JARRETT Allen

In 2025-26, Allen's most recent full season with Cleveland, he appeared in 56 games and averaged 15.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steal and 0.8 blocks in 27.1 minutes per game. He shot 63.8 percent from the field, 70.9 percent from the free-throw line and posted a true shooting mark of 66.9 percent, with a usage rate of 19.6 percent. His plus-minus for the season was 3.8, and he committed 1.3 turnovers per game. Those numbers point to an efficient, low-usage interior presence for Cleveland, built around rebounding and finishing rather than high-volume scoring.

Allen wears No. 31 for Cleveland and plays center at 6-foot-9, 250 pounds. He's 28 years old, out of Texas, and is in his ninth NBA season. His game is built around rebounding, rim protection and finishing rather than perimeter shooting, as his 10.0 percent mark from three last season shows. At 250 pounds with nine years of NBA experience, he remains the kind of center who makes his impact around the basket rather than facing up for jumpers.

Allen's final stretch of 2025-26 came in a playoff series against New York that went the distance. He had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in 35.4 minutes in one game, followed by 13 points and 10 rebounds in 28.9 minutes, then 17 points and 7 rebounds in 35.9 minutes, and closed with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 25.6 minutes in a game that finished minus-22.0 for him. Cleveland lost all four of those games against the Knicks. Earlier in that same postseason, against Detroit, Allen had a 23-point game in a win on May 17, plus a 13-point, 8-rebound loss and a 16-point, 10-rebound win.

There's no injury concern attached to Allen right now - he is not on the injury report, and he has no injury history listed. There's also nothing in the rumor mill involving him at the moment. The question for Cleveland early in 2026-27 is whether his minutes and scoring climb back toward last season's 27.1-minute, 15.4-point averages as the season moves past its opening week. Through three games, his rebounding has held up reasonably well relative to last season's 8.5 mark, but his scoring and minutes have both trailed his typical workload.