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Multiple sources across the league said the Bucks' asking price was enormous, with an executive from a third team describing the Bucks' process as "gauging the market" and their price as "all our draft picks and good young players." The Golden State Warriors offer included four unprotected first-round picks in pursuit of Antetokounmpo, sources said, but never seemed to gain much momentum on a deal. The players the Bucks did seem interested in were younger building blocks such as VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers or Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources said.
Chris Fedor: #Cavs Evan Mobley on overcoming Jarrett Allen's continued absence: “Without another big out there I have to hold it down until he gets back. That’s what I tried to do tonight, and I feel like I’ve been doing a pretty good job so far.”
Chris Fedor: #Cavs Donovan Mitchell on Evan Mobley: "He was aggressive. Didn't feel like anybody could stay in front of him and he was dominant on the glass. Especially when they went small, that's what he is supposed to do. That's the aggression we want to see on a continuous basis from him"
Grant Afseth: Final: Cavaliers 138, Mavericks 105 Cooper Flagg: 25 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST Naji Marshall: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST Brandon Williams: 12 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST Evan Mobley: 29 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST Donovan Mitchell: 24 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST Dallas (22-45) faces Cleveland again next.
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Danny Cunningham: #Cavs beat the Pistons 113-109 without Donovan Mitchell. Jaylon Tyson had 22 points, Evan Mobley and James Harden both had 18 and Dennis Schroder had 15 points off the bench. Tyson did an excellent job defensively on Cade Cunningham, too.
Pistons beat Cavaliers 122-119 behind 33 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks from Jalen Duren, 25 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists from Cade Cunningham. Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley combined for 48 points, 21 rebounds in defeat.
Danny Cunningham: Shorthanded #Cavs fall to the Bucks 118-116 after Jarrett Allen's would-be game-tying basket is disallowed. Really strong fight by a Cavs team that was without Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and James Harden. Allen finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds and Dennis Schroder had 26 points.
Mack Perry: Cavs injury report: Out: Donovan Mitchell (Right Groin) Max Strus (Foot) Evan Mobley (Injury Maintenance) Questionable: James Harden (Right Thumb) #LetEmKnow
Mike Vorkunov: Wasserman has a number of major clients in the NBA (Evan Mobley, Klay Thompson, Sabonis) and WNBA (Paige Bueckers, Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner) and MLB (Matt Olson, Giancarlo Stanton, Zack Wheeler, Yoshinobu Yamamoto)
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James Harden was interested in reuniting with the Houston Rockets, sources say, a natural fit because their point guard, Fred Van Vleet, had torn his ACL before the season. But the Rockets showed little interest in their former MVP. Cleveland did, however. The Cavaliers were intrigued to see how Harden could elevate their two standout big men, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, and take some of the load off dynamic shooting guard Donovan Mitchell.
The Cavaliers have perhaps the best young player to potentially offer in a trade for Antetokounmpo in Evan Mobley, while the Blazers are in the unique position of being able to offer some of Milwaukee's own picks back to them. "Yeah, we're pretty much—I've been at 51-49 against a trade," said Brian Windhorst on Get Up on Thursday morning. "I'm now sort of moving more towards 60-40 against a trade. Minnesota is still out there, but I'm going to be honest with you, I don't think Minnesota's offer was as good as Golden State's. And if Golden State's offer is not good enough and Minnesota can't do a trade to improve their offer, I don't think Minnesota is realistic. "That, in my mind, leaves Miami. Miami is making a sort of player-and-sort-of-semi-draft-pick offer. It's a decent offer. I don't think it's something that you would stop everything for—for Giannis.
Sam Amick: I know I keep going back to the Giannis (Antetokounmpo) stuff, but there’s an idea that if, let’s say, Giannis goes—somebody even mentioned Cleveland. I don’t think that’s going to happen. They’re dedicated to Evan Mobley. But LeBron (James) could join a team that’s on the come-up.” “Cleveland and Golden State are the two places where people talk about him landing. But the Giannis thing was: if the Warriors landed him, then maybe he goes that way.” “But I genuinely—and I’ve talked to his folks a lot lately—he doesn’t know. He’s just going through this thing.” “As a side note, it’s so interesting: people who care about him a lot, and who also don’t know what’s next…” “They’re literally kind of chasing him around the country to watch all of his biggest games with the mentality of, ‘We just don’t know.’” “So if he keeps going, that’s great. But the Garden, for example—there were folks who went out there to make sure they saw that thing in person, with kind of that thought in mind.”
Yossi Gozlan: Realistically, the Cavaliers can keep two of Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, & Darius Garland in the long run. This trade would indicate their commitment to Mitchell, who can extend this summer for up to four years, $273 million. FWIW, Harden expires in time for Mitchell’s next deal.
