{"id":201837,"date":"2025-10-10T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201837\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:39:08","slug":"cavaliers-trade-proposal-sends-jarrett-allen-to-eastern-conference-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201837\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers trade proposal sends Jarrett Allen to Eastern Conference foe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> enter the 2025-26 campaign with a chip on their shoulders, aiming to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers finished the 2024-25 season with a 64-18 record, claiming the top seed in the Eastern Conference before ultimately falling to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/indiana-pacers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> in the conference semifinals. Now, Cleveland will look to bounce back in a wide-open East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Eastern Conference features several rising teams \u2014 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/atlanta-hawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/orlando-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic<\/a> \u2014 the Cavaliers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> enter the 2025-26 season as clear favorites in the conference. Still, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if the Cavaliers made a move to strengthen their depth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\/news\/nba-teams-could-look-acquire-cavaliers-big-jarrett-allen\/218a31f35f06e736a5d5e193\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA teams could look to acquire Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cavaliers trade Jarrett Allen to Pacers in multi-asset deal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25258169-1-trade-every-team-would-make-if-deadline-was-2025-26-nba-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bleacher Report\u2019s Andy Bailey<\/a> put together a mock trade that would send Jarrett Allen to the Indiana Pacers, returning multiple assets to the Cavaliers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Bailey\u2019s trade proposal:<\/p>\n<p>Cavaliers receive: Obi Toppin, Ben Sheppard, 2029 first-round pick (top-five protected)<\/p>\n<p>Pacers receive: Jarrett Allen\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allen is under contract through the 2028-29 season and could help the Pacers in a playoff run once Tyrese Haliburton returns in 2026-27 from his torn Achilles, which he sustained in Game 7 of the NBA Finals last season. With Myles Turner now on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/milwaukee-bucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, Allen could serve as a long-term replacement at center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Cavaliers have reigning Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley ready to ascend. By moving Mobley to the five on a full-time basis, Cleveland could prioritize stretching the floor at power forward with Toppin. Additionally, Sheppard would provide valuable wing depth behind Donovan Mitchell and De\u2019Andre Hunter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers enter the 2025-26 campaign with a chip on their shoulders, aiming to reach the NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-201837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}