Everything you need to know about Evan Mobley’s new deal & what it means for the Cleveland Cavaliers

Everything you need to know about Evan Mobley’s new deal & what it means for the Cleveland Cavaliers

Evan Mobley is now a max contract NBA player.

The Cleveland Cavaliers rewarded their super talented young big man with the rookie max extension for 5 years, $224M, that could be worth up to $269M if he hits certain incentives.

We’ll break down everything you need to know about the max, what it means for the Cavs ability to build a roster around Mobley, Donovan Mitchell & Darius Garland moving forward and why Koby Altman had no choice in the matter.

Cleveland Cavaliers 7-footer Evan Mobley has agreed to a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie contract extension that could become worth as much as $269 million, agents Joe Smith and Thad Foucher of Wasserman told ESPN on Saturday.

Mobley, 23, has quickly become one of the league’s elite young defensive big men, finishing third in voting for Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 as well as being named an All-Defensive first-teamer.

He averaged 15.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks last season for Cleveland, while also posting career-high shooting percentages: 57.9% overall, 37.3% from 3 and 71.9% from the free throw line.

Since arriving as the third pick in the 2021 NBA draft out of USC, Mobley has helped lead the Cavaliers to finishing seventh in defensive rating last season, first in 2022-23 and fifth in 2021-22. Over that span, Mobley is also one of just four players — along with Anthony Davis, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Rudy Gobert — to have at least 300 blocks and 150 steals, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

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