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Back to the game, in addition to Lebron getting some help it's clear he rose to the occasion.

Whether this guy leaves or stays, no one cares more about winning or has done more to carry a Cleveland team. Bottom line.

And if he goes I say more power to him. He owes nothing because he gives it his all on a startlingly consistent basis.

No one does that every single time and he is not perfect either. But pretty darn close.

I think he's awesome. He has improved aspects of his game as his career has gone along. Became a great defender. Became a great shooter. And he supports schools in his hometown and other good community deeds. He's got a lot of good ahead of him on the court and off. King James indeed.

What's not to like: Nick Gilbert will once again represent Cleveland Cavaliers at NBA Draft Lottery

The son of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert underwent brain surgery earlier this year.

Author: Ben Axelrod

Updated: 6:47 PM EDT April 29, 2018

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers remain alive in the postseason. But it won't be long until the franchise turns its attention toward the NBA Draft Lottery.

And when it does, a familiar face will be representing the franchise at the biggest ping pong ball drawing in all of sports.

Following the Cavs' 105-101 Game 7 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert tweeted a picture of himself and his son, Nick. In the post, the older Gilbert shared that Nick, who underwent brain surgery earlier this year, watched Sunday's game from courtside, which only made the Cavs' victory more special to the team's owner.

The now 21-year-old Gilbert suffers from neurofibromatosis, which causes tumors to grow anywhere on the body at anytime .

Gilbert also revealed that it will be Nick who represents the Cavs at the NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago on May 15. Nick Gilbert famously represented the Cavs at the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery, in which Cleveland won the No. 1 overall pick, which it eventually used to select Kyrie Irving. He also represented the Cavs in 2012 and 2013 -- the latter of which the team also won before selecting Anthony Bennett.

Defying the odds this year, however, may not prove as easy. After trading Irving to the Celtics last summer, Cleveland lays claim to the Brooklyn Nets' first-round pick, which has the eighth-best odds (a 2.8 percent chance) of being the No. 1 pick and a 9.9 percent chance of landing in the top-three.

But with the Cavs most-famous good luck charm representing them, What's Not to Like?

Yes! Nick will be there. Telling you, top 5.

James said "half a game ball should go to Tristan and half to G Hill," meaning Gorge Hill, the injured veteran point guard, whose shining fourth quarter was a huge help.

That is just how humble and modest Lebron is. 45 points. Everyone knows he deserves the game ball. But he probably doesn't even know he scored 45 and wants to give game ball to those other guys.

I am the crybaby..... You are worried about then and than.... I am so sorry... How is the punctuation ?

Just giving you a response you can deal with intellectually and emotionally, rusty.

Well it looks the Rusty vs. Peter battle moves into the second round. Haven't see the odds: who's the favorite in that competition?

Ty Lue has totally lost his team tonight by not playing Nance or using Thompson to stop Jonas.

Once again i am the emotional one but Peter is upset about then and than.... Peter do you know how many posters thought you were a dick about that ? Probably not....

Hard to believe we won that game. Can't shoot much worse. Lots of dumb plays. I thought Lebron made some horrible decisions in this game at times. Love still isn't contributing much. But I will take an ugly win.

Thompson is proving he is back. Give him the start next game. Big guy with beard was killing our small lineup early.

He may leave but sure is fun this last (possible) season. And even he isn't immune to time.

And the relative weakness of this Cavs team is making it more fun since the early rounds are not blowouts like previous years.

Kudos to this team for not quitting and winning ugly

Some of the other guys finally had good games. Shocked that they won. I'm glad Lue figured out he should use Thompson

rusty - I only went low because you did - repeatedly. Not sure why you need to make personal attacks against anyone who challenges your assumptions. I wasn't the first one you chose to attack personally about the topic re LeBron's reviewing of statistics. I don't suppose you know how many people of the forum think you are a dick when you do stuff like that. Your bullying behavior just gets old sometimes. I only jumped in because you were being a dick when someone else challenged your assumption about why LeBron studies stats so much. At first I was just trying to suggest nicely that there were other reasons that might exist -- ones that might even seem more likely under a broader consideration of the circumstances.

The thing is, most of what you post about real sports topics is very insightful and interesting. There is no doubt that you know a whole lot about sports in general. I am not sure why you cannot take even the mildest challenge to your opinions without "going to war" on it.

Sorry my (normally) few and far between posts are a burden for you to read. Lawyers do get trained to try to be precise, so that there is less chance to be misunderstood (or to have their point purposefully twisted). This forum shows how hard that is (and still not have one's words twisted).

I don't get paid by the word, by the way. And I (mostly) don't even get paid by the hour. I get paid on a contingent fee basis for winning plaintiffs' cases against folks who are knowingly defrauding federal and state governments or investors. So, I do know something about how important it is to really dig into the facts and circumstances when trying to draw conclusions about (and actually prove) people's reasons for doing what they do.