ESPN is reporting that former Cleveland Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas has finally been bought out of his contract by the Washington Wizards. Time to let the bidding for his services begin!
ESPN also "jokingly" reported that "Big-Z" will instantly be headed back to Cleveland once his mandatory 30 day vacation is over. They believe it will happen, Z will waltz back to Cleveland and walk on water with the chosen one.
Slow down there leader in sports...Why would he instantly want to head back to Cleveland? If he does, what happens to his minutes? He won't play nearly as much, with Shaq expected to have more minutes as the season winds down and Jamison is sure to cut into his court time as well. There are teams outside of Cleveland and L.A. ESPN! There are other contenders out there who would love to have his services.
Dallas, Atlanta and Denver have been tossed out as teams expressing interest in the 7'3 center. Dallas...that is a scary thought! Denver has got to prevent that from happening. Nobody in the NBA would want to run into a Dallas team with Ilgauskas and Haywood manning the post. Do what it takes Nuggets front office, bring Big Z to the Mile High City!
Ilgauskas is the half a body that George Karl wants, in fact he might be more than that. He shoots 45 percent from the field and is an even 50 percent from three this year. He is a good rebounder, a decent defender and the fact that he is 7'3, 260lbs cannot be understated. He would give the Nuggets another big body to throw at the Lakers, Mavs and anyone else they might run into in the playoffs. He would be the missing piece that would take this team from contender to champion.
Dave Kreiger of the Denver Post recently said in a radio interview that Ilgauskas wouldn't be a good fit in Denver because he cannot run the floor and wouldn't fit the run and gun offense the Nuggets like to run. In the playoffs the game slows down and it turns into a half court game. They wouldn't need him to run the floor as much. They would need him to do one thing and that is to be big. Trust me, he has that covered. Anything else he can do is just icing on the cake...and a ring on the finger.
The Nuggets appear to be pursuing Ilgauskas hard...According to Benjamin Hochman of the Denver Post:
"There hasn't been a day go by that I haven't heard from Mark (Warkentien, the Nuggets vice president of basketball operations)," said Herb Rudoy, Ilgauskas' agent. "He had a great relationship with 'Z' (back in Cleveland). Mark has been very aggressive to convince me to convince 'Z'."
Time to see if that relationship means anything. Time to convince Big Z that Denver is the right place to be.
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