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Cleveland Cavaliers Forward Deemed Team’s Long-Term X-Factor
In terms of season results, the Cleveland Cavaliers have shown steady progression over the past three campaigns.
After reaching the NBA Play-In Tournament in 2022, the Wine and Gold made it to the first round of the NBA Playoffs the following year, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals this past season.
While Cleveland hired a new head coach in Kenny Atkinson this offseason, the team’s foundation remains the same. The Cavaliers secured contract extensions with four players, three of whom have been mainstay starters for multiple seasons.
With the 2024-25 season on its way next month, Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes recently published a list of every NBA team’s biggest X-factor for the long-term future. His pick for Cleveland was forward Evan Mobley, one of the team’s starters who signed a contract extension this offseason.
Hughes explains how Mobley, a premier defender, has developed offensively during his first three seasons, increasing his assists per game total each year and becoming a better true shooter.
This past season, he averaged career-highs in rebounds (9.4), defensive rebounds (7.1), assists (3.2), and three-pointers per game (0.4). He also shot career-bests from the field (58.0%), two-point range (60.4%), three-point range (37.3%), and the free-throw line (71.9%), albeit in 50 contests.
However, Hughes believes that the Cavaliers big man could potentially become an NBA All-Star and give his team increased chances at another title only if he becomes a stronger scorer. The seven-footer has averaged 15.6 points per game over his first three NBA seasons, topping out at 16.2 in 2022-23.
At just 23 years old, Mobley’s best basketball is likely ahead of him. Like the team has recently improved year-to-year, Cleveland fans will look for Mobley to grow individually this season as well.
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Cleveland councilman warns of planned outages coming to city’s west side during high heat
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland City Councilman Charles Slife warned of a planned and temporary power outage from First Energy on Wednesday afternoon amid dangerously high temperatures.
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According to the post, First Energy is working to install two new poles, one in Lakewood and one on Rocky River Drive near St. Joseph Academy.
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“This work is being done to bolster the electrical grid, which is being strained by heavy use due to high temperatures, and to avoid widespread and long-lasting outages,” the post said.
Slife emphasizes that Wednesday’s outages are temporary and intentional.
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The outages are expected to impact the northern half of Ward 15 and may last up to an hour.
Slife said he would provide more details when available.
19 News has reached out to First Energy for more information.
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Jacob deGrom pitched seven strong innings and the Texas Rangers took advantage of a bone-headed play by Cleveland rookie outfielder Cooper Ingle on Tuesday night to beat the Guardians 4-2 and extend their winning streak to six games.
DeGrom (7-5) allowed a two-run homer to Kyle Manzardo in the first before turning dominant. The right-hander gave up a leadoff single in the second before retiring 18 of the next 19 batters, improving to 4-0 in June.
Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer and Josh Jung added a solo shot as the AL West-leading Rangers improved to 7-2 on their road trip.
They got a big assist in the seventh inning when Ingle, making just his second major league start in the outfield, lost track of the number of outs and tossed a live ball into the stands, allowing the Rangers to take a 3-2 lead.
With a runner at second and one out, Ingle caught a routine fly ball hit by Rangers left fielder Alejandro Osuna for the second out. Thinking it was the third out, Ingle looked at the ball in his glove before throwing it over the protective netting to fans.
The umpires immediately ruled the ball was dead, and Ezequiel Duran was awarded home plate.
Pederson connected for his 14th homer — and 11th since May 26 — off Tanner Bibee (2-9) to tie it 2-all in the third.
Jung’s ninth homer made it 4-2 in the eighth.
Manzardo gave the Guardians a 2-0 lead in the first with his 10th homer.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager was pulled before his at-bat in the first inning because of back discomfort. The five-time All-Star missed 19 games earlier this season with back spasms.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Thousands of FirstEnergy and Cleveland Public Power customers are without power in the city of Cleveland.
Check CPP’s and FirstEnergy’s websites for the latest information on the outages.
As temperatures remain at extreme levels, Cleveland Public Power is responding to isolated service interruptions caused by equipment working harder during periods of sustained high demand.
— ClevelandPublicPower (@clepublicpower) June 30, 2026
The outages are mostly located from downtown Cleveland to the westside.
19 News has reached out to Cleveland Public Power and FirstEnergy for more information on the outages but have yet to hear back.
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