Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert Returns to Work, Talks Recovery from 2019 Stroke

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Eight months after suffering a stroke, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is working his way back to his old life.

According to the Associated Press (via ESPN), the 58-year-old has worked in his Detroit office one or two days a week since returning early in 2020, while he's set to give a public speech for the first time Friday.

Still, it's been a difficult road back for Gilbert since his May 25 stroke.

"When you have a stroke, here's the problem with it: Everything is hard. Everything," Gilbert told Chad Livengood of Crain's Detroit Business. "Like you wake up, getting out of bed is hard, going to the bathroom is hard, sitting down eating at a…