James: Ilgauskas should have set record
November 30, 2009
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP)—LeBron James(notes) says Cavaliers coach Mike Brown shouldhave let Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes) set a record last weekend.
Ilgauskas has tied Cleveland’s record for all-time games played at 723 andwill set a new mark with his next appearance. That could have been at home lastSaturday, but Brown elected not to play Ilgauskas in a victory against theMavericks.
“I definitely thought he should’ve played,” James said Monday. “I’m nottrying to stir up anything with coach or whatever is going on with theorganization, but sometimes one game is the smaller things. What was on the linewas something way bigger than us playing the Mavericks. That was Z breaking therecord.”
Ilgauskas declined interview requests Saturday night and on Monday.
