{"id":564967,"date":"2026-01-27T22:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/564967\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T22:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:48:16","slug":"cavs-add-all-star-to-injury-report-with-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/564967\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs add All-Star to injury report with calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> have been playing their best basketball of the season of late, but that was before another former All-Star was added to the injury report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The team announced that forward Evan Mobley injured his left calf during the team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/cavs-scores-results\/43542\/cleveland-cavaliers-win-fourth-straight-beating-orlando-magic-114-98\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win over the Orlando Magic<\/a> on Tuesday. An MRI the following day revealed a left calf strain that is expected to sideline him for one to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Calf injuries have become something of an epidemic in the NBA, given the speed and pace at which the game is being played. The Cavs will likely be cautious with Mobley because of that and due to it being a recurring injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The injury isn\u2019t coming at a convenient time, although there\u2019s never a good time to lose the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. The Cavs are already without point guard Darius Garland, who is out with a toe injury, and are set to go on a week-and-a-half Western Conference road trip starting on Friday. Missing only a week of games would have him missing games against the <a href=\"http:\/\/silverscreenandroll.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brightsideofthesun.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blazersedge.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, if the injury keeps Mobley out for the full three-weeks, he wouldn\u2019t return until after the All-Star break. That would have him missing seven games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Additionally, this injury could mean that Mobley isn\u2019t able to participate in the NBA All-Star Game if he were to make the team. Even if he does return before the break, there aren\u2019t a lot of incentives to have him participate in an exhibition game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavs are 3-3 in games without Mobley this season. He\u2019s averaging 17.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, and four assists in 42 games played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers have been playing their best basketball of the season of late, but that was before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,148,48,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":{"0":"post-564967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavs-injury-report","10":"tag-magic","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-magic","14":"tag-orlandomagic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115969504578321740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564967","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=564967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}