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Jarrett Allen Rumors
Yossi Gozlan: Seeing many trades on the timeline sending LeBron James to Cleveland. Cavaliers would need to do a 100% salary match and stay under the second apron due to aggregation. Example: Darius Garland, DeAndre Hunter, & Jarrett Allen works and leaves room for the $5.7 million MLE.
Gerald Bourguet: Brian Gregory said Jordan Ott's experience with defensive bigs like Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley played a role in their decision to draft Khaman Maluach. Said he was watching film with them and he was "critical" in that decision
Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley the only untouchables in Cleveland?
Chris Fedor: I think the two untouchables are Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley. And like I have been getting the sense that like the Cavs would be more willing to entertain and at least consider possibilities for Jared Allen and Darius Garland than they have in the past. Now that all comes down to it's got to be the right deal. It's got to be the right pieces coming back that the Cavs believe would be a step forward as opposed to just a lateral move or a step back. Like I don't think they're in a situation um where they're saying to themselves, we got to shed this salary. Like we need to find a dumping ground for Darius Garland's contract or Jared Allen's contract.
Tony East: "They're a 64-win team. They've got 3 All-Stars, a fourth if you count Allen... we've been an underdog in every game in this series, including tonight. It's hard," Carlisle says of this series and the challenge tonight. "We've just got to be really on point with how we play."
Evan Dammarell: “It means I need to play harder as well.” #Cavs big man Jarrett Allen’s thoughts on Donovan Mitchell leaving it all on the line tonight.
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Kenny Atkinson on plays that led to injuries for Evan Mobley, De'Andre Hunter, Jarrett Allen: 'All three of those plays were excessive'
Camryn Justice: Yesterday, #Cavs Kenny Atkinson shared his displeasure with no calls that led to the injuries of Evan Mobley and De'Andre Hunter—as well as one that saw Jarrett Allen take a hard fall. Today, he spoke on it again—for 6 straight minutes. Here are some snippets from his address.
Yesterday, #Cavs Kenny Atkinson shared his displeasure with no calls that led to the injuries of Evan Mobley and De'Andre Hunter—as well as one that saw Jarrett Allen take a hard fall.
— Camryn Justice (@camijustice) May 6, 2025
Today, he spoke on it again—for 6 straight minutes.
Here are some snippets from his address. pic.twitter.com/BE6oY4cdZg
Spencer Davies: Carlisle conceded Jarrett Allen was fouled and it was a missed call. De’Andre Hunter play where Bennedict Mathurin blocked him with a left-hand on his chest was challenged and deemed unsuccessful. Didn’t bring up the Myles Turner/Evan Mobley play.
Kenny Atkinson: Jarrett Allen's next step is to be able to guard five out
Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson is putting Cleveland's defensive spotlight directly on Jarrett Allen, his star big man. “We all know J.A.'s next step is to be able to guard five out, Atkinson said. “I think it's a challenge. But he's more than capable with his versatility. I will say this, they apply that, but we also have two bigs offensively, so they're going to have to guard us too, right? It's a hard guard for us. “But I think when we play those two bigs together with our offensive rebounding, our pick and roll offense with J.A., they're going to have to guard him. So it might seem like a disadvantage for us on one end. It could be an advantage for us on the other [hand].”
Jarrett Allen destroyed the Heat with a postseason career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds. Mobley scored 19 points with six boards. The Cavs mashed Miami in the paint, shooting 70 percent from inside. De’Andre Hunter came off the bench for 21 points. And the defensive effort this team turned in Saturday was something to behold. The playoffs are not about statements, but rather about surviving and advancing. And it’s not like the Heat are comparable to the Cavs this year, based on their regular-season records (Miami finished 27 games out of first, behind the Cavs), but the Cavs nevertheless made an emphatic statement Saturday. “We definitely want to prove where we’re at right now,” Mobley said.
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Setting screens for Garland and Mitchell and cutting to the rim where he can catch passes for easy shots was part of the answer. He was 411-for-557 on shots at or near the rim, according to NBA shot chart data. Allen made 159 dunks, and Garland assisted on 30% of Allen’s made shots. “I've been playing with these guys for about three years now, so we know each other's tendencies very well,” Allen said. “I know how to set the right screen for Darius, I know how to set a different screen for Donovan. The longer you play with players like that, the easier things come naturally.”
Allen said he is strictly a purveyor of physical books, no e-reading device. “I want to have a big (library) collection when I get older. I keep all the books that I read, so I want to be able to look back and be like, ‘Oh, I remember when I read that back in 2017.’ That’s the fun in it for me.”
The Heat needs Ware to be a net-positive in a series against a Cavaliers team that starts a double-big lineup featuring the 6-foot-9 Jarrett Allen and the 6-foot-11 Evan Mobley. “He has to go through it,” Heat captain Bam Adebayo said of his rookie frontcourt partner. “He’s young, but the thing about it is we know he’ll bounce back. He’s one of those rookies who retains a lot of information very well and we need him. So from that standpoint, understanding we get two days to lock in and he gets to refocus and he’s already got that first game out of the way. Now we go into this game Wednesday with a different mindset.”
Jarrett Allen on Cleveland: You don’t know how good it is as a city until you’ve actually lived there
Jarrett Allen: "Cleveland is one of those towns that … you don’t know how good it is as a city — especially when it comes to the people — until you’ve actually lived there. Something I learned pretty early on about this town is … just being honest … not a ton of people are rushing to move here. (They should be! But I’m just being real.) So what you have is a lot of people who grew up in Cleveland, or in the region, and there are multiple generations of families here, and, as a result, everyone has this long-standing love for the city. It’s a lot of good, well-mannered, nice folks who genuinely care for this place. And the more time you spend here, the more that feeling seeps into you. Before you know it, you start to love this place, too.”
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