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. 1 pick in the NBA draft, that's what. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2013 NBA draft lottery on Tuesday night, but people walked away buzzing more about who was representing the team than they did about whether Nerlens Noel was headed to the Greater Ohio Area.
In the proverbial hot seat was Nick Gilbert, son of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert. And in the audience with Dan and others was rapper Machine Gun Kelly. Yes, Machine Gun Kelly was on hand representing the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise.
We'll get to him. But first, Nick.
The relationship with NBA fans and Nick dates back to the 2011 NBA draft lottery. Swagged out again in his bow tie, the youngster was the Cavs' human embodiment of a rabbit's foot. They went on to win that lottery and draft Kyrie Irving, an All-Star who took up the face-of-the-franchise moniker after LeBron James left for Miami.
As one would expect, most everyone on Twitter went bonkers at Nick's innate luck. A snapshot:
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Nick Gilbert and Machine Gun Kelly Provide Cavs with Good Luck at NBA Lottery
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