The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to a five-year deal worth $100 million with the restricted free agent center.
There were rumors leading up to Monday evening that the Cleveland Cavaliers were going to keep Jarrett Allen and hand him a large contract. Those rumors came to fruition as the Cavs have agreed to a five-year deal worth $100 million with the restricted free agent center.
Restricted free agent C Jarrett Allen has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his agents Derrick Powell and Jim Tanner tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021
This deal will make Jarrett Allen the fifth-highest paid center in the NBA.
Highest paid centers in the league today:
1. Rudy Gobert (3x DPOY)
2. Karl-Anthony Towns (2x All-Star)
3. Nikola Jokic (MVP)
4. Joel Embiid (4x All-Star)
5. Jarrett Allen pic.twitter.com/UzaOFnXzIZ— StatMuse (@statmuse) August 2, 2021
The four centers who make more than Jarrett Allen have some pretty impressive accolades which are absent from his resume at this time.
Cleveland acquired Jarrett Allen this past season in a deal which saw the Nets land James Harden from Houston. Allen started 40 of the 51 games he appeared in, averaging 13.2 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. There is potential upside with Allen on the roster, but building a team based off of two big men, including the recently drafted Evan Mobley, is an archaic team building strategy.
