SECAUCUS, N.J. – The losing started when LeBron James left and kept going throughout the season.
Hope is back for the Cleveland Cavaliers, thanks to a long-shot win by owner Dan Gilbert’s “hero.”
The Cavaliers got a huge jump on their post-LeBron rebuilding process, winning the lottery and the No. 1 selection in next month’s NBA draft.
Defiant when James bolted last summer, Gilbert was a proud parent Tuesday when 14-year-old son Nick, who has battled disease since birth, stood center stage as deputy commissioner Adam Silver announced the Cavs had beaten the odds to pick first.
“We had a lot of young guys, just learning the game and a new head coach and a new coaching staff and a lot of injuries and obviously we lost some players last summer,” Dan Gilbert said. “I don’t know if it makes up for it, but certainly it makes it worth the pain we all went through and we’re believers now. Bright days ahead.”
And they started when a pick acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers with only a 2.8 percent chance of winning came out on top.
But Nick Gilbert is used to overcoming long odds.
He was born with Neurofibromatosis (NF), a nerve disorder that causes tumors
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