Evan Mobley is BACK!
“I don’t know why, but usually after injury I come back pretty good,” said Mobley, who beat the high end of his return timeline by four days.
While he’s been conducting individual workouts this week, increasing the level of physical exertion, the 21-year-old starting power forward officially returned to practice on Thursday. It was a no-contact session, with the team focused more on execution and drills. “I was just taking my time,” Mobley said when asked if he pushed to return sooner. “Whenever it felt right, I was going to come out and play. Now’s the time. Gradually started feeling better every single day. Started walking on it better. Then started coming out and shooting on it. Past few days been running on it. Feels good now. I think I’m prepared.”
Mobley will be the only locked-in starter on the floor Friday night. Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen -- all of whom have played in the first three exhibitions -- didn’t travel with the team to Orlando. That trio will instead turn its focus to the season opener on Wednesday night. Caris LeVert, who has been battling for the starting small forward spot throughout training camp and preseason, will play Friday night, giving Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff an in-game look at LeVert and Mobley together -- just in case that ends up being two-thirds of Cleveland’s starting frontcourt this coming season.Love bumped his left knee in the preseason opener on Oct. 5 and the Cavs have been cautious about his activity level since.
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