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The Cavaliers have won the right to pick first in the lottery , perhaps for Kentucky freshman center Nerlens Noel , who is rehabbing a torn ACL, has no offensive game and will not play for a head coach here who can teach it to him.

With the Cleveland Cavaliers lucking into the first pick in the NBA draft for the second time in three years, nearly all of the speculation has focused on which player the find a star, they set themselves up nicely for the next decade.

Teams drafting in the NBA lottery typically have more than one need. The toughest part of the evaluation process is deciding whether to fill a specific need or go with the best available player.

For the second time in three years, Lady Luck smiled on the Cleveland Cavaliers and on owner Dan Gilbert's son Nick, who represented the club at Tuesday night's annual NBA lottery.

Tuesday night was a busy one in the Association: in addition to the Spurs beating the Grizzlies in the Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the NBA Draft Lottery was held.

Currently, the First Team All-American is projected to hear his named called right on the edge of the top five picks in the upcoming draft.

Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters has been named to the NBA All-Rookie first team and forward/center Tyler Zeller to the second team.

While I'm not prone to superstition, it'd be hard to blame NBA general managers if they came donning bow ties to the 2014 draft lottery proceedings.

It was 10 years ago today that the Cleveland Cavaliers secured the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NBA draft lottery.

Former USC center DeWayne Dedmon is still relatively new to the game of basketball, but has a lot of room to grow.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them.

Next time I hit up the the poker room and blackjack tables in Vegas, remind me to stop off in Cleveland to rub Dan Gilbert's son's lucky little head.

With no consensus top prospect in this year's NBA draft class, we still don't know for sure who will go No.

Though reports about this crop's weakness are premature -- it is impossible to know just how good or bad a draft is until years after it's completed -- two things are clear: There is no can't-miss superstar at the top and there are few certainties anywhere.

Mar 20, 2013; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert watches with vice chairman Jeff Cohen and vice chairman Nate Forbes during a game against the Miami Heat at Quicken Loans Arena.

What do you get when you cross bow ties, the 16-year-old son of an NBA owner and a Billboard-charting rapper? Apparently the No.

Feb 17, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Eastern Conference guard Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers wrestles for the ball with Western Conference guard Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter of the 2013 NBA all star game at the Toyota Center.

Nick Gilbert, the son of Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, will represent the team at the NBA Draft Lottery for the third straight year.

With the Celtics looking to add some youth to the roster, would Paul Pierce be available as a veteran mentor for next year's Cavaliers.

The right combination of ping pong balls can do a lot for an NBA team, but only if it makes good decisions both at the draft and over the next few years.