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Dan Gilbert: Very disappointing news about @varejaoanderson. Nobody wanted him back on the court more than Andy himself. We keep marching ahead.... Twitter @cavsdan

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Dan Gilbert: Amazing how jaded some people have become.D's accuse me of being R & R's accuse me of being D on an indpend. factual statement #ignorenoise Twitter @cavsdan

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Gilbert accepts being dogged by his own words without regret, even if they highlight only the petulance of a man possessing as many layers as his vast business empire. He's a gut man, feels something, goes with it, says it. His personal highway is always wide open, speed limit be damned. There is no use in pausing to deconstruct words. Words are static. So, too, is the sports gloom in northeast Ohio, which watched its native son -- James, who memorably turned his back on home in a self-aggrandizing spectacle -- win a championship. Cleveland hasn't enjoyed a title in 48 years, not since the city's NBA owner was two years old. Lamenting the past is like watching concrete dry to Gilbert. What's done is done. SI.com

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"Detroit is a town that's been beaten up, down in the dumps, but has this certain spirit about it," Gilbert says. "Cleveland does, too. It never gives up. 'We're going to keep coming at it.' I want to be part of that. I want to be in position to affect the outcome." There is money to be made, of course. Cynics don't cast his pursuit in the same noble terms as Gilbert. He puts his business beliefs -- You'll see it when you believe it! -- in a colorful book given to all employees. Those "isms," as he calls them, don't fit stereotypical corporate culture, especially in the stodgy world of traditional sports ownership. Good ideas can come from anywhere, the intern making copies, the bum in the alley. All phone calls and e-mails must be returned, no excuses. SI.com

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Fans know best. So he mingles with them, talks, listens, tweets them and, yes, writes a public letter when necessary. The Decision begot The Letter. He writes it from his gut, exactly where they all feel kicked. He makes bold, incendiary statements that fit the perceived oversized injustice. Volume cranked to 11, he puts the rallying call out there in comic sans, a font he began using on interoffice e-mails eight years ago just to be different. "For some reason, they really use that as the lens that they see everything through -- a comic sans letter that was written about a basketball player," Gilbert says. "I knew it was unusual and emotional, but it shocks me how much legs it had on a national scale." SI.com

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"I don't think Dan was necessarily out of control that time," Stern says. "I think, in some ways, he was talking to a different audience than I was concerned about. I was concerned about the league as a whole as audience. He was expressing, in his own forceful way, the sentiments of Ohio. There are not a lot of layers between Dan and what he thinks of as the truth." SI.com

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"Dan didn't like the fact that LeBron was taking the easy route in a fancy, warm-weather city with more superficial people who are less grounded than the people in Cleveland," says Quicken Loans vice president David Carroll, who has known Gilbert since they were both four. "But the aspect that bothered him most was the lack of personal communication, the basic courtesy not shown by not giving Dan a phone call or telling him the decision first in person before going on TV. He was never able to build up a relationship with LeBron, and that bothered him. It frustrated Dan." SI.com

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A fuse had been lit. "I'm sure I'm not the coolest head in the world," Gilbert says. His comic sans diatribe on the team's website immediately after The Decision wasn't unique. Other business relationships had ended in less than ideal fashion. In 2007, he fired David Hall, senior vice president of Rock Financial, part of the Quicken Loans family. Two years later, the two men reportedly got into a screaming, physical altercation at a bar mitzvah at a posh suburban Detroit hotel. Police looked into the matter, but charges weren't filed. A less public outburst occurred five years ago when Comerica Inc., a financial service company with assets of $58 billion, announced it was moving the company's headquarters from Detroit to Dallas. The bank's CEO happened to be a Texas native. Gilbert responded by pulling all of Quicken Loans' accounts from Comerica and transferring them to another bank. SI.com

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Coaching the Lakers might be his dream job, but Scott has a lot of unfinished business with the Cavs. He's not going anywhere, especially after the Cavs recently picked up the option on his contract for next year. That was a big boost to his confidence. "I didn't know it was coming when it did," Scott said. "It was a little bit of surprise, but (I was) very happy. I think I let you guys know how much I enjoy this organization and the direction we're headed. We have an unbelievable owner in Dan Gilbert, who I have a great relationship with, and a great general manager. We're on the same page as far as how this thing needs to develop. Like I've stated before, I'm extremely happy here in Cleveland." News-Herald

