Report: Cavaliers To Receive ‘Significant’ Trade Interest On Jarrett Allen

The Cavaliers, who will sign Evan Mobley to a lucrative rookie-scale extension, could trade Allen this offseason.

Allen has two years and $40 million left on his contract. He averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.1 blocks this season while shooting 63.4% from the field and 74.2% from the free-throw line.  

The Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics in the second round of this year’s postseason in five games after beating the Orlando Magic in the first round in seven games.

According to NBA insiders Shams Charania, Joe Vardon and Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, some members of the Cavaliers were frustrated Allen refused an injection to try and numb the pain in his rib and play.

Allen, 26, missed the entire Cavaliers-Celtics series with a rib injury. 

“Allen played in 81 consecutive games counting the regular season and postseason,” Charania, Vardon and Lloyd wrote. “He was initially hit in the ribs in Game 1 against Orlando, and in Game 4 of that series, an elbow by Franz Wagner ‘pierced’ a rib on Allen’s right side, according to multiple team sources. The team listed him as ‘questionable’ to play in every game after that, which means there is a chance, though he was never close to getting back into uniform.

“Few if any, members of the organization doubted the discomfort Allen has been in since the injury, but the frustration among some members of the team was that he refused an injection to try and numb the pain and play.”

Allen has career averages of 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.3 blocks with the Brooklyn Nets and Cavaliers. He has already been linked to the New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Sacramento Kings in trade rumors. 

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Allen has numerous admirers in rival front offices.