To no one’s surprise, and you can certainly count David Stern and every NBA executive, Zydrunas Ilgauskas is set to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Despite being traded to the Washington Wizards for Antawn Jamison just a month ago, Big Z is back in Cleveland and ready to resign. How did it happen? Simple: every NBA executive knows the obvious loopholes in cap system and tacitly agrees to follow along. That is not to say that Washington shouldn’t have waived Ilgauskas. He is an aging veteran on the backside of a good career. But given the utter disarray for the Wiz, cutting salary, ushering a youth movement, and ** shhh ** TANKING are in full effect.

The “loophole” is not that Washington waived Z, it is that no other playoff team picked him up. Legally, Cleveland is not allowed to resign Ilgauskas until he clears waivers. Are you telling me that teams like San Antonio, Atlanta, even Boston couldn’t use another big body for the playoffs? Of course they could. But all NBA execs know not to touch a guy like this because someday it will be their star hanging on waivers waiting to clear.

The upside of the buffoonery is that LeBron James is closer to his first NBA ring. With Shaq sidelined with injury, Z is needed now more than ever. Maybe they should’ve traded Shaq for Amare, then claimed him again after he cleared waivers…

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