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While the Playoffs of the NBA are in full evolution, now is a good time to raise the fantasy basketball season for the 30 teams.
In the following weeks, we will provide a recap for each team, starting with the team with the worst record and ending with the NBA champion in June.
Today, we are studying the number 1 seed of the Eastern Conference with a list full of fantasy tacos.
Cleveland Cavaliers 2024-2025
Register: 64-18 (1st, east)
Offensive rating: 121.0 (1st)
Defense rating: 111.8 (8th)
Clean rating: 9.2 (3rd)
Rhythm: 100.31 (10th)
2025 NBA Draft SPECTS: 49th choice, 58th choice
The 2024-25 CAVS season was successful from the perspective of real life, but it was also tremendous from a fantastic perspective. Four players finished within the first 55 in value per game and six ended in the first 130.
Cleveland chose to reduce the minutes through the board and deepen the rotation. This strategy was beneficial to several players who enjoyed unprecedented efficiency and durability despite being successful in playing time.
We claim the fantastic performances of last season and look forward until 2025-26.
Fantasy prominent: Evan Furniture
Furniture established the tone for Cleveland at both ends of the court, and its stellar game, two-way, was a huge motif for the success of the Cavaliers in 2024-25.
The fourth year’s man had a career season, becoming the fifth player (and first knight) to win defensive player of the year. Cleveland practiced the eighth best defensive rating in general and the second best when Furniture was on the court.
Furniture averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 0.9 robberies, 1.6 blocks and 1.2 triples. It demolished 55.7% of its field features, 72.5% of the free kick and 37% beyond the bow.
It was a phenomenal season for furniture in defense, but it was huge in the violation, publishing races in points, assists, three points and a FT%.
Furniture scored 41 race points on December 7 in Charlotte as he sank the six best race points. He provided a double double of his career, easily erasing his best of 24.
The addition of a three -point game was an advantage for the fantastic value of furniture and for Cleveland’s offense. This season ended with at least three points in 45 games. He demolished several shots in 21 games after doing it only 15 times during his first three combined seasons.
Furniture finished season 23 in fantasy value per game, reaching this mark in 30.5 minutes in 71 games. However, only 23 years, furniture can become a type of 20/10 consisting of the year 5 if it continues to ascend. Its ability to facilitate and hit traits from long range only adds to its attractiveness.
Consider it in the first rounds of 2025-26 fantasy drafts for its versatility and its high ceiling.
Fantasy revelation: Ty Jerome
Jerome finished 130th fantasy on the part of the game, but looking only this finish would be to serve the impact it had on Cleveland this season.
He provided the electric score on the bench, with an average of 12.5 race points to get 2.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.1 robberies and 1.6 triples. He promoted a 50/40/90 season, only lost it with 51.6/43.9/87.2.
After appearing in only two games in 2023-24 due to an injury, Jerome was roaring again with 70 appearances in 2024-25. He did all his damage in only 19.9 minutes per game, mainly on the bench. In three beginnings, Jerome recorded 25.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 5.0 triples.
Jerome’s previous race was 24 points during his first five seasons. After reaching this brand only once in his career before this season, he scored so many points nine times this season. Jerome left 33 race points with eight three -pointers on January 24 against Sixers.
Jerome is scheduled for an unrestricted free agency this summer and its year of race could not have arrived at a better time. It is likely to be seen for a paid day and, if you lands on a team that can give you more play time, can be a significant collaborator.
Stay tuned to Jerome this season and guides it by the end of 2025-26 fantasy drafts if it signs with a team that could play a more prominent role in rotation.
Fantasy disappointment: Donovan Mitchell
Mitchell finished his third season in Cleveland with averages of 24.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.3 robberies and 3.3 triples with 44.3/36.8/82.3 shooting divisions.
The production was stellar for most, but according to Mitchell’s high standards, it was a statistically disappointing season. The points have been their few since the 2019-20 campaign, the robberies were their few from 2020-21, and the rebounds and assists were their few since they arrived in Cleveland.
Mitchell’s efficiency also suffered. Its FG% was the lowest since 2020-21, and its FT% has been the lowest since 2018-19. The 31.4 minutes per game of Mitchell marked a low career, but appeared in 71 games, its maximum since 2018-19.
