{"id":44056,"date":"2025-05-19T23:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/44056\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:27:20","slug":"koby-altman-makes-myles-turner-comparison-for-jarrett-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/44056\/","title":{"rendered":"Koby Altman makes Myles Turner comparison for Jarrett Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman made a defiant statement on potential trades<\/a> during the offseason, he made an interesting take by comparing Cavs center Jarrett Allen to Indiana Pacers\u2019 Myles Turner. The eight-year veteran is a vital piece on both ends of the floor for Cleveland. However, his name will be mentioned in trade rumors with no traction, such as Turner being thrown into deals that never materialize.<\/p>\n

Turner has spent his entire ten-year career with the Pacers. Altman mentioned<\/a> Myles as an example of Allen\u2019s importance to the Cavs\u2019 future, per NBA insider Sam Amico.<\/p>\n

\u201cJarrett Allen remains incredibly important to us. Think about Myles Turner. Always in trade rumors. And now Myles Turner is in an intricate part of what Pacers are doing,\u201d Altman said. \u201cIncredible example of sticking with a guy and he\u2019s now a huge part of their success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner and the Pacers eliminated the Cavs in a 114-105 victory in Game 5 to complete their series 4-1. Myles averaged 16.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks throughout the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Allen, 27, posted similar averages with 12.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game in his fifth season with the Cavs.<\/p>\n

Koby Altman suggests no big trades for the Cavs\"Cavaliers<\/p>\n

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Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman isn\u2019t looking to blow up the team<\/a> after a second-round exit against the Pacers. During his exit interview with the media, Altman let it be known that he still believes in his roster<\/a> and its championship aspirations, per Hoops Wire\u2019s Sam Amico.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not gonna go anywhere,\u201d Altman said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna keep fighting for that championship. The window is wide open, we believe\u2026 I love our foundation, I love our core.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Altman added that the second apron\u2019s tax penalties will not change his mind about sticking with the core he has in place.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Altman replied when asked if he\u2019s willing to head into the second apron. \u201cIf we need to go there\u2026 We like where we are from a roster standpoint,\u201d Altman said, while also noting that \u201cthere\u2019s a level of mental toughness we need to get to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evan Mobley, Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, and Jarrett Allen are all signed through 2027-28, the final season of Mitchell\u2019s deal, a player option worth $53.8 million. Altman\u2019s dedicated to his team\u2019s core players, tethered to a group he believes is talented enough to win a championship while on the cusp of reaching its potential soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman made a defiant statement on potential trades during the offseason,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,1178,11986,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-44056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","13":"tag-jarrett-allen","14":"tag-koby-altman","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114537093254156953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}