Last Saturday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks was supposed to be a milestone moment for Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland’s long-time center and one of the league’s classiest players. He was about to break the franchise’s all-time record for games played, which is a big deal because Ilgauskas’ foot problems have nearly ended his career several times.
Mike Brown Doesn’t Care For Sentimentality
↵But as with many things with the Cavaliers, leave it to Mike Brown to screw things up. Brown elected not to play Ilgauskas at all – not even one minute! – in the game. Take that, sentimentality!
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↵Ilgauskas, 34, came into Saturday’s game against Dallas tied with Cavs general manager Danny Ferry with 723 games played, first in franchise history.
↵Everything was set for the Cavs to honor the major accomplishment. However, Brown inexplicably saddled Ilgauskas with what is thought to be his first “DNP-CD” of his career.
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↵Ilgauskas, predictably, got pissed and hasn’t talked to the media since, leaving LeBron James to speak out on his behalf. And for possibly the only time ever, I agree with LeBron. Of all people to piss off, why Big Z?
↵(What’s that? Mike Brown says he’s treated players right during his time as coach? Your argument is invalid!)
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