The offensive rebounds, the rebounding, I should have done better going out there. If anybody else takes the blame, they’re just being humble. That’s on me.”</blockquote><p>Golden State outrebounded the Cavs 54-42, with Allen collecting just seven boards. Cleveland has taken a slide lately as well, winning just two of their last seven games. Nevertheless, Allen taking the blame for his team’s lack of aggressiveness inside is the true sign of an ultimate leader. The center knows that he could’ve played a lot better.</p><p>Overall, it was a rather quiet night for Allen, also scoring just 12 points in 29 minutes of action. However, the 23-year-old i<a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-jarrett-allen-spills-the-tea-on-how-he-evan-mobley-and-lauri-markkanen-build-chemistry/">s a huge part of the Cavs’ success,</a> averaging 16.8 points and 10.7 rebounds this season.</p><p>Luckily, Cleveland will have a chance to bounce back right away on Monday night as they travel down the road from the Bay Area to Sacramento to face the lowly Kings. Don’t be surprised to see Jarrett Allen put together a monster night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs big man Jarrett Allen’s brutally honest blame game after loss to Warriors

<!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>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.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><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jarrett-Allen-gets-brutally-honest-about-prospect-of-rejoining-Kevin-Durant-Nets.jpg"></figure><h1>Cavs’ Jarrett Allen gets brutally honest about prospect of rejoining Kevin Durant, Nets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-01T17:08:58-08:00">January 1st, 5:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-01T17:09:48-08:00">January 1st, 5:09pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jarrett Allen is currently in the midst of his best season as a pro. The Cleveland Cavaliers big man has been a key cog for the Cavs this term and it’s no coincidence that they’re sitting at the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference as we approach the midway point of the season.</p><p>Allen was in a bit of a festive mood on Saturday as he celebrated New Year’s Day. The Cavs center decided to seek some advice from the mean streets of Twitter with regard to any possible resolutions for the new year:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy New Year!! 🍾 Someone give me a good New Year Resolution?</p><p>— Jarrett Allen (@_bigjayy_) <a href="https://twitter.com/_bigjayy_/status/1477319122212032517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>A random fan suggested that Allen re-join the Brooklyn Nets to team up with Kevin Durant and Co. Allen caught wind of the comment and quickly <a href="https://twitter.com/_bigjayy_/status/1477324275195514887">responded</a> with a brutally honest remark:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lots of love for Brooklyn… But my heart is in Cleveland</p><p>— Jarrett Allen (@_bigjayy_) <a href="https://twitter.com/_bigjayy_/status/1477324275195514887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Allen spent the first three and a half seasons of his career with the Nets — the team that drafted him 22nd overall in 2017. The 6-foot-11 big man made his way to the Cavs in January of last year as part of the blockbuster four-team deal that saw James Harden take his talents to Brooklyn.</p><p>Allen made an immediate impact with the Cavs last season. So much so, that he earned himself a massive <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-rumors-jarrett-allen-100m-extension-did-not-sit-well-with-evan-mobley/">$100 million, five-year extension</a> last summer. Jarrett Allen is clearly a vital piece of Cleveland’s core and it’s great to hear that his loyalty lies with the wine &amp; gold.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs’ Jarrett Allen gets brutally honest about prospect of rejoining Kevin Durant, Nets

<!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>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.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><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Jarrett-Allen_s-massive-100-million-extension-did-not-sit-well-with-Evan-Mobley.jpeg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Jarrett Allen’s massive $100 million extension with Cavs did not sit well with Evan Mobley</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-28T19:27:50-08:00">December 28th, 7:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-28T19:27:50-08:00">December 28th, 7:27pm</time><address><a>Renzo Salao</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have shed the early-season surprise label. They’re legit. At 20-13 through 33 games, they’ve established themselves as one of the Eastern Conference’s best teams.</p><p>However, nobody say it coming in the offseason. Critics weren’t just skeptical, they were outright dismissive as evidenced by the Vegas odds for them to make the postseason. DraftKings sportsbook had them at 20-1 odds to make the playoffs before the season started, <a href="https://www.thelines.com/odds/nba-playoffs/">third highest in the NBA</a> ahead of just the Orlando magic and the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>The biggest reasons behind their success is that they’re… well, big. That’s not exactly the direction the NBA has been trending towards over the past few years. Teams seemed to only be allowed to have one true big man – and even he must be able to space the floor as much as possible.</p><p>That’s why according to a report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, even Cavs’ prized draft pick Evan Mobley was left questioning where the team was going with their decision to extend center Jarrett Allen just days after selecting Mobley with the third overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.</p><p>Via ESPN:</p><blockquote>The Cavs weren’t just going against the grain; they were committing to a path that would be difficult, if not impossible, to untangle.Four days after drafting Mobley, the team signed Allen to a five-year, $100 million contract. Some draft experts and scouts projected Mobley could develop into a franchise center in the current taste of the NBA. In truth, Mobley and his camp thought this was possible too, so when Allen got paid there was some chin rubbing.</blockquote><p>Not only did the Cavs make a long-term commitment to two franchise centers – they doubled down on their big man binge, initiating a trade for Lauri Markkanen to add to their stable of long-limbed lads that also included former All-Star Kevin Love.</p><blockquote>“People were looking at us sideways,” said Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff says. “It’s one thing to be big but we felt Jarrett and Evan were big and active. It was building around that.”</blockquote><p>Cleveland decided not to let the NBA’s small-ball movement at large influence what they were trying to do. Instead, they looked at the teams that won it all for guidance – namely, the last two teams to win a championship in the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks.</p><blockquote>Says Cavs Koby Altman: “We watched a lot of film and we looked at the last few champions. They were great defensive teams. The Bucks had Giannis [Antetokounmpo] and [Brook] Lopez. The Lakers had LeBron, [Anthony] Davis and [Dwight] Howard. They played big and they won.“We didn’t see Evan as a player exactly like Jarrett and thought they could play together.”</blockquote><p>In truth, their hypothesis proved correct. The Mobley-Allen 2-man lineup has played more than 500 minutes together so far. The Cavs have looked lethal defensively in those minutes, with a defensive rating of 95.9 and a positive net rating of +8.3. Their success together has thrusted Cleveland to the <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced/?sort=DEF_RATING&amp;dir=-1">second best defensive rating</a> in the entire NBA, sandwiched between league stalwarts in the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns. How’s that for some elite company?</p><blockquote>“We’ve got a good thing going and I’m having a lot of fun,” Love said after he scored 22 points in a blowout win over the Toronto Raptors Sunday night. “It’s going to be great watching this young team develop.”</blockquote><p>All told, the Cleveland Cavaliers still have a long way to go. Fellow upstart teams such as the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets have now fizzled out of late even as the Cavs keep chugging along with impressive wins.</p><p>Cleveland stands is clumped together with the Eastern elite, just 3.5 games separating them from the first-seed Brooklyn Nets. The gap between them and the 8th-seeded Wizards is the exact same.</p><p>But the fact that the East is so clumped together bodes well for controlling their own fate. As the teams beneath them continue to trade wins and losses against one another, the Cavs simply must maintain their current trajectory in order to secure a playoff spot for the first time since LeBron James moved to the West coast.</p><p>With every game that the Cavs win, that’s another bullet in the chamber for their argument that big is back in the NBA. Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley have been the mad scientist experiment gone right. All they have to do now is make sure they <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-cleveland-gets-mixed-bag-covid-updates-on-evan-mobley-darius-garland/">keep the magic alive.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2021-22 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.8	10.9	1.8	1.4	0.9

2021-22 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.8	10.9	1.8	1.4	0.9

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