Cleveland Cavaliers: 2 underrated aspects of Jarrett Allen’s game

#1: Allen’s rolling gravity/efficiency there will help Cavs shooters

The first underrated aspect I wanted to touch on was how Allen’s rolling gravity/quickness in that regard will help Cavs shooters. Allen is one of the league’s best and most efficient rollers/divers/rolling pick-and-roll lob threats, and he’ll fit in seamlessly in that way with Garland, Sexton and others.

For further context, Allen has placed in the 82nd percentile thus far this season in those situations, per Synergy Sports, and placed in the 89th percentile last season, and placed solidly in the 67th and 69th percentiles, respectively, the two seasons prior.

His finishing near the rim as a roller/diver is among the best in the business, and he’s done so often, so that skill set is clear. He has much better touch in those instances than Drummond, also.

Albeit Allen’s gravity as a roller and his quickness even at 6-foot-11 should help in opening up Cleveland’s catch-and-shoot threats, such as Sexton/Garland to an extent, Cedi Osman and the newly-acquired Taurean Prince, for instance.

Drummond does that a bit, but with Allen being much more efficient/having more finishing touch, I’d imagine his rolling gravity should open up Cleveland’s shooters more so than Drummond, even with Drummond being much thicker.

With Allen’s ability in that realm, and with him being a lob threat via passes over the top, too, I’d think that should aid the Cavs in opening up skip passes for Garland, Kevin Porter Jr. (when he’s back) Osman or Isaac Okoro, for example, in turn. Granted, Allen, similarly to Drummond, should help set off-ball screens for shooters as well, anyhow.

Next up, we’ll move onto the second underrated aspect of Allen’s game that I’m looking forward to seeing play out in-game for the Cavaliers.