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Scott, 51, said he feels he has the support of ownership and the front office. "It's very important," he said. "I've been through the other end of it, too. It's a blessing to be in a situation like this where you have the backing of your owner and general manager. The way I see things playing out, they see it the same way." News-Herald

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Don't talk to Cavaliers coach Byron Scott about new-age statistics. Many NBA teams are sinking millions of dollars into statistical analysis, which break down the game in many ways. Scott doesn't always adhere to those principles. "I'm still so old school," he said. "I don't put a whole lot of stock into it. I know we've got a couple guys who are numbers guys. And I'll look at it, but for the most part, I'll look at it and say, ‘OK, yeah, all right. Sounds good, looks good.' "I really like what I see on the basketball court. I like to see it with my own eyes rather than go by what this guy does statistically." News-Herald

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Gilbert, of course, guaranteed the Cavaliers would win a championship before the Miami Heat. That ended last summer when LeBron James and the Heat won their championship. "If you’re going to predict something that doesn’t happen and you’re going to do it publicly, you’d for sure take it back," Gilbert said tonight prior to the Cavs' opener. "When that happened when they won, it was the end of the end of the end of that whole thing. Now there’s nothing more to talk about. "In a way it was like a little bit of a relief. If they didn’t win it, it would’ve been still another thing of who’s going to win it (first)? "Looking back now, that probably was not the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done in my life." Sulia

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Dan Gilbert: Great NBA season. Enjoyed playoffs. Congratulations to Miami & OKC for an exciting Finals. Back to work on next weeks promising Cavs draft. Twitter

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Mary Schmitt Boyer/Tom Reed: Nick Gilbert totally bummed as #Cavs finish 4th in #nbalottery. Dad says he's NOT grounded all summer "just 2 wks.'' He's kidding. I think Twitter

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Nick Gilbert, 15, the oldest son of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, stole the show last year with his bow tie, thick, dark-rimmed hipster glasses and the catch phrase, "What's not to like?'' But this year his bowtie will be a new one. He revealed in an interview with The Plain Dealer last fall that he'd misplaced the original one. Cleveland Plain Dealer

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The team has launched a new website, www.2012PickNick.com, to get lottery and draft information, to order a bowtie like Nick's or to make donations to the Children's Tumor Foundation and Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation. All proceeds from the bowtie sales will be donated to those causes. Nick Gilbert was born with neurofibromatosis and has battled the disease his entire life. Cleveland Plain Dealer

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The new committee was hand-picked by Stern and consists of two owners, four GMs and three coaches. When they come up with rules changes, those will go directly to the 30 owners for their consideration and vote. The members are: owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland) and Joe Lacob (Golden State); GMs Bryan Colangelo (Toronto), Mitch Kupchak (Lakers), Kevin O’Connor (Utah) and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas), Lionel Hollins (Memphis) and Doc Rivers (Boston). New York Daily News

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The NBA on Wednesday announced the members of the league’s new competition committee, including Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor. The announcement follows a decision by the league’s board of governors last month to change the committee’s composition. The committee will now include two owners, four general managers, three head coaches and one representative from the NBA Players Association. Joining O’Connor are fellow GMs Bryan Colangelo (Toronto Raptors), Mitch Kupchak (L.A. Lakers) and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Joe Lacob (Golden State); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas Mavericks), Lionel Hollins (Memphis Grizzlies), and Doc Rivers (Boston Celtics). Salt Lake Tribune

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Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert wants to bring the NBA All-Star game back to Cleveland. Gilbert, who opened his new downtown casino Monday, said he plans to approach the league about hosting a future All-Star weekend. He hopes Cleveland would be able to get one “in the next few years.” The city last hosted the mid-season event in 1997, when the league celebrated its 50th anniversary. Gilbert said Cleveland is again poised to hold such an event because of his casino as well as a downtown convention center under construction. Akron Beacon Journal

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Mary Schmitt Boyer/Tom Reed: #Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, on news that Columbus mayor interested in obtaining NBA franchise for his city: "I think it's a longshot.'' Twitter

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