Peak Period: From 2017-19 to 2023-24.  Allen has played seven seasons, which is the maximum for the Peak Period.

When Jarrett Allen was traded from Brooklyn to Cleveland, it appeared that it would be an unfortunate move for the Center, but Brooklyn imploded, and Cleveland exploded, and Allen is now a former All-Star on a rising team.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Cleveland Cavaliers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Cleveland had a good season and continued to build around their young and dynamic team.  There was no new entrant but five elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. LeBron James
2. Mark Price
3. Brad Daugherty
4. Zydrunas Ilgauskas
5. Larry NanceYou can find the entire list here.

Center and 2022 All-Star Jarrett Allen broke into the top 15 and is now at #11.  He was ranked at #22 before

The returning Tristan Thompson inched up one spot to #12.

Superstar Donovan Mitchell, who has only been a Cavalier for two years, rocketed up the list from #40 to #20.  Only in Basketball can we see that happen!

Guard Darius Garland advanced to #31 from #36.

Power Forward Evan Mobley went to #32 from #45.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Cleveland Cavaliers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Cleveland returned to the playoffs after a significant drought, and this generated some list fluctuation with two new entrants.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. LeBron James

2. Mark Price

3. Brad Daugherty

4. Zydrunas Ilgauskas

5. Larry Nance

You can find the entire list here.

Kevin Love, who was traded during the year to Miami, was unable to rise from his #8 spot.

Jarrett Allen shot up to #22 from #35.

Another significant jump came from Darius Garland, who advanced from #49 to #36.

Donovan Mitchell, who just had the best season of his career, debuted at #40. 

The second new player is Evan Mobley, who comes in at #45.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Jarrett Allen was a proven commodity in Brooklyn, but there were pieces that had to give to engineer the trade of James Harden to the Nets.  Allen was one of those components, and as part of a four-team trade, he was off to Cleveland.

The move seemed like a step down in terms of overall talent for Allen, but time is telling a different story.  Allen’s numbers in his first full season with the Cavaliers (2021-22) were the best of his career, where he added his first All-Star Game appearance, and posted career-highs in Points (16.1), Rebounds (10.8) and PER (23).  Allen slipped a bit the following season (14.3 PPG and 9,8 RPG), but came back with a double-double average last season (10.5 Rebounds & 16.5 Points).   More importantly, he anchored he Cavs to a decent playoff run, and is still a very young player.

Jarrett Allen and his Dr.J like afro were an unsung hero for the Brooklyn Nets, at least on a national level.

Allen improved regularly in the three years and change he was a Net, increasing his Recounding prowess to where he became a double-double Center.  Allen never had a PER under 17 in Brooklyn, and had a 19.1 overall for the team.  In 2019-20, his last full season with the Nets, Allen averaged 11.1 Points, 9.6 Rebounds and 1.3 Blocks per Game, and it appeared that he would be a piece of the Nets for many more years, but that would not be the case.

As good as Allen was becoming, the Nets went all on, bringing in James Harden, to complement Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, and Allen was sacrificed for the deal.