About Timofey Mozgov

Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov (Russian: Тимофей Павлович Мозгов, IPA: , born July 16, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for Runa Basket Moscow of the Russian Basketball Super League 1. Mozgov won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, becoming one of the first Russians to do so, alongside Sasha Kaun. As a member of the Russian national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at EuroBasket 2011. Mozgov signed with the Lakers in 2016 before being traded to the Nets in the 2017 offseason. In the 2018 offseason, he was traded to the Magic before returning to Khimki in 2019.