{"id":677365,"date":"2026-03-25T00:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/677365\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:24:15","slug":"kenny-atkinson-provides-update-on-jarrett-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/677365\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Atkinson provides update on Jarrett Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> head coachKenny Atkinson provided an update for injured center Jarrett Allen, and it was an encouraging one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dHe\u2019s ramped it up in the last few days,\u201d Atkinson said before Tuesday night\u2019s game against the Orlando Magic. \u201cTrending positive, watched him yesterday on the court. I think we are in the last stage of getting him ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Allen has now missed nine games in a row, having first felt discomfort on March 3 against the <a href=\"http:\/\/detroitbadboys.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>. The team has described it as tendonitis, though there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/cavs-injury-report\/46597\/cavs-injury-update-jarrett-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-nba-craig-porter-jr-tyrese-proctor-milwaukee-bucks-orlando-magic-chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a bit of ambiguity<\/a> since it was first thought to be a banged knee. But his impending return would be a boon for the Cavs, who have missed the pick-and-roll dynamism and rim protection. That has not stopped the Cavs from finding ways to win games, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Evan Mobley has filled the role of center admirably with more confidence and force of late, though his inability to hit free throws leaves a lot to be desired. But the overarching theme is that his play is translating in a way that should persist even when his front-court mate is back in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dWhen he (Mobley) goes back to the four when Allen is back, I anticipate him playing better,\u201d Atkinson continued. \u201cI feel like post-All-Star, Evan has just been a different character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sure enough, Mobley is shooting nearly 10% better from the floor after the All-Star Break compared to prior while maintaining similar rebounds, steals, and blocks. The return of Allen will impede those numbers, surely, but the bigger question for Mobley has been aggressiveness and confidence. If that manages to continue even with Allen\u2019s return, it would be a very positive development for the Cavs as they head toward the postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers head coachKenny Atkinson provided an update for injured center Jarrett Allen, and it was an encouraging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,148,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-677365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavs-injury-report","10":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116286971358387043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677365","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=677365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}