As incredible as this story seems I find it very strange that Mike Brown would do this intentionally out of malice towards Ilgauskas.
There's got to be another side to this. Mike Brown just doesn't come across to me as being that malicious. This is just me.
To be completely honest, I really don't see ANY coach active in the NBA as being this malicious.
In the (Very) unfortunate event that Mike Brown forgot or wasn't aware of Big Z's acomplishment, then shame on Mike.
And Lebron James' comments on this....well for one who has had an entire franchise bend over backwards for him, for him to not even commit to CLE is not loyal, IMO. What he is saying about this incident sounds right to our ears, but he doesn't strike me as sincere.
As bad as things were for Michael Jordan starting out in his NBA career, he Never held the city of Chicago hostage.