The Los Angeles Lakers are not only getting a new center with former Cavaliers player Timofey Mozgov (who the AP reports will sign a massive four-year, $64-million contract with the team), but a local television commercial phenom as well.

Mozgov leaves behind a legacy of some great local television spots. There was the time he bounced around Sky Zone in Westlake with a selfie stick and played dodgeball.

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There’s the time where he rode into Cleveland on a bear wearing a Cavs ushanka.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkXrdQPKDw

And there’s the groundbreaking series of commercials where he wore his jersey backwards.
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We’ll miss you, T-Mo.

This article appears in Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2016.

One reply on “A Look Back at Timofey Mozgov’s Greatest Local Television Commercials”

  1. Mozgov understood the nuances of local marketing — while allowing his true personality to drive the show.

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