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What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year.Nick Gilbert expects the Cleveland Cavaliers are through with it, and if so he sent them out a winner again.The Cavaliers and their owner's son beat the odds for the second time in three years, winning the lottery Tuesday night to give them the No. 1 pick for the June 27 NBA draft.Two years after charming viewers by responding to a question about being on stage by saying: "What's not to like?" the bowtie-wearing son of Dan Gilbert wore a stern look before this one. He said he expected he was done coming here and that he believed the Cavs would be in the playoffs next season.Then they got a great jump on that goal, earning the first pick even though they had only the third-best odds to do so.And 16-year-old Nick Gilbert delivered it, just as he did in 2011, when the Cavs used the pick to take eventual Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving."Kyrie is a hell of a player ... but this also felt almost as good," Nick Gilbert said. "That was the fi...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Of the many reasons the Cleveland Cavaliers had for firing coach Mike Brown after five seasons without an NBA title, one mattered most.They can't lo...
The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal with former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown to succeed Phil Jackson , according to ESPN.The deal is reportedly wort...
The Los Angeles Lakers have reached an agreement in principle with former Cleveland coach Mike Brown to succeed Phil Jackson , the team said Wednesday."We've met wit...
The Lakers issued a statement publicly backing Mike Brown on Saturday after Magic Johnson declared the first-year head coach would be fired if Los Angeles lost Game ...
The Los Angeles Lakers have fired head coach Mike Brown in the wake of a 1-4 start.Brown, just beginning his second year at the helm, was informed of the decision on...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Brown took the high road out of town.Fired by Cleveland after winning 127 regular-season games the past two seasons but not an NBA title, Brown...
Kobe Bryant recently finished ninth in a Forbes' list of most-hated athletes.Is it possible that during this season of intense tribulation and constant media scrutin...
The pregame talk was about 6-foot-11 center Enes Kanter making his first career start for the Jazz.But it was Utah's "small" lineup that delivered the knockout blow ...
Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash was a full participant in practice on Thursday for the first time since suffering a non-displaced fracture to his lower left leg ...
Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash will start Saturday night's game against the Golden State Warriors.Nash has missed 24 games since sustaining a non-displaced frac...
As if a team that started the season with legitimate championship hopes falling to a 15-18 record wasn't bad enough, things are really starting to crumble in the wor...
The Mike D'Antoni era begins Sunday night.The new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers will be on the sideline coaching his squad Sunday against the Houston Rockets ...
The San Antonio Spurs ended the Los Angeles Lakers' drama-filled season in sweeping fashion.Tony Parker had 23 points and the Spurs dominated the Lakers, 103-82, on ...
Fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers have endured some rough sledding.LeBron James failed to win the city a championship, then bolted for warmer climates and board shorts...
A person familiar with the situation says former Cavaliers coach Mike Brown is interested in returning for a second stint with the team.Brown, who went to the NBA fi...
The Cavaliers intend to speak with former coach Mike Brown about returning to the team.Brown was fired by Cleveland three years ago and replaced by Byron Scott, who ...
Guard Elijah Brown has signed his national letter-of-intent to play at Butler.The son of former Lakers coach Mike Brown verbally committed to the Bulldogs in January...
Kobe Bryant had plenty to say about how he wants to help end homelessness among youth in Los Angeles. The NBA superstar had nothing to say about new Lakers coach Mik...
Andrew Bynum had 30 points and eight rebounds, Matt Barnes added a season-high 24 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched a playoff berth without Kobe Bryant or ...