On June 20, Beijing time, a decade has passed since the Cavaliers' 2016 championship. "LeBron's chase-down block!" Mike Breen's legendary call from ESPN came during Game 7 of the 2016 Finals: with 1:51 remaining, the score tied, LeBron sprinted back and swatted away Iguodala's layup. That day has since become a special celebration day for all of Cleveland.

Just a few possessions later, Breen shouted again: "Kyrie Irving for the win... it's good!" This clutch shot helped the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors and claim the NBA title.

The 2016 Finals marked the peak of one of the most legendary seasons in NBA history: the Warriors set a record 73 wins in the regular season; Kobe Bryant had a farewell tour, ending with a 60-point masterpiece in his final game.

The playoffs were equally dramatic: in the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors trailed 1-3 before Klay Thompson's legendary 41-point performance in Game 6 saved the series and led to a comeback against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers made history as the first NBA team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the Finals and win the championship.

A decade has flown by. Where are the members of that 2016 championship Cavaliers team now? What have they experienced over the years? Not long ago, several teammates traveled to Scotland for a golf outing, kicking off a European reunion trip to commemorate the decade. ESPN also revealed the specific whereabouts of 15 players today—

LeBron James

Performance That Year

During the 2016 playoffs, LeBron James became the first and only player in history to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks per game throughout the postseason.

Late in Game 7 with the score tied at 89, he chased down and blocked Iguodala's seemingly sure layup, a moment forever cherished by Cleveland fans as the "Block."

After the final buzzer, his interview with ESPN's Doris Burke remains iconic: breaking the city's 52-year championship drought, he roared, "Cleveland! This is for you!"

After Winning the Title

Over the past eight seasons, LeBron has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, continually breaking NBA all-time records:

In 2020, he led the Lakers to a title, becoming the first player to win Finals MVP with three different teams.

In 2023, he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

In 2024, the Lakers drafted Bronny James, making them the first father-son duo to play together in the league.

The 2025-26 season marks his 23rd NBA campaign, setting a new record for the longest career in league history.

Current Status

Now 41, LeBron made his 22nd consecutive All-Star appearance. Despite injuries to Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves this season, he led the Lakers past the Houston Rockets in the first round.

This summer, he will be a top free agent, and whether he plays a 24th season remains uncertain.

Kyrie Irving

Performance That Year

OG Anunoby's game-winning putback in Game 4 of this month's Finals reminded many of Irving's iconic shot: with 53 seconds left in Game 7 of 2016, he hit a go-ahead three over Curry.

After suffering a season-ending knee injury in Game 1 of the 2015 Finals, Irving returned a year later at age 24 to become a key piece of the championship run.

He and LeBron remain the only teammates to each score 40+ points in a single Finals game: in Game 5 on the road, both put up 41 points, sparking the Cavaliers' 1-3 comeback.

After Winning the Title

After three straight Finals appearances with James, Irving requested a trade in the summer of 2017 and was sent to the Boston Celtics.

In six seasons with Cleveland, he made four All-Star games. He then spent eight seasons bouncing between Boston, Brooklyn, and Dallas, earning five more All-Star nods.

In 2021, the Nets' title hopes ended in a Game 7 Eastern Conference semifinal loss after Irving sprained his ankle and missed the final three games. In 2024, he returned to the Finals with the Mavericks but fell to the Celtics in five games.

Current Status

In the 2025-26 season, Irving suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and missed the entire year. Now 34, he will team up with 2026 Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg next season, echoing the inside-outside duo he had with James a decade ago.

Kevin Love

Performance That Year

A tough power forward on that team, Love averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game in the playoffs. He scored 20+ in six postseason games, grabbed 14 rebounds in Game 7, and had a key defensive stop on Curry in the fourth quarter.

After Winning the Title

Love played another ten NBA seasons, making two more All-Star appearances with the Cavaliers. In 2023, he started for the Miami Heat in the Finals.

Current Status

Last season, he played for the Utah Jazz in his 18th NBA season, appearing in 37 games and averaging 6.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in 17 minutes per game. He is now a free agent this summer.

He has expressed a desire to keep playing, either with the Jazz or another team, and plans to transition into coaching or front office work after retirement.

J.R. Smith

Performance That Year

A key two-way role player, Smith started 77 regular-season games and played every postseason game. He hit at least five threes in six playoff games and scored 20 points in Game 3 of the Finals, a 30-point win over the Warriors.

In Game 7, he contributed 12 points, drilling two timely threes in the third quarter to help close the gap. After winning the title, he celebrated shirtless for several days, a widely shared image.

