Sources tell cleveland.com that youngster Evan Mobley will not play against the Heat because of a sore left knee that kept him from participating in shootaround. Mobley, who received treatment Friday morning and was wearing a sleeve around the knee, could be looking at a multi-game absence.
Source: Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer
Source: Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer
What’s the buzz on Twitter?


Cayleigh Griffin @cayleighgriffin
Evan Mobley is OUT tonight with left knee soreness. Dean Wade will start in his place. #Cavs – 7:22 PM
Evan Mobley is OUT tonight with left knee soreness. Dean Wade will start in his place. #Cavs – 7:22 PM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Evan Mobley (knee soreness) is inactive. Only his fourth missed game in Cleveland’s last 111 contests. – 7:21 PM
Evan Mobley (knee soreness) is inactive. Only his fourth missed game in Cleveland’s last 111 contests. – 7:21 PM

Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
#Cavs Evan Mobley to miss his first game of the season tonight in Miami
cleveland.com/cavs/2023/12/c… – 7:18 PM
#Cavs Evan Mobley to miss his first game of the season tonight in Miami
cleveland.com/cavs/2023/12/c… – 7:18 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
The Cavs are listing Evan Mobley as questionable for tonight’s game vs. Heat because of knee soreness. – 1:37 PM
The Cavs are listing Evan Mobley as questionable for tonight’s game vs. Heat because of knee soreness. – 1:37 PM

Bob Finnan @BobCavsinsider
Cavs won challenge of Evan Mobley picking up his 5th PF. It was “marginal” contact, ref said. – 9:32 PM
Cavs won challenge of Evan Mobley picking up his 5th PF. It was “marginal” contact, ref said. – 9:32 PM

Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
That looked like a clean block by Evan Mobley, to me at least. – 8:05 PM
That looked like a clean block by Evan Mobley, to me at least. – 8:05 PM
More on this storyline
Chris Fedor: #Cavs Evan Mobley, listed as questionable for tonight’s game because of knee soreness, not on the court here in Miami for shootaround. -via Twitter @ChrisFedor / December 8, 2023
Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert, whose names came up in trade chatter last season, are players the Cavaliers want to keep, barring a trade that further moves the needle towards title contention for Cleveland, HoopsHype has learned. Evan Mobley and Darius Garland also remain core pieces in the eyes of the franchise. -via HoopsHype / November 29, 2023