How Will Cavaliers Offense Change With Evan Mobley's Looming Return?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting closer to having a fully healthy roster.

Evan Mobley will reportedly return on Monday night after missing over a month and a half with a knee injury. On Sunday, Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com reported that Mobley is on track to return six weeks after he had surgery on his left knee.

A lot has changed since the power forward was sidelined. The biggest difference has been Cleveland's offensive identity. The Cavs are taking more threes than ever and they're playing at a faster pace.

This does beg the question of whether the Cavaliers will adjust their offense again to fit Mobley's strengths. Well, the easy answer is that they probably won't.

Mobley isn't what one would call a stretch big in today's NBA. He has only attempted 1.2 three-pointers a game and is shooting 23% behind the arc through the first two-and-a-half seasons of his career.

Even though Mobley isn't considered a three-point shooter, it's hard to see J.B. Bickerstaff asking his team to take fewer threes for Mobley's sake. This new approach has been successful for the Cavaliers and their record in the new calendar year proves that.

Bickerstaff even admitted earlier in January that he doesn't see their offense needing to change again when Mobley returns. "Obviously when Evan and Darius come back, it's going to be a little bit of an adjustment period, minutes, rotations, all of those things we expect, but we don't expect this to have to change."

If anything, it would make more sense to see Mobley start to adapt his playstyle to what has worked for the Cavs and we see him start to shoot the ball a little more.

Cleveland is getting back one of the best defenders in the NBA who still has a ton of potential to evolve into a dominant offensive talent. Yes, the Cavaliers have been playing tremendous offense without Mobley on the floor, but Cleveland is still a better team with him in the starting lineup even with their new identity.