Timofey Mozgov

Timofey Mozgov remains awesome. Everyone always mentions his salary when talking about his involvement in the D’Angelo Russell trade that landed them both with the Brooklyn Nets. He is owed $48 million over the next threes. He wasn’t the throw-in; he was the entire reason the Los Angeles Lakers pulled the trigger on this deal–to [...]

While the Los Angeles Lakers, owners of the NBA’s second-worst record, are already projected to keep this year’s top-three protected first-round pick, they aren’t taking any chances. They’re shutting down both Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov for the rest of the year, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com: The Los Angeles Lakers have effectively shut [...]

Timofey Mozgov was officially the first reported signing of the 2017 off-season and the first beneficiary of the huge salary cap increase and crazy amount of money teams had to spend. He was given a four-year, $64 million contract by the Los Angeles Lakers to presumably be their starting center and center for the near [...]

Are the Los Angeles Lakers feeling strong pangs of buyer’s remorse after signing Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million deal over the summer? Do they regret giving Luol Deng four years and $72 million? The short answer: Maybe. The longer answer: Most probably. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: As the trade deadline approaches, we’ll hear [...]

After signing a huge, four-year, $64 million contract to join the Lakers this past off-season, Timofey Mozgov hasn’t hasn’t had the sort of impact he or the Lakers had hoped for the first half of the 2016-17 season. He is averaging 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game and hasn’t earned the [...]

This offseason is supposed to be Kevin Durant or bust for the Golden State Warriors. Either they poach him from the Oklahoma City Thunder, or they run it back with their current core by re-signing restricted free agents Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli, while retaining the expiring contracts of Andrew Bogut, Shaun Livingston and Andre [...]

For whatever reason, there have been a record number of blowouts in the 2016 playoffs. Typically, when a team gets off to a hot start, that’s the tone for the game and the opposition does not mount a serious comeback. That was the case for Golden State last night. But in the first half of [...]

Rival teams are apparently calling the Cleveland Cavaliers to inquire about Timofey Mozgov’s availability. The Cavaliers just aren’t listening. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: It’s make or break time for Mozgov. As Yahoo reported this week, teams around the league have been making calls about him to see if he is available. A source with [...]

When Timofey Mozgov arrived in Cleveland last year, his presence was largely thought to be the missing piece to a Cavs championship run. That may very well have been the case if the Cavs had not become decimated with injuries in the playoffs. But this season, we’ve seen David Blatt go with a smaller lineup [...]

Timofey Mozgov is having a season to forget. Unfortunately for him, the Cleveland Cavaliers do not suffer from short-term memory loss. After emerging as a key anchor during the Cavaliers’ stretch run last season, Mozgov, who will enter free agency this summer, is struggling mightily on both sides of the floor. His minutes are down, [...]