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Members of the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 2016 championship team celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their comeback victory over the Golden State Warriors in Europe last week. Those included in the festivities were LeBron James, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, Iman Shumpert, Tristan Thompson, and Matthew Dellavedova.
There were a few notable absences from the group. One of whom was Kyrie Irving. He was invited but decided not to attend. Irving clarified that “Me and my brothers, who played on the Cavs, bro we’re good,” in a video he posted on social media last week.
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However, not all members of the team who were absent were actually invited. Center Timofey Mozgov told Sport Express — one of Russia’s most popular sports newspapers — that he would’ve gone, but he wasn’t invited. The interview was in Russian, so things from the interview can be lost in translation. But based on a translation provided by Eurohoops.net (and backed up by Google Translate), Mozgov said that he saw the videos, he would’ve loved to have been there, but no one wrote or called to invite him.
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We don’t know the reasons behind Mozgov apparently not receiving the invite, but it is disappointing to find out that not every member of the team was seemingly given the opportunity to celebrate one of the most memorable championships in basketball history.
It’s worth pointing out that Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye refute this claim.
On a recent livestream for the Road Trippin’ Show, Jefferson and Frye said that the trip was first going to be just for the people in the group chat (James, Love, Frye, Jefferson, Thompson, and Smith), but was then expanded. This allowed for other members like Delavadova and Shumpert to attend. They also mentioned that Irving, Jordan McRae, and Mozgov were invited, but weren’t able to go because their “schedules didn’t align.”
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Publish date : 2026-06-27 16:57:00
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