Many people are not aware that Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers is a Spartan. In fact the billionaire owner of Quicken Loans is also a close friend of Tom Izzo. ESPN the Magazine in their recent issue has a very lengthy piece on Gilbert.
Not only is it a fascinating story of a Spartan, but it also gave some really interesting nuggets of information. Like this:
In 2012, Gilbert had said that the big lesson he learned from James’ departure in 2010 was to never let a player have that much leverage over his franchise again.