The minutes were reduced to most of Cleveland’s players, as the team used a deeper rotation on the 64 -wish road. The minutes for Mitchell and his teammates obviously paid off as Cleveland won the number 1 seed and Mitchell enjoyed a high level of durability.
After the fantasy on the part of the party of 24, 15 and 8 during its last three seasons, Mitchell finished 30th in 2024-25. It was a solid outlet, but fantasy managers passed a team of the Top-15 to write it.
Fantasy/look recapitulations
Jarrett Allen:
Like Mitchell, Allen’s playing time was successful and 28 minutes per game have been the lowest since 2019-20. The big man ended with 13.5 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.9 robberies and 0.9 blocks while firing 70.6% of the field and 71.8% of the charity.
The points, rebounds and blocked shots were the few from Allen since 2019-20, their last season with Brooklyn. The play time was beneficial for Allen, although his FG% was a new career and appeared in 82 games for the first time in his career.
The immersion in count statistics was not detrimental to Allen, as it finished 46th place of fantasy per game after finishing 45th place a season ago. Allen signed an extension of three years with the CAVS last summer, and should play a similar role for the team for as long as it is on the list.
Even with the ascent of Evan Mobley, Allen should promote the production of Top-50 each season thanks to its percentage of high field goals, low changes and capacity to accumulate boards and blocks.
Darius Garland:
After a downhill season in 2023-24, Garland bounced back well last season. It ended with averages of 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.2 robberies and 2.8 triples. The improvement of efficiency was a badge of Garland’s 2024-25 campaign, as it fired 47.2% of the race. Its mark of 87.8% of the fault line and 40.1% beyond the ARC marked the second best mark of their career.
The play time and the Garland games played a pattern similar to Mitchell’s and Allen. He recorded a career of 30.7 minutes per game in 75 race games.
Allen finished with seven double doubles, and the highlight of his season arrived on January 9 when he left for 40 points to go with two boards, nine dimensions, two robberies and four triples.
Garland finished 52nd place for fantasy per game, and a finish in this rank is a reasonable expectation to move forward. Fantasy managers who need a guard point can guide it in the middle rounds of the drafts of 2025-26.
De’Andre Hunter:
Hunter started the season with Atlanta, but was treated in Cleveland in the trade period. In 27 appearances with the Cavaliers, he promised 14.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 robberies and 2.2 triples in 25 minutes per game.
He started only four games for his new team and published similar numbers he published on the bench. He tied a career with 35 points on January 27, while with Atlanta, and left 32 points, seven boards and five triples on March 2 against the Blazers on the court after landing in Cleveland.
Hunter saw that his role was dramatically reduced during Cleveland’s Playoff race due to injuries. He has two more years in his current agreement, and he considers it a regular part of Cleveland’s rotation for the foreseeable future. Hunter finished 122nd in Game Fantasy value and is worth a look at the final rounds of 2025-26 drafts.
Max Strus:
Strus injured his right ankle just before the start of the 2024-25 season and did not make his debut until December 20. In its second season with Cleveland, Sharphooter promised 9.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.3 triples with 44.2/38.6/82.4 shooting divisions and 1.1 shifts.
In 50 appearances, Strus recorded 25.5 minutes per game, significantly dropped from 32 minutes per game, which he saw in 2023-24. Strus finished 161st in the fantasy value by the race after the 118-year race in 2023-24. A finish around 120 represents Strus’s roof. Its services are better reserved for fantasy managers of the deepest league in 2025-26.
Isaac I:
The immersion in play time was not an advantage for Okoro, as it ended with only 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 robberies, 0.3 blocks and 1.0 triples for 19.1 minutes. The points, the advice and the minutes were all the minimums of race for Okoro, which appeared in 55 race games due to injury.
The man in the fifth year saw that his role greatly reduced, from only 22 of 55 games after starting the 42 of 69 last season. Okoro has proven to be a better court player thanks to his defense, but his contributions do not usually appear in the box score, where fantasy managers are looking for.
Restricted Free Agents: Emoni Bates
Free agents without restrictions: Tristan Thompson, Javonte Green, Ty Jerome
Club option: Chuma Okeep
Player option: None
