Nick Gilbert, who was the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and known to many basketball fans as the good luck charm who represented the team at multiple NBA draft lotteries, died Saturday at 26 years old.
Myesha Johnson of the Detroit News noted that a funeral announcement from the Ira Kaufman Chapel said "Nick died peacefully at home surrounded by family."
Gilbert was diagnosed with the genetic condition neurofibromatosis at 15 months old, underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy and brain surgeries and had a loss of vision. The condition "causes non-cancerous tumors to grow along nerves in the skin, brain and other parts of the body," Johnson explained.