After Winning the Title

Smith stayed with the Cavaliers for two more seasons, returning to the Finals twice. However, his infamous moment of forgetting the score in Game 1 of the 2018 Finals became an unavoidable blemish on his career. He ended his playing days with the Lakers, winning a second championship ring in 2020 before retiring.

Current Status

One year after retirement, he enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University, joining the golf team as a non-recruited student. He recently earned a bachelor's degree in general education and plans to pursue a master's degree. His ultimate goal is to become the school's athletic director.

Timofey Mozgov

Performance That Year

Mozgov joined the Cavaliers midway through the 2014-15 season, when the team started just 19-20 following James's return.

Cleveland sent out two first-round picks to acquire the 7-foot-1, 275-pound center. His arrival transformed the team's interior, and the Cavaliers finished the regular season 53-29, advancing all the way to the Finals.

After Winning the Title

In the summer of 2016, the salary cap skyrocketed, and Mozgov signed a four-year, $64 million contract with the Lakers.

The Lakers later traded him and D'Angelo Russell to the Nets, a move initially seen as a salary dump but which eventually brought back Kyle Kuzma, a key piece of their future championship team.

In 2018, the Nets sent Mozgov to the Orlando Magic, who used the stretch provision to waive him and pay the remaining $16.7 million in installments.

Current Status

He splits his time between Los Angeles and his native Russia. Turning 40 next month, he often plays pickup games at community courts in Manhattan Beach, California.

Tristan Thompson

Performance That Year

An ironman during the championship season, Thompson played 447 consecutive games from 2012 to 2017, setting a Cavaliers franchise record.

After a contract dispute that caused him to miss the preseason, he began the regular season as Mozgov's backup. However, he started all 21 playoff games in 2016, averaging 10.3 points and 10.1 rebounds in the Finals.

His ability to switch onto perimeter players was a crucial part of Cleveland's defensive scheme.

After Winning the Title

Thompson moved through nine teams—Cleveland, Boston, Sacramento, Indiana, Chicago, and others—and reunited with James in Los Angeles in 2023, reaching the Western Conference Finals.

Off the court, his relationship with reality TV star Khloé Kardashian drew significant media attention.

Current Status

He appeared as a guest analyst on ESPN's "NBA Today" and returned to the Cavaliers for the 2024-25 season. He now works full-time as an in-studio analyst for NBA TV.

Matthew Dellavedova

Performance That Year

A reliable backup guard, Dellavedova shined in the 2015 Finals with excellent defense on Curry. In 2016, his minutes were reduced, but he still provided high energy whenever on the floor, helping ease Irving's defensive load against opposing point guards.

After Winning the Title

Shortly after the Finals, he signed a four-year, $39 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks. He returned to Cleveland from 2019 to 2021, playing 70 games. After his last NBA game in the 2022-23 season, he represented Australia and won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Current Status

Dellavedova returned to Australia to play in the NBL, entering his fourth season with the Sydney Kings, averaging 8.7 points and 4.7 assists.

In 2025, he led Melbourne United to the Finals, where they lost a close series. Despite the loss, he was named Finals MVP and gave the trophy to the winning team's Will Hickey.

Richard Jefferson

Performance That Year

With Love sidelined due to a concussion in Game 3 of the Finals, Jefferson started and posted 9 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 steals, helping the Cavaliers secure their first win of the series.

Off the court, he was the team's morale booster: he cut out a magazine photo of a model who resembled Love and turned it into a team mascot named "Little Kevin" to lift spirits.

After Winning the Title

Six months after the 2016 Finals, the Christmas Day rematch between the Cavs and Warriors—now with Kevin Durant—was hailed as one of the greatest Christmas games ever. Jefferson dunked over Durant and Klay Thompson in the fourth quarter, and Cleveland won 109-108.

Just before the 2017-18 season, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, then waived and signed by the Denver Nuggets to finish his career, retiring after 17 seasons.

Current Status

Jefferson is now one of the three main commentators for ESPN/ABC's Finals coverage, teaming with Mike Breen and Tim Legler for the last two Finals broadcasts.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Cavaliers' title, he interviewed several former players from both the Cavs and Warriors on his YouTube channel "The Richard Jefferson Show," which has over 100,000 subscribers.

Channing Frye

Performance That Year

Frye was acquired in a three-team trade at the 2016 deadline, with the Cavaliers sending away beloved center Anderson Varejão to bring in the stretch big. He shot 56.5% from three in the playoffs, dropped 27 points in Game 3 of the second round against the Hawks, and helped Cleveland open the postseason with ten straight wins.

