CLEVELAND — The entire course of Cavaliers history was altered by the 2003 lottery when they won LeBron James in a game of chance.

Had Detroit, Memphis or Denver (same odds as Cleveland; 22.5 percent) lucked into the first pick, Carmelo Anthony, or Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh would have wound up wearing maroon and gold . . . then what?

Does Dan Gilbert buy the team for more than $300 million . . . and then invest millions more into refurbishing the arena and building a $25 million state of the art practice facility.