The 2016 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors are forever etched into the memory of every single basketball fan. And ten years later, LeBron James and his 2016 Cavs teammates have shown that they are one of us.

The 41-year-old travelled to the United Kingdom to reunite with Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love, JR Smith, Richard Jefferson, and Channing Frye for the 10th anniversary of the iconic 3-1 comeback in the 2016 NBA Finals.

"The group chat finally linked up….👀👀,: Thompson wrote in the caption of a collaborative Instagram post with James, Smith, and Frye. "My brothers," Smith commented.

According to ESPN, the guys played golf at Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland, which is reportedly one of the world's "finest private members clubs." In addition, they also enjoyed sightseeing around London and did a photo op near Tower Bridge.

All the members of the championship were present, except the Game 7 hero, Kyrie Irving.

Although he also reminisced about the 2016 NBA Finals by posting a collage of all players on Instagram with the caption, "All for one. One for all. WE completed the mission together as brothers, and that's all that matters to me."

As we all know, Irving was eventually sent to the Boston Celtics in 2017 after a controversial trade request, ending his six-year stint at Cleveland.

While Irving was not present for the celebrations, that does not take anything away from the actual depth of the accomplishment the 2016 Cavaliers achieved.

The 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers Were a Team of Destiny

The Cavaliers went into the playoffs as the first seed after a 57-25 regular season, but had no business in doing what they did in the NBA Finals. And they almost didn't.

Down 3-1 against a Golden State Warriors team that finished their regular season with a historic 73-9 record, all hope was lost for James and co. No team in history ever came back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals.

But something in the air changed when Klay Thompson mocked James after Game 4, saying, "I guess he just got his feelings hurt" after his on-court altercation with Draymond Green.

James just decided to laugh at Thompson's comments, and from then on, it was the beginning of the end for the Warriors' historic run that year.

Game 5 saw James and Irving demolish the Warriors with 41 points each, establishing some much-needed command for the series.

James followed that up with another 41-point bomb in Game 6, as the Cavaliers forced a Game 7, where the magic happened.

We all remember where we were when Mike Breen shouted, "Blocked by James" in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, when King James denied Andre Igoudala's layup, making it the most iconic sequence in NBA history.

And while Irving was not present for the 10th anniversary celebrations, his championship-winning moment will live on forever.

With less than a minute left in Game 7, he buried the go-ahead 3-pointer over Steph Curry, a shot that remains one of the defining plays in Cavaliers history.

The Cavs beat the Warriors 93-89, as Finals MVP James finally fulfilled his promise of bringing a championship to Cleveland, in probably the most thrilling fashion.

So, do you think we will ever see an NBA Finals as box office as 2016? Let us know in the comments.

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