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EvanMobley
Evan Mobley is an American centre for the Cleveland Cavaliers, with defensive honours and a clear role in the NBA.
Mobley explained
Mobley's route to the NBA ran through American college basketball. He played at USC, then joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, and he is American. That college-to-league progression shapes how he is viewed outside Cleveland: a college-developed big man whose defensive tools translated quickly to the professional game, giving him a distinct identity as an American big man in a global league.
Evan Mobley plays centre for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA. The 2.13 m big man wears number four and is twenty-five. His defensive reputation is backed by the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, while his wider honours include All-Star, All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie recognition. Cleveland use him as a central figure at either end, and his profile rests on that combination of size, mobility and award-level defensive production.
Route to the league
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Your questions
The centre wears 4 for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and that jersey number has followed him throughout his NBA career.
He earned NBA All-Star recognition in 2025, his only selection to date.
He is still active, suiting up for the Cavaliers rather than having stepped away from the sport.
Cleveland is his home in the NBA, and he joined the Cavaliers straight out of USC in 2021.
He weighs 98 kg, standing 2.13 m tall in the Cavaliers frontcourt.