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Season snapshot
Strong regular season results · competitive results younger coreCLE finished 52-30 (0.634) with 18 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 10 players and a rotation-weighted age of 27.2. The team had 0 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 1 future pick-control row(s), and 30.0% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Record
52-30
Playoff games
18
Playoff wins
8
Core age
27.2
Primary creator
Donovan Mitchell
Current decision lanes
Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.13transactions0injuries1rumors0staff changes
TransactionErnest Udeh Jr.two way signingJul 1, 2026Completed
Undrafted player signed to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Identity resolved to a source-backed provisional person in nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825; stable external identifier remains a separate enrichment field. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
TransactionDennis Schrodertrade exitAug 20, 2026Completed
Departure side derived only from the named completed/reported destination move; evidence status is preserved. Officially announced.
Transaction
Injuries & availability
Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | illness | — | Dec 18, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Evan Mobley | left calf strain | calf | Dec 13, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Larry Nance Jr. | right calf strain | calf | Nov 29, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 |
Last observed season rotation
Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Donovan Mitchell | — | — | 2,947 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
 Evan Mobley | — | — | 2,681 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
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Basketball functions
Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.CreationWithheld Low Team Rotation Coverage
Withheld Low Team Rotation Coverage · led by Donovan Mitchell, then Evan Mobley
Full reading
CLE 2025-26 Creation: conclusion withheld (withheld_low_team_rotation_coverage).
Defensive event creationWithheld Low Team Rotation Coverage
Withheld Low Team Rotation Coverage · led by Craig Porter Jr., then Craig Porter Jr.
Full reading
Shot creation
Team performance and shot-creation architecture.CLE ranked 25 of 30 in self-created shot share (43.3%), 3 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 13 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Donovan Mitchell. Team-level creator attribution: 71.2%. Creation profile: assisted structure heavy; dependency: withheld low attribution; shotmaking: high end self created shotmaking.
Self-created FGA share
43.3%
Self-created eFG
52.1%
Assisted eFG
59.1%
Donovan Mitchell share
31.7%
Contracts & cap
Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.SupportedSecond Apron Restricted Threshold State
Selected player charges
$210.4M
Share of cap
136%
Tax line
$22.5M over
First apron
$14.4M over
Second apron
$2.57M over
CLE 2025-26 carried $210,391,915 of selected player charges (136.0% of the cap), placing it in at or above second apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 0.0% of the cap; highest measured need was creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Future core salary schedule
Upcoming decisions
Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.Max Struscontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Max Strus has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Nae'Qwan Tomlincontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Nae'Qwan Tomlin has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Craig Porter Jr.contract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Craig Porter Jr. has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Jaylon Tysoncontract control horizonJun 30, 2028
Jaylon Tyson has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Future assets
Draft-control coverage: provisional future pick control tradability unresolved. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.2027 round 2Tradability not confirmed
CLE has a provisional-control row for the 2027 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
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Organization
Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falseresolved team: true
Supporting relations (7)
- gb_state.frontend_team_season_overview_v
- gb_state.team_functional_coverage_v
- gb_state.frontend_team_roster_card_v
- gb_state.team_asset_control_timeline_v
- gb_state.team_roster_decision_calendar_event_v
- gb_organization.role_tenure_assertion
- gb_state.nba_team_decision_feed_at
