The NBA has announced its rosters for the 2026 Rising Stars game. Sophomore standout Jaylon Tyson will be there to represent the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n
Tyson is averaging 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. He\u2019s gone from a fringe rotational player to a bona fide starting-caliber talent in the first half of the season. His leap as a three-point shooter (46% this season) is only one of many reasons for his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just built up the equity, and that\u2019s confidence in himself,\u201d Atkinson said. \u201cIt started in Summer League, then he just built it with his work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cavs have fully embraced Tyson\u2019s breakout. He\u2019s started in 27 games this season and is playing close to 30 minutes per game. No one would have predicted this in the summer, but even Cleveland\u2019s veterans have recognized his importance. Donovan Mitchell, especially, has taken Tyson under his wing.<\/p>\n
\u201cDonovan has believed in him since day one,\u201d said Aktinson. \u201cHe\u2019s anointed him, like, \u2018okay, I need you, we\u2019re going to get you better.\u2018 So I think that when your superstar believes in you, that\u2019s even more important than when the coach believes in you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyson is joined by other rising stars such as Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle and Alex Sarr. He\u2019s the first Cavalier to play in the game since Evan Mobley in his rookie and sophomore seasons.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers, who have the most expensive roster in the NBA, are hamstrung by their financial situation. That limits them from adding talent at the trade deadline or in the offseason \u2014 and makes young talent like Tyson all the more important. This is their easiest, if not only, option for improving the roster without making any major changes. That means Tyson\u2019s development is more than an inspiring story; it\u2019s pivotal to the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA has announced its rosters for the 2026 Rising Stars game. Sophomore standout Jaylon Tyson will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,147,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-563092","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-cavs-news","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","13":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115964549743327884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563092","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=563092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}