After Winning the Title

In February 2018, the Cavaliers traded Frye, Isaiah Thomas, and a first-round pick to the Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. That deal freed up significant cap space for Los Angeles, allowing them to sign James that summer. Frye returned to Cleveland for the 2018-19 season, his 13th NBA year, then retired.

Current Status

Frye and Jefferson became close friends while playing together at the University of Arizona.

Frye, Jefferson, Kendrick Perkins, and former Cavaliers sideline reporter Allie Clifton co-host the podcast "Road Trippin'," which began during their time in Cleveland.

Like Jefferson, Frye transitioned to sports media, working as an in-studio analyst for NBA TV. He also partnered with Love to found a wine brand called "Chosen Family Wines," with a vineyard in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

Iman Shumpert

Performance That Year

A key defensive stopper, Shumpert regularly guarded the opposing team's best wing player, easing the defensive burden on James.

After Winning the Title

He played five more seasons, returning to the Finals with the Cavaliers in 2017. Despite having no dance background, he won the reality show "Dancing with the Stars" in 2021 and later appeared in film and television roles.

Current Status

Shumpert is now a full-time basketball analyst for ESPN.

James Jones

Performance That Year

A locker room leader, Jones was not in the regular rotation during the Finals. He devised a motivational puzzle plan: he cut a picture of the Larry O'Brien trophy into 16 pieces, and after each playoff win, a player would place one piece on a board.

After Winning the Title

Jones retired in 2017 with three championship rings and joined the Phoenix Suns' front office, becoming general manager in 2019. He was the mastermind behind the Suns' 2021 Finals run and was named NBA Executive of the Year that season.

Current Status

In 2025, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the NBA, overseeing league rules, player discipline, and event operations.

Mo Williams

Performance That Year

An veteran point guard before Irving returned from injury, Williams started the 2015-16 season as the Cavaliers' starting point guard but saw his minutes drastically reduced by season's end. Game 7 was the final game of his 13-year NBA career.

After Winning the Title

Williams began his coaching career in 2018, first as an assistant at Cal State Northridge, then as head coach at Alabama State University and Jackson State University.

Current Status

He was recently hired as an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky. His son, Mason, a four-star prospect, will enroll there soon. Shortly after arriving, Williams successfully recruited five-star freshman Ryan Hampton, who committed to Kentucky for the 2027 class.

Jordan McRae

Performance That Year

A great trivia question: Who scored the most points for the Cavaliers in the final game of the 2015-16 regular season? The answer is McRae. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard joined the Cavs on a 10-day contract in February and made the playoff roster. He played only two postseason games but shot a perfect 4-for-4 from the field.

After Winning the Title

McRae bounced among the Cavaliers, Wizards, Nuggets, and Pistons for parts of three more NBA seasons before embarking on an overseas career. He played in China, France, Greece, and Italy. Last season, he played in Israel, but the season was cut short due to the Middle East conflict.

Current Status

Now 35, McRae is still looking for professional playing opportunities. During the offseason, he resides in Atlanta.

In an interview with ESPN, McRae said, "I'm grateful to still be making a living playing basketball. I'm getting married this summer, and I've stayed in touch with my best teammate from that team, Kyrie. We went to Coachella together last month. We always talk about ten years ago, when we were young and wild, roaming around. Now we've both settled down, and it's amazing to see how much we've grown."

Sasha Kaun

Performance That Year

The team's fourth-string center, Kaun played only 25 NBA games and sat out the entire postseason. His presence on the roster was largely due to head coach David Blatt, who had coached him on the Russian team that won bronze at the 2012 Olympics.

After Winning the Title

One month after the Finals, he was traded and immediately waived by the Philadelphia 76ers. A week later, he announced his retirement, having spent six years in the Russian professional league before coming to the NBA.

Current Status

Kaun is now the director of men's and women's basketball at Evergreen Sports Institute in Colorado.

Dahntay Jones

Performance That Year

Jones signed with the Cavaliers on the last day of the 2015-16 regular season and contributed in the playoffs. In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Toronto—a loss—he was called for a flagrant foul for elbowing Bismack Biyombo in the midsection, a controversial moment.

However, in the pivotal Game 6 win over the Warriors in the Finals, he scored five points in two minutes during the second quarter, proving valuable.

After Winning the Title

Jones signed again with the Cavaliers on the final day of the 2016-17 regular season to play in the playoffs. After Golden State eliminated Cleveland in five games, he officially retired.

Current Status

Since 2020, Jones has been a member of Tyronn Lue's coaching staff with the Los Angeles Clippers.

His son, Tanner Jones, stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 190 pounds. He just finished his freshman season at the University of Central Florida.