CLEVELAND, Ohio — For a 7-foot unicorn with supposedly improved strength and enhanced offensive skills, Evan Mobley’s performance against the Miami Heat on Monday night left Cavs observers both perplexed and frustrated.

Despite multiple opportunities to punish smaller defenders in the post, the fifth-year big man consistently chose to pass rather than attack. A pattern that’s becoming increasingly concerning for a Cleveland team that needs its talented forward to be more aggressive.

“If Evan Mobley, 7-foot, say you got stronger, say you got bigger over the offseason, if you see somebody like Davion Mitchell in the painting area, that’s supposed to be barbecue chicken,” said Wine and Gold Talk host Ethan Sands, using Shaquille O’Neal’s famous phrase to describe what should have been easy

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