Timofey Mozgov is a Russian professional basketball player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2018, Mozgov currently plays for the Orlando Magic as their Center. Timofey has played for other teams like Lenovo St. Petersburg, CSK VVS Samara 2, Khimki Moscow, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets.
As a Center, Timofey reportedly earns around $16,000,000 as his yearly salary from Orlando Magic. Further, he has an estimated net worth of over $50 million. Currently, he is happily married to his wife Alla Mozgova.
Timofey Mozgov Early Life
Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov was born on July 16, 1986, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, the Soviet Union to parents Pavel Mozgov and Nadezhda Mozgova.
As per his nationality, he is Russian and belongs to the White ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Cancer.
Details regarding Timofey Mozgov's education qualifications were not available. Moreover, his family details are also not been made public
Timofey Mozgov's Net Worth
As of 2018, Mozgov has an estimated net worth of over $50 million. He reportedly signed a 4-year contract worth $64,000,000 with Los Angeles Lakers.
Further, the NBA player has an average salary of $16,000,000 annually with a guaranteed sum of $64,000,000. Mozgov will be earning a base salary of $16 million in 2018-19 while carrying a cap hit of $16 million and a dead cap of $32,720,000.
Timofey Mozgov so far has made earnings of $70,678,953 from his entire NBA career.
Kept aside Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov financial earnings, his personal assets includes home and cars. Further, the NBA Player Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov earns a good amount of money from various sponsorships.
Timofey Mozgov Professional Career
Mozgov started his professional career with Lenovo St. Petersburg and moved to CSK VVS Samara 2 in 2006. He signed a 3-year contract worth $9.7 million with New York Knicks in 2010. Later Timofey was transferred to Denver in a 3-way blockbuster deal, involving Minnesota which brought Carmelo Anthony to Knicks.
Mozgov then joined the Khimki Moscow Region for the second time during the NBA lockout in 2011 on 21 July 2011. Mozgov signed again with the Nuggets on 27 July 2013. In a 100–99 victory over the Golden State Warriors, he recorded career highs in points and rebounds with 23 and 29 on 10 April 2014.
Timofey was traded to Cavaliers in exchange for two protected 2015 first-round picks along with a 2015 second-round pick. Timofey chose the number 20 which was his father's number when he was playing handball. The Cavaliers, inspired by LeBron James, defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors at the last Finals. Mozgov and Sasha Kaun, the teammate, were the first Russians to win the NBA Championship
He signed a 4-year contract with Lakers worth $64 million on 2016, July 8 and made his debut recording 12 points and 8 rebounds in a 120-114 win against Rockets. Later on, Lakers gave the young players the majority of the time and made Mozgov rest.
NBA Regular season:
| Year | Team | Games played | Games started | Minutes per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Steals per game | Blocks per game | Points per game |
| 2010-11 | New York | 34 | 14 | 132.5 | 3.1 | .4 | .4 | .7 | 4.0 |
| 2010-11 | Denver | 11 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | .0 | .1 | .2 | 2.5 |
| 2011-12 | Denver | 44 | 52 | 15.6 | 4.1 | .5 | .3 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2012-13 | Denver | 41 | 35 | 8.9 | 2.6 | .2 | .1 | .4 | 2.6 |
| 2013-14 | Denver | 82 | 1 | 21.6 | 6.4 | .8 | .3 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| 2014-15 | Denver | 35 | 30 | 25.6 | 7.8 | .5 | .4 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 2014-15 | Cleveland | 46 | 35 | 25.0 | 6.9 | .8 | .4 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| 2015-16 | Cleveland | 76 | 45 | 17.4 | 4.4 | .4 | .3 | .8 | 6.3 |
| 2016-17 | Lakers | 54 | 48 | 20.4 | 4.9 | .8 | .3 | .6 | 7.4 |
| 2017-18 | Brooklyn | 31 | 13 | 11.6 | 3.2 | .4 | .2 | .4 | 4.2 |
| Career | 454 | 273 | 18.0 | 4.9 | .6 | .3 | .8 | 6.8 |
Mozgov and D'Angelo Russell were traded in the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Brook Lopez and Kyle Kuzma's rights, the 27th choice in the 2017 NBA draft on 22 June 2017.
On 6 July 2018, Timofey was traded to Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Dwight Howard, along with the draft rights to Hamidou Diallo, a second draft pick and cash consideration for 2021. One day later he was traded to Orlando Magic again in a three-team deal.
Timofey Mozgov Personal Life
The Famous NBA star is 7 feet 1 inch tall in height and weighs around 125 kg. Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov is not only a world-class athlete but also a very attractive individual
Other than being a famous NBA Center, Mozgov is pretty famous in social media with a huge number of followers and Thousands of likes in all of his posts. Moreover, he has 2014 k followers on his Instagram account.
Timofey got married with Alla Mozgova in 2011. They got married after a long romantic relationship.
Timofey and Alla have a son named Alexey Mozgov.
Exact details regarding Timofey's family were not available.
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