NBA Notes: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Raptors, Brandon Ingram, Kings

NBA Notes: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Raptors, Brandon Ingram, Kings

Getty Cavaliers Jarrett Allen accomplished his personal goal last season — playing all 82 regular season games — then tacked on nine more in the playoffs. But as the Cavs adjust their approach under coach Kenny Atkinson, Allen’s ironman streak may take a back seat to a broader in-season maintenance plan. “I had a talk with him,” Atkinson said, via Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. “He’s open to a [rest plan].” Cleveland’s frontcourt depth makes that…

Jarrett Allen is not set on playing all 82 games, ‘open’ to a rest plan

Last season, big man Jarrett Allen was the epitome of an iron man for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was the only player on the team to appear in every one of its 82 contests in the 2024-25 regular season, and he didn’t sit out a single game during Cleveland’s time in the 2025 NBA Playoffs, either. But according to Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson, Allen isn’t dead set on playing all 82 games for them once again in the coming season, and he’s “o…