_(cropped).jpg) Allen with theCleveland Cavaliers in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 31 – Cleveland Cavaliers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1998-04-21)April 21, 1998 (age 26) Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | |||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (2016–2017) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2017: 1st round, 22nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by theBrooklyn Nets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Brooklyn Nets | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
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Jarrett Allen (born April 21, 1998) is an American professionalbasketball player for theCleveland Cavaliers of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He playedcollege basketball for theTexas Longhorns and was selected 22nd overall by theBrooklyn Nets in the2017 NBA draft. In January 2021, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the four-team blockbusterJames Harden trade. In February 2022, Allen was named to his firstNBA All-Star Game.
Allen attendedRound Rock High School inRound Rock, Texas for his freshman year of high school.[1] He then transferred toSt. Stephen's Episcopal School inAustin, Texas for his final three years and went on to win two SPC championships.[2] He played in the2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game.[3][4] He committed to theUniversity of Texas at Austin to playcollege basketball.[5][6]
Allen was rated as a five-star recruit and ranked no. 15 overall player in the Class of 2016.[7][8]
As a freshman at the University of Texas, Allen averaged 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. However, Texas finished a disappointing 11–22. His best game was a 22-point, 19-rebound performance in a 12-point loss toKansas. After the season, he entered the2017 NBA draft but did not initially hire an agent before deciding to forgo his remaining three years of collegiate eligibility.[9][10]
Allen was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the2017 NBA draft by theBrooklyn Nets,[11] and signed his rookie scale deal with the Nets on July 20.[12] He was 19 years 182 days when he made his NBA debut on October 20, becoming the second-youngest player ever to set foot on court for the Nets, just behindDerrick Favors.[13][14] He finished the game with nine points on 3-for-3 shooting, two rebounds, and one block.[13] On January 25, 2018, Allen joined the starting lineup for the first time and recorded a career-high 16 points and 12 rebounds in a 116–108 win over thePhiladelphia 76ers.[15][16] On February 2, in a game against theLos Angeles Lakers, Allen scored a career-high 20 points, as well as five rebounds and one block.[17][18] On February 7, he grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds and scored 13 points in a 115–106 loss to theDetroit Pistons.[19] On March 21, 2018, Allen recorded four blocks, which matched his career-high, as well as six rebounds, and nine points in a 111–105 loss to theCharlotte Hornets.[20] On April 5, he got a career-high five blocks in a 119–111 victory over theMilwaukee Bucks.[21]
On November 17, 2018, Allen recorded a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 127–119 loss to theLos Angeles Clippers.[22][23] On November 20, he grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds and scored 13 points as the Nets defeated theMiami Heat.[24][25] On January 16, 2019, Allen recorded 20 points and a career-high 24 rebounds in the Nets' 145–142 overtime victory over theHouston Rockets.[26]
On January 14, 2021, Allen was traded to theCleveland Cavaliers in a multi-player, four-team deal with the Rockets that sentJames Harden to the Nets.[27]
On July 23, 2021, Cleveland extended a qualifying offer to Allen, making him a restricted free agent.[28] Allen signed a multi-year contract with Cleveland on August 6.[29] On October 20, 2021, in a 132–121 loss to theMemphis Grizzlies, Allen became the first player since theshot clock was introduced in the1954–55 NBA season to make 10 or more field goals without a miss in a season opener.[30] Allen was named a replacement for Harden, for whom he was traded a year prior, on Team LeBron in the2022 NBA All-Star Game.[31]
Starting all the 56 games he played, Allen finished the 2021–22 season averaging a number of career best with 16.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 blocks, and .8 steals per game, while shooting .677, .100, and .708 from the field, the three-point line, and on free throws, respectively, on 32.3 minutes per game. Alongside rookie and fellow CavalierEvan Mobley, Allen led Cleveland from a .306 winning percentage and the league's sixth-worst defense to a .537 winning percentage and the league's fifth best defense for efficiency; it was .578 before Allen suffered a fractured finger injury in early March.[32]
On December 28, 2023, he scored 24 points, grabbed 23 rebounds, recorded 6 assists and 2 steals in a 113–110 victory over theDallas Mavericks.[33] The next day, Allen posted 30 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and two blocks on 15-of-17 shooting from the field in a 119–111 loss against theMilwaukee Bucks.[34] On January 22, 2024, he set the franchise record for consecutive double-doubles during a win against theOrlando Magic by passing the 11-game streak held by bothAndre Drummond andElmore Smith.[35] In Game 2 of the Cavaliers'first round playoffs series against theOrlando Magic, Allen recorded a playoff career-high 20 rebounds, along with 16 points, three assists, two steals and three blocks in a 96–86 win.[36]
On July 31, 2024, Allen and the Cavaliers agreed to a three–year, $91 million max contract extension.[37]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Brooklyn | 72 | 31 | 20.0 | .589 | .333 | .776 | 5.4 | .7 | .4 | 1.2 | 8.2 |
| 2018–19 | Brooklyn | 80 | 80 | 26.2 | .590 | .133 | .709 | 8.4 | 1.4 | .5 | 1.5 | 10.9 |
| 2019–20 | Brooklyn | 70 | 64 | 26.5 | .649 | .000 | .633 | 9.6 | 1.6 | .6 | 1.3 | 11.1 |
| 2020–21 | Brooklyn | 12 | 5 | 26.6 | .677 | — | .754 | 10.4 | 1.7 | .6 | 1.6 | 11.2 |
| Cleveland | 51 | 40 | 30.3 | .609 | .316 | .690 | 9.9 | 1.7 | .5 | 1.4 | 13.2 | |
| 2021–22 | Cleveland | 56 | 56 | 32.3 | .677 | .100 | .708 | 10.8 | 1.6 | .8 | 1.3 | 16.1 |
| 2022–23 | Cleveland | 68 | 68 | 32.6 | .644 | .100 | .733 | 9.8 | 1.7 | .8 | 1.2 | 14.3 |
| 2023–24 | Cleveland | 77 | 77 | 31.7 | .634 | .000 | .742 | 10.5 | 2.7 | .7 | 1.1 | 16.5 |
| Career | 486 | 421 | 28.2 | .630 | .171 | .711 | 9.1 | 1.6 | .6 | 1.3 | 12.7 | |
| All-Star | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | .833 | .000 | — | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 35.5 | 1.000 | — | .750 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 35.5 | 1.000 | — | .750 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 1.0 | 11.0 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Brooklyn | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | .594 | — | .850 | 6.8 | 2.2 | .6 | .6 | 11.0 |
| 2020 | Brooklyn | 4 | 4 | 33.1 | .583 | — | .813 | 14.8 | 2.3 | .5 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | Cleveland | 5 | 5 | 38.1 | .611 | — | .500 | 7.4 | 2.4 | .8 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | Cleveland | 4 | 4 | 31.7 | .676 | — | .692 | 13.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Career | 18 | 18 | 31.1 | .620 | — | .750 | 10.3 | 2.1 | .8 | 1.1 | 11.7 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Texas | 33 | 33 | 32.2 | .566 | .000 | .564 | 8.4 | .8 | .6 | 1.5 | 13.4 |
Allen's father Leonard was drafted by theDallas Mavericks in the1985 NBA draft and played at San Diego State and in Spain.[38] His older brother Leonard Jr. committed to playing collegiate basketball for Baylor University, but took a leave of absence in 2017.[39][40]
