Timofey Mozgov was left out of the 2016 Cavaliers 10-year reunion that flooded social media earlier this month.
The former Cleveland center, who came off the bench during the legendary 3-1 comeback during the 2016 NBA Finals against the Warriors, told Russian outlet Sport Express that he was left out of the planning entirely.
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“Yes, I saw the video of that party,” Mozgov told Russian outlet Sport Express when asked about the reunion. “No one wrote or called me. If I’d been invited, I’d have gladly joined.
“Of course, I’d have loved to be there too, to drink some wine.”
The trip, hosted by LeBron James, included Kevin Love, Richard Jefferson, J.R. Smith, Tristan Thompson, Channing Frye, Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova.
The group spent time in the United Kingdom, with stops in London and Scotland that included plenty of golf, wine and reminiscing.
The former Cavaliers documented the reunion across social media, sharing several videos from the trip, including a reenactment of the famous scene from “The Hangover.”
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Mozgov, though, was hardly the only notable member of the 2016 team who was absent.
Kyrie Irving, who hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Warriors, also was not part of the trip, sparking some online chatter before Smith addressed the situation.
“He reached out! We GOOD! God Bless the young GAWD!!!! Greatest PG I’ve played with,” Smith wrote on his Instagram Story.
Mozgov played parts of two seasons with Cleveland after being acquired from the Nuggets before the 2015 trade deadline.
He averaged 7.9 points and 5.4 rebounds across 122 regular-season games with the Cavaliers.
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His role shrank midway through the 2015-16 season after the Cavaliers acquired Frye at the trade deadline.
During Cleveland’s 2016 championship run, Mozgov appeared in 13 playoff games, including five games in the Finals, though he did not play in the Cavaliers’ Game 7 win over Golden State.
That victory completed Cleveland’s legendary comeback from a 3-1 series deficit and delivered the franchise its first NBA championship.
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