Report: Cavaliers Telling Teams They Don’t Want To Trade Darius Garland And Jarrett Allen

According to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Cleveland Cavaliers are telling teams that they don’t want to trade Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen.

“Cleveland has continued to tell teams they’re not trying to move Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, league sources told HoopsHype,” Scotto reported. “Koby Altman talked about the plus/minus ratings with those guys. They still think Darius is an All-Star-caliber player. He’s young and under contract for the next four years. It would really take a lot for them to move him.”

Garland averaged 18.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists for the Cavaliers this season while shooting 44.6% from the field, 37.1% from beyond the arc and 83.4% from the free-throw line. He’ll make $36.7 million next season.

Allen, who has two years and $40 million left on his contract, averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.1 blocks this season while shooting 63.4% from the field and 74.2% from the free-throw line.  

“I think they’d have to be blown away for them to consider it (moving Garland and Allen) on both fronts,” NBA reporter Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com told Scotto. “They’ve gotten offers in the past for Allen specifically. Teams have been poking around on Allen for the last couple of years. There has been interest in Garland. I think there are teams that make sense for Darius who could use him. San Antonio comes to mind certainly, but if they’re not going to give the Cavaliers either Victor Wembanyama or Devin Vassell, what are the Spurs going to offer the Cavaliers that Cleveland would be willing to say yes to?”

The Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic in the first round of this year’s postseason in seven games but lost to the Boston Celtics in the second round in five games.

Allen missed the Celtics series with a rib injury. 

According to NBA insiders Shams Charania, Joe Vardon and Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, some members of the Cavaliers were frustrated Allen refused an injection to try and numb the pain in his rib and play.

Donovan Mitchell is expected to sign an extension with the Cavaliers this offseason. Cleveland intends to build around Mitchell, Garland, Allen and Evan Mobley. 

Most people around the NBA believe the Cavaliers will hire James Borrego or Kenny Atkinson as their next head coach.