Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Evan Mobley was named the NBA's top defensive player for the first time Thursday, taking home the 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward/center Evan Mobley has been named the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2024-25 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced on Thursday night.

But with Wemby out of the awards race because he was well short of the required 65 games, the vote came down to who got more credit serving as the backbone for his team’s defense — Mobley or ...

Wemby was the odds-on favorite to win the award, not only this season, but probably in the decade to come. ... Dyson Daniels from the Atlanta Hawks, and Evan Mobley from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

His path recently has seemed blocked by Wemby. But now, only Jaren Jackson Jr. stands in his way. Jackson won the award in 2023 and stands as the only other contender in this year’s two-man race.

With no Wemby, Mobley looked like a solid pick to win, although the Indiana Pacers have totally embarrassed him. Through four games, the Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-1 to the Pacers in the ...

Evan Mobley finally became the star the Cleveland Cavaliers had been waiting for since they selected him with the third overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

According to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, people inside the Cleveland Cavaliers organization have been saying that Evan Mobley needs to be the best player instead of Donovan Mitchell for the team ...

Evan Mobley: +190 (bet $10 to win $20 total) Lugentz Dort : +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total) What to know: Many believe Wemby was robbed of the award last year, and he won't win it this year either ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — While much of the NBA world fixates on the Cavs’ present championship aspirations, some are equally bullish on Evan Mobley’s trajectory toward becoming one of the league ...

Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers just had the best season of his career, but he doesn’t have to stop now. In fact, he can get even better next season and beyond, if he focuses on the right ...