Would an Evan Mobley for Jalen Williams (and more) trade make the Cavaliers more serious contenders?
The Oklahoma City Thunder may already be plotting after their championship defense came up short.
Oklahoma City is being linked to Cleveland Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley, Sam Amick of The Athletic reported on Sunday. Amick notes that there has long been chatter about the Thunder having interest in Mobley.
The 24-year-old Mobley was an All-Star, an All-NBA selection, and the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year with the Cavaliers in 2025. He saw some slight regression this season but still managed to average 18.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game.
Meanwhile, Mobley is still signed for several more years. Next season, he will be entering the second year of a five-year, $224 million contract (with an extra $45 million in incentives) that runs through 2030. | https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/thunder_are_being_linked_to_one_nba_all_star_big_man/s1_127_43903827
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Is Jalen Williams Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum? If not I'll pass
You cant keep the core 4 and have lebron. So who are you giving up? Harden mitchel mobley or allen
Bruh we literally have like 13 guards already, we need a post presence!!
Why would you give OKC anything?!
No way OKC would give up all of that for Mobley
In what world is Evan Mobley better than J Dub 😂 we need Jay to gaslight Presti into making this deal!!!
No I would trade J-Dub for Mitchell
IF OKC wants Mobley over Giannis that should tell y’all something
I would make the trade in a heartbeat. But I would try to make it a better deal
I would need them to sweeten that pot. OKC has gone too long fleecing people. Id make them pay 200 cents on the dollar. if they added another pick and switched dort with caruso?? maybe..
Mobley not being a 80% FT shooter is why I'm doing this. I'm tired of our bigs missing out on points.
If you get rid of James harden, then it's not that bad, otherwise, why the hell would you do this?
The cavs dont need more players. They have good depth already. If they are going to trade evan. They need to trade for an elite vet, like giannis. Also jalen williams is not better than mobley lol. Hes also not a good shooter, hes average at best. He shot 29% from 3 this year and only 1 year above 36.5% on low volume.
Jalen williams has played 75 games once…
Williams is better than Movley anyways 😂
18 firsts, please
Nah Chet or nothing.
This makes the Cavs smaller, can't do that
I love Evan Mobley I know he’s not the prolific scorer we thought he would be but he seems a like a natural playmaker, how about he we use him to pass out the post more
Jay has lost the last of his raggedy brain
A 17 first rd is very valuable, especially when you don’t have any picks
If Evan puts on some muscle it’s on and popping for the Cavs
Jay is so smart that he’s stupid because he believes in his delusion
What a very strange bunch of very insightful guys; they are debating whether Jalen Williams is as good as Mobley, while with 24 years he already has a higher ceiling than Donovan Mitchell.
DO NOT TRADE EVAN
How about the 12th pick instead of 17 what would Oklahoma do with that pick
Cavs should have left the team alone cause we were deep wuh gsrland, ball, the one dude from atkanta hawks they traded last year for.. That team would have had more fire power with those other guys SMDH we would never know how would we 😑
Jay you’re wrong stop
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ……..getting ……………………RIDICULOUS……………………………
only matchup for wemby is why they want him
Jay reminds me of my wife. Make a statement the other person has a proven better logical retort but keep making illogical statements to try to defend your position no matter what
Okc wouldn't beed to add anything, Cleveland will.
Cavs media overvalues Mobley.
In what world is Evan fucking Mobley better than J Dub? Presti would immediately hang up while laughing, this is peak Cleveland delusion 😂
We would be essentially a team of wings with no height.
Yeah jay literally knows nothing yet talks the most
Cleveland doesn't want J W: J W has a recurring hamstring injury. Mobley is 24, 6'9", averages 20 points game. Milwaukee wanted to trade Giannis for Mobley. Aedin
Mcnuggets your credibility just took a major hit. Williams is not better than Evan Mobley at all. Mcnuggets, STOP!