Travis and Jason Kelce were greeted with a standing ovation Tuesday night at the Cavaliers' Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse as they were honored by their hometown team.
Jason announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday, while his younger brother Travis just earned his third Super Bowl win with the Chiefs last month.
And the brothers were cheered on by the crowd after a tribute video for Jason was shown, with the Eagles star holding up a Cleveland Heights T-shirt and Travis holding up a No. 62 Cavs jersey that read “Kelce.”
They both wore custom black Cavs jerseys with their football jersey numbers on them as the crowd roared behind their courtside seats.
The Cavs also gave away bobbleheads of them on Tuesday night while also selling exclusive Kelce/Cavs merchandise to benefit local schools.
Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce are honored during the game between the Cavs and Celtics
Travis proudly held up a framed Cavs jersey number 62, also worn by his brother Jason
Jason and Travis looked at the screen, which was showing a tribute video for the Eagles star
The brothers are from Cleveland Heights, Ohio and are lifelong fans of their hometown Cavaliers.
In a nearly two-minute video dedicated to Jason, the Cavs included footage from his childhood through his professional NFL career.
The montage also featured a voiceover from his brother Travis, who said, “All he knew was that he was going to work hard and do his best.”
“And actually I was sitting there taking notes and watching him do it.”
In another clipTravis was seen hugging Cavs star Donovan Mitchell, who is currently sidelined with a bone bruise.
And so were the brothers presented with the team's golden ball.
Earlier in the night, the NBA unveiled their Kelce brothers bobbleheads, which show the siblings wearing black Cavs jerseys and their respective NFL jersey numbers – 87 for Travis and 62 for Jason.
On Monday, Jason summed up his career beautifully in a 45-minute retirement speech.
Jason and Travis Kelce received the Cavs' Golden Ball on Tuesday night in Cleveland
And his wife Kylie revealed he started working on the speech four years ago.
“I've heard several versions over the last four years,” Kylie told NBC 10. “This was a completely different version.” I think every year he started from scratch, which was on the surface. But when he said he'd been thinking about retirement “for years,” he meant “for years.”
“I think I was the only one who had heard his speech before we got into it,” Kylie added. “I think it was a perfect encapsulation of 13 years. “I always say he's not from (Philadelphia), but he gets it, so that was the perfect example.”
Jason said it was no coincidence that the best years of his career happened after he met Kylie after an Eagles Christmas party.
“Of course it affected me emotionally, it drives me crazy that he's trying to talk about what he remembers from that night because, like I said, he was drunk,” Kylie said of the night she and Jason met. “It was very, very sweet, very nice. It was way too much credit.'
Kelce also became emotional while talking about his bond with his brother Travis.
Jason, 36, pictured alongside his wife Kylie and their three young children
Tears continued to stream down Kelce's face as he struggled to get his words out
Travis burst into tears as he watched his brother speak and sat next to their parents
“I will not forget the failure against the Chiefs and the conflicting sense of grief I selfishly felt for myself and my teammates, and at the same time the pride I had in my brother.” He climbed to the mountaintop once more.
“We have a small family. No cousins. An aunt and an uncle. It was really my brother and I, our whole lives. We did almost everything together. Competed, fought, laughed, cried and learned from each other.
“We invented games and imagined ourselves as the star players of the time. We wanted the game to be a winner day after day. We mentally won countless Super Bowls before we left the house. And when we weren't playing, we were at each other's games.
“Sitting in a long chair or bench, holding a Capri Sun that mom had packed in our hands, we cheered during the game and waited outside and after to celebrate a win together or give encouragement after a loss.”
“Without the bond that Travis and I share, there would be no chance I would be here. It has made me stronger, tougher and smarter and taught me the values of cooperation, loyalty and understanding.”