Current Cavs recall where they were for 2016 NBA Finals

Every longtime Cleveland Cavaliers fan remembers exactly where they were on June 19, 2016. It’s impossible to forget the anxiety that turned into euphoria when the final buzzer sounded, LeBron James fell to the floor, and a professional sports team in Cleveland was crowned champion for the first time in 52 years.

Members of the current Cavaliers had a different perspective on that Finals.

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Larry Nance Jr. is the only one from the current group who grew up in the area and was in the league a decade ago. The rest were just college, high school, or even middle school-aged kids watching one of the best Finals of their lifetime.

Jaylon Tyson was 13-years old at the time, but he remembers that Finals vividly.

“I was 1,000% locked in,” Tyson told Fear the Sword. “We were seeing it at my dad’s house. Me, him, and my little brother were sitting there watching it. And all I remember is the block. I got up. That was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Tyson grew up a fan of LeBron, so he was thrilled with the result.

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“I was happy for LeBron, happy for Cleveland, obviously, and then I got drafted here,” Tyson said. “It was a full-circle moment.”

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Lonzo Ball was a little older. He was preparing for his freshman year of college at the time.

“I did like the Cavs at that time,” Ball told Fear the Sword. “LeBron was my favorite player, so I actually watched Game 7 in my homie’s dorm room in UCLA on a little, tiny ass 30-inch screen.

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“College life was definitely exciting. I was on the basketball team, so obviously, we loved the game. So, can’t really ask for anything better than that Game 7 and for it to end the way it did.”

Dean Wade had a similar story. He watched the game with his college teammates at the Kansas State practice facility.

“Half my team was split, like 50/50,” Wade said to Fear the Sword. “We were all cheering for a different team. It was the…

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