Cleveland Cavaliers power forward/center Evan Mobley has agreed to a five-year, $224 million deal. His Wasserman Basketball representatives Joe Smith and Thad Foucher informed Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN about the deal.
In the 2023-24 NBA season with Cleveland, Mobley ended up playing in 50 games. He averaged 15.7 points per game to go along with 9.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.4 blocks. In addition to those averages, Mobley shot 57.9 percent from the floor and 37.3 percent on limited three-point attempts.
Mobley was the third overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft out of USC. He was an All-Rookie First Team selection in 2022 and an All-NBA Defensive First Team selection in 2023.
It has been a productive summer for the Cavaliers, who not only have inked Mobley to this max contract extension, but also hired Kenny Atkinson to replace J.B. Bickerstaff as the team’s head coach. They also signed Donovan Mitchell to his own three-year, $150.3 million maximum contract extension, keeping together the core of a team that has gone to back-to-back playoffs and has won 99 games over the past two years.
Cleveland Cavaliers F/C Evan Mobley has agreed on a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie contract extension that could become worth as much as $269 million, Joe Smith and Thad Foucher of @wassbasketball tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/sHu5KSb8aM
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 21, 2024
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