11:45am: Mobley will miss two to four weeks, the team announced in a press release. According to the Cavs, today’s MRI confirmed the diagnosis of a right elbow sprain and Mobley will undergo treatment and rehabilitation.
8:03am: Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley left Monday’s loss to Boston in the second half due to an injury that has been diagnosed as a sprained right elbow. According to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, Mobley will undergo an MRI on Tuesday morning to determine the severity of the ailment.
Mobley, 20, has been perhaps the NBA’s most impressive rookie during the first month of the season, averaging 14.6 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.5 APG, and 1.6 BPG in 15 games (33.7 MPG).
Although Jarrett Allen (illness), Kevin Love (health and safety protocols), and Lauri Markkanen (health and safety protocols) all remain day-to-day, the Cavs’ frontcourt is relatively deep overall. Still, losing Mobley for an extended period would be a major blow to a team that’s off to a surprisingly good start at 9-6.
Fedor writes that the organization is “holding its breath” and hoping that today’s MRI won’t reveal any sort of significant injury. For what it’s worth, the No. 3 overall pick was able to remain in the game after suffering the injury late in the third quarter on Monday — he didn’t exit for good until early in the fourth.
Hopefully it’s a short rest for Mobley. He’s gonna be a top 10 player soon (3-5 years)
It’s funny.. your post autocorrected from “top 10 big man” to “top 10 player.” I hate when that happens.
Hope the injury isn’t serious and he comes back quick. You could see after the play that he was holding his arm and hand and wrist and wondering if he should say something or tough it out. You know something’s wrong but you don’t want to take yourself out of the game if it’s just a funny bone tweak.
If the AI autocorrected his post it must be the AI from Vanilla Sky because it got it right.
In 3-5 years a lot of the current top 10 players will either be retired from basketball, or at least nearing retirement. If Mobley reaches his potential he could replace one of those players, hopefully he won’t have trouble staying healthy like AD has throughout his career.
Man the Cavs injuries are piling up. Just like last year. Hopefully by the time he’s back everyone will be healthy (except for Collin who will be out awhile).
Bad time for him to go down. Tough 2 weeks coming up.