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On HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours, Bam Adebayo showed up in 6.2% of all trades built. Among those, he was most often sent to Sacramento (14.5%), Cleveland (9.2%), and Denver (9.2%), and the return pieces that came up most often were Evan Mobley (9.2%), Zach LaVine (9.2%), and Jaren Jackson Jr (7.9%).
NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Stephen Curry (GSW), Luka Dončić (LAL) and Cooper Flagg (DAL) East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIA), Scottie Barnes (TOR), Tyrese Maxey (PHI) and Evan Mobley (CLE)
Danny Cunningham: #Cavs beat the Bucks 136-111 in a game that wasn't as close as the final score. Cleveland led by 36 points in the second half of this one. Evan Mobley had 27 points, Jarrett Allen had 25 & 11 as both guys played 24 minutes. They took care of business on both ends of the floor against a bad team.
Evan Mobley on Jarrett Allen: “The team loves it. Anytime he hits a three, gives us all energy. He’s been working on that all summer, so I think whenever the time comes, he’s not backing down from those shots. Tonight that was a great shot by him and it just brings us all up and brings us energy and we just feed off that.”
Cavaliers defeat Nets 125-121 behind 22 points from Donovan Mitchell, 20 points, 10 rebounds and four assists from Evan Mobley. Michael Porter Jr. had 28 points, nine rebounds and four steals for Brooklyn, while Julius Randle had 23 points and Egor Demin had 22 points and six assists.
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Jarrett Allen on Evan Mobley: “Whenever you are able to see a player go into practice and do things that you never seen them do before and improve every single year, it makes it a lot easier for you to have faith in us. And that is what everybody sees in this building. Every single year he comes back and shows us something new, and now it is just time for him to apply it to the game, which we all know and believe he will.”
Q. Evan Mobley was defensive player of the year a couple years ago and the GM survey comes out and they have all these different categories for best defensive player like best perimeter defender, best defensive center, that kind of stuff. And Evan's nowhere to be found. Kenny Atkinson: Now you're getting me riled up [laughter] because he should be, right? And I think that's part of that kind of chip on his shoulder. I don't know, you have to talk to him. I think he wants to get back to that elite status, All-Star status. That's part of his goal this year.
For Iso Joe, the fact that Jalen Duren, after averaging a career-best year of averaging 19.5 points to log an All-NBA Third Team selection, signed a $200 million extension is a clear sign that Towns is worthy of more. KAT was vital against the likes of Joel Embiid, Evan Mobley and Victor Wembanyama in the Knicks' title run, and will be asked to do even more if the Knicks are to repeat. "If I'm KAT, ain't no way in hell… Jalen Duren just signed for $200 million, man. Come on, man, I'm not signing no damn $200 (million)," Johnson said on the "NightCap" show. "I ain't got to break the bank at $276 million, but meet me at $240, $250. He done the ultimate! The man won a title! Hell, in the first two games in the Finals, bro, he was your best player on the floor! We were talking about KAT winning the MVP."
Evan Mobley on James Harden: “Like you said, a legend. It’s crazy that I get to play with him and be around him every day and learn from him. It’s surreal in a way. But as I get to know him every single day, he’s a great guy, just a normal dude just like all of us. I feel that’s a big factor that lot of people hold people on pedestals, but he’s just a normal guy just like all of us. I feel that gives everyone else confidence that he has a good personality, natural personality, and gets along with everyone. He’s not trying to big-time anyone or anything like that.”
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NBA Trade Machine: De'Aaron Fox was part of 8.6% of the trades built on HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours. Of those trades, his top destinations were Minnesota (10.3%), LA Clippers (7.1%), and LA Lakers (6.3%). The most common players sent back for him were Luka Doncic (6.3%), Evan Mobley (6.3%), and Anthony Edwards (4.8%).
"[Donovan] Mitchell, [James] Harden, [Evan] Mobley, [Jarrett] Allen. Dan and Grant -- which is the Gilberts. Plus Koby [Altman], he was there when LeBron won there," Paul said. "Big, big, big X factor, let me talk to you about Brandon Weems," who is the Cavs' assistant GM under the president of basketball operations, Altman, and was a childhood friend and James' high school teammate. "Brandon Weems is basically LeBron's brother," Paul said. "Now, he worked his own way [up], nobody gave him anything. He's earned to be in the front office of the Cavs. "But that is a big feather in the cap [for Cleveland], because of Brandon Weems." Paul added that the Cavs would have been even more appealing had the roster still featured fellow Klutch client Darius Garland, who was traded to the LA Clippers for Harden last season. "This is no offense to Harden," Paul said. "Because he loves Garland like he loves Maxey."
What are you most proud of this season? Kenny Atkinson: I think we were 17-16 at one point. It looked like the wheels were falling off. Just how we kept it together, with expectations being so high, and we started playing a lot of young guys. We got through that with great leadership, starting with Donovan Mitchell, then Evan Mobley, even before De'Andre Hunter came. Those guys kind of kept the ship afloat. As we got healthier, we really went on some good runs. Listen, success is relative, right? It's all about perspective. We did take a jump. We'd gone to the conference semifinals three years in a row, and this year we made it to the conference finals. I know it wasn't the greatest result, but we kind of ran into a buzzsaw. We could have played better, but we did make a jump. We did improve. There are steps to this thing. It just doesn't happen overnight. When you're one of the final four teams in the NBA, I think you're doing something right. We obviously have the hunger and ambition to do more, so I think it was a successful season on many fronts.
