Cavaliers Exercise Fourth Year Team Option on Jaylon Tyson
The Cleveland Cavaliers have exercised their fourth-year team option on guard Jaylon Tyson, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have exercised their fourth-year team option on guard Jaylon Tyson, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.
Tyson (6-6, 224) appeared in 66 games (42 starts) last season for Cleveland and averaged career highs in every major statistical category, including points (13.2), rebounds (5.1), assists (2.2), steals (0.82), blocks (0.42), minutes (26.9), field goal percentage (.493) and three-point percentage (.446, fourth-best in NBA). The 2026 Castrol Rising Star scored in double-digits in 46 outings, which includes a career-best 15 straight contests from Jan. 10-Feb. 9, and topped the 20-point mark on eight occasions. In a win at Philadelphia on Jan. 16, 2026, Tyson posted a career-high 39 points (13-17 FG, 7-9 3FG, 6-6 FT). He became just the third player in franchise history to score 39 points on 17 or fewer field goal attempts, joining Kevin Love (Feb. 6, 2017) and Roy Hinson (Jan. 28, 1986), as well as the eighth youngest Cavalier to tally at least 39 points in a single game (23 years, 45 days).
In December last season (14 games), Tyson averaged 15.8 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting a combined .553 (89-161) from the field and .444 (24-54) from beyond the arc. From Dec. 1-5, 2025, he became just the third Cavalier ever to shoot .725 from the field over a three-game span on 37 attempts or more, joining LeBron James and Mark Price. At Houston on Dec. 27, 2025, Tyson tallied 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, including eight offensive, which tied for the most by a Cavalier last season. He finished the year with seven double-doubles, the third-highest on the Cavaliers last season.
Selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft out of California, Tyson enters the 2026-27 season with career averages of 9.2 points (.481 FG%, .430 3FG%) and 3.8 rebounds in 19.7 minutes in 113 games (45 starts) over two NBA seasons with Cleveland.
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