Jarrett Allen | Cavs vs Wizards Post Game | 1.3.2024

Jarrett Allen | Cavs vs Wizards Post Game | 1.3.2024

J I mean seven assists we talked about the last couple of games right you’re facilitating his increase what have you seen in the offenses and how has it ran through you mhm uh we’ve been playing the touch game more often so instead of just doing straight picking rolls uh

They would pass it to me first and then I’ll hand it off back to Don or Max or just hit him over the top for a cut how would that also help you get open offensively and just creating offense for yourself right uh they have to

Respect the ability to pass now so they have to drop back a little bit off of me and that leaves the pick and roll open when I hand it off to Da you feel like that’s opened up your ability to shoot the ball as well uh a little bit I the

Shot I shot today wasn’t so pretty but I mean other than that you know it’s it’s knocking down Jackson look at your R down ID um so you’ve had more dribble handoffs at the top uh recently how is that how does that open up the entire offense when

You’re operating there uh doing that just moving the defense does a lot for the offense instead of just playing one action if you go to the second side and play again uh most defenses even including our defense nobody likes to do two things and one possession so that

Just opens it up for everybody um so you had seven offensive rebounds this something that has been a trend uh since Evans injury um is this has this been a focus for you um not necessarily I’m just trying to play with a lot of more

Energy and effort for my guys um if I can create more shots for them honestly that’s more assist for me so so I’m just trying to I’m joking I’m just I’m just trying to get them more shots and just create more opportunities for everybody Donan and and Caris and Craig

Were all joking about how Craig stole the move from Donovan the relationships have been growing how have you seen the chemistry of this team team even with key players being out grow that stretch right uh when guys are out it forces everybody else to bond whether you like

It or not and it was funny we all said it at the same time when Craig hit that move you know you stole it from Donovan but that’s just Kudos the Craig for you know having the ability to make a move like that that’s no easy move by any

Stretch uh but it’s just great chemistry all around we’re having fun we’re competing and playing as a team have you seen this group develop more over the last couple the games especially with knowing that you guys are down people and still winning games and kind of challenging the naysayers right we’re

Definitely challenging the naysayers we’re finally uh I feel like we wanted to play this type of basketball when everybody was healthy and I feel like we’re trying to we’re starting to find that Rhythm now yeah Spencer Davis C cider what do you think about all the threes going up

Seems like you guys are just getting them up and they’re not like pull-ups either these are like well generated I I think that’s there been an emphasis for us getting threes getting um good shots whether dribble hand off uh you know Kevin not Kevin Porter uh Craig Porter

Hitting somebody over the top from the other side of the Court uh Sam you know we’re all we’re just trying to find open shots for guys and we just got to knock them down and then how much of the the passing from you has come from how the

Defense is is guarding you now from sinking in uh it leaves everybody open uh I feel like I have the ability to drive to the basket if they sink too far in so they have to respect me driving and they have to respect the Cutters and that just leaves the game open for

Myself anything else hey jar hey how you doing good how are you good how do you describe the impact that Max Tru has had on this team throughout the course of the year right uh when Max gets the ball he’s not afraid to shoot it that six rate was

Crucial for us and some games he might start the first half and not score at all and then the second half he comes out and somehow has 18 20 points so he’s able to tilt the game in our favor at any point in the game um JB was talking

About just the increase in three-point shots that you guys have had on the offensive end um was there something that you were seeing throughout the course of the year that made you start to believe that that could be a path to a success for you guys right that’s

Always been the message for us try to get not just threes but high quality Hol 3es and it’s been the emphasis more nowadays JB’s been pushing it and it’s working out for us you know I feel like tonight was a big example of how we want

To play as a team to you know hit the open man um shoot open threes and uh get good or good layups at The Rim so a couple weeks ago you know Darius has lost for a while and Evan has lost for a while and since then your touches have

Gone up your usage has gone up and you know it was finally my time to step up for this team and try to facilitate try to get more rebounds offensive rebounds like we talked about and just try to play a bigger role for everybody all right than

Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen spoke with the media following a 140-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on January 3, 2023 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.