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Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley, left, and guard Donovan Mitchell celebrate after winning the skills challenge at the NBA basketball All-Star Saturday night festivities Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

(official Cavs release) 5-23-25

CAVALIERS’ DONOVAN MITCHELL AND EVAN MOBLEY NAMED TO

2024-25 KIA ALL-NBA TEAMS

BECOMES THIRD DUO IN FRANCHISE HISTORY TO EARN ALL-NBA SELECTIONS IN SAME SEASON

CLEVELAND – The NBA announced tonight that Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell and forward/center Evan Mobley have been named to the 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Teams, with Mitchell earning First Team honors and Mobley being selected to the Second Team. Mitchell, who was also named to the All-NBA Second Team in 2022-23, becomes just the third player in franchise history with multiple All-NBA selections, joining LeBron James (10 times) and Mark Price (four times). Mobley earns his first career All-NBA honor and becomes the sixth Cavalier ever to receive All-NBA recognition, joining Mitchell, James, Price, Brad Daugherty, and Kyrie Irving. Additionally, this marks only the third time that two Cavaliers players have earned All-NBA honors in the same season, following Price and Daugherty in 1991-92 and James and Irving in 2014-15.

Mitchell (6-3, 215) was an NBA All-Star for the sixth consecutive season in 2024-25 and finished the campaign appearing in 71 games (all starts) with averages of 24.0 points (16th-best in NBA), 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.34 steals (23rd in NBA) in 31.4 minutes per contest. He was one of only three NBA players this past regular season to post at least 24.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 200 three-pointers made (Jayson Tatum and Stephen Curry), and was the league’s only player to average 24.0 points in under 32.0 minutes per game. Finishing fifth in the league’s MVP voting, Mitchell was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in February and twice won Player of the Week honors (Oct. 28-Nov. 3 and Jan. 27-Feb. 2). He scored 20 points or more on 48 occasions, including 19 games with at least 30 points and one 40-point performance, and tied his career high with six double-doubles. Mitchell’s 233 three-pointers made were the second-most in Cavaliers history, trailing only his own record of 245 set in 2023-24.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – MAY 09: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball against Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics during the first half in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Second Round Playoffs at TD Garden on May 09, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Since joining the Cavaliers, Mitchell already ranks second in both 30-point games (71) and 40-point games (19) and has the second-highest scoring average in franchise history (26.2), behind only James (27.2). The No. 13 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft owns career averages of 24.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.37 steals in 33.8 minutes over 539 games (531 starts) in eight NBA seasons with Cleveland and Utah. Mitchell’s 1,618 career three-pointers are the fifth-most in the NBA since 2017-18.

Mobley (7-0, 227) was named the 2024-25 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in franchise history to win the award and one of only five players in NBA history to earn the honor before the age of 24 (Dwight Howard, Jaren Jackson Jr, Alvin Robertson and Kawhi Leonard). A 2025 NBA All-Star and two-time Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the Month (December and February), Mobley appeared in 71 games (all starts) while averaging a career-best 18.5 points on .557 shooting from the field, including .370 from three-point range, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 0.86 steals and 1.59 blocks in 30.5 minutes per contest. Mobley, who also earned 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team honors, was the only player in the league to tally at least 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 60 steals and 100 blocks this past regular season, and ranked fifth in the NBA in blocks per game, fifth in plus/minus (+546, best in East), fifth in contested shots per game (10.4), 12th in field goal percentage and 16th in rebounds per game.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley (4) dunks over Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half in Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

In a win at Charlotte on Dec. 7, Mobley tallied a career-high 41 points (23 in the first quarter), a career-high six three-pointers, 10 rebounds and three blocks, which was a stat line that no other player in franchise history had ever accomplished in a single game. The former USC standout and No. 3 overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft owns career averages of 16.4 points on .548 shooting from the field, 9.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.83 steals and 1.56 blocks in 30.5 minutes per game. In just four NBA seasons, Mobley already ranks eighth in Cavaliers history in total blocks (419).