Evan Mobley came away from a crowded field with the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award -- and boosted the value of the max rookie contract extension he signed last summer in the process.

Mobley is the fifth 23-year-old to be selected as the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, joining Alvin Robertson (1985-86), Dwight Howard (2008-09), Kawhi Leonard (2014-15) and Jaren Jackson Jr ...

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.

Evan Mobley said his goal coming into the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers was to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.. He got it done. The Cavs consider Mobley to be their best ...

The 2017 NBA Defensive Player of the Year averaged 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks while tying for the team lead with 6.1 rebounds per game — significant on a roster void of many impact-making bigs.

Fourth-year forward Evan Mobley is a key facet of the team’s success. The 23-year-old has continued to evolve during his time in the league and has become one of the top defensive players.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year, beating out the Golden State Warriors Draymond Green and Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks.

This year, Mobley’s been named the East’s Defensive Player of the Month twice, ranking 3 rd in the Conference in contested shots per game (10.5) and multi-block games (34) – 18 of those ...

Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley wins Defensive Player of the Year Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels was second, the Warriors’ Draymond Green finished third, and Lu Dort and Amen Thompson rounded out the top five.

Green was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Month for March after the Warriors went 11-4. Both Green and the team were vocal in their belief that the 35-year-old center was the league ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs forward Evan Mobley entered the season with three goals. He has accomplished the first two. The second came Thursday night, as the 23-year-old franchise pillar was named ...

The NBA announced that Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Evan Mobley has won the league's 2024-25 Kia Defensive Player of the Year award. Mobley, who is in his fourth season in the pros, is having ...