The Cavaliers have officially signed No. 3 overall pick Evan Mobley, per a team press release.
The former Trojan averaged 16.4 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 2.4 APG and 2.9 BPG in his lone season at USC, showcasing impressive versatility on both ends of the floor. His combination of ball handling and passing ability, flashes of shooting potential, and general defensive dominance firmed up his status as a top-three pick early in the year.
The Cavaliers, after agreeing to sign Jarrett Allen to a five-year, $100MM contract, are locking in their long-term core around Mobley, Allen, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro and Collin Sexton.
Mobley’s rookie contract is expected to start at around $8.075MM in year one, and the deal is expected to pay him upwards of $36.6MM through its duration.
A mere formality but good to get it done.
Go Cavs! Very excited for this season! The future is bright!
I guess we all know a certain Rockets fan is upset about this move.
Letting Mobley grow behind Allen is a wise move. Mobley is for real. I see top 2way center in 3-5 yrs. Offensively he can be big time.
Have rookie scale salaries for 2020/21 draft picks been annoucned?
RealGM has the rookie scale here: link to basketball.realgm.com
I’ll be publishing our annual article that includes the 120% figures and each player’s four-year total sometime within the next 24 hours.
Great thanks!
Hopefully the Cavs don’t play games and just start all 5 of those guys. They should each play as many minutes as possible. They have no other keeps on that roster other then these 5.
+ Dean Wade