Nicknamed "Big Z", Zaidrunas Ilgoskaskas was born on June 5, 1975 in Kaunas, Lithuania, with a height of 2 meters 21, he is both offensive and defensive, soft and soft, and on October 1, 2011, 36-year-old Lithuanian center Ilgoskas officially announced his retirement, thus ending his 15 seasons of bumpy career. Big Z had five surgeries on his feet and was once about to retire early, but eventually persisted until the end of the 2010-11 season.
On March 9, 2014, the Cavaliers held a jersey retirement ceremony for the Big Z. This is also an affirmation and gratitude to the center who has played for the Cavaliers for many years, he accompanied James through the green years, and later followed the Heat, although he did not win the championship, but his professionalism is worthy of recognition, injured and injured he should have retired earlier, but he still insisted.
Big Z in the diversity of the offensive end, everyone is there for all to see, when I first started to cooperate with James, when the hair was still there, big Z was still quite comprehensive, the playing style was not so outside, the inside line gave him more singles tactics, the inside line was good, both can force the attack and can also swing the opponent through realistic fake actions, and score on the basket. His low singles and high jumpers are both powerful tools for the Cavaliers' offense.
LeBron's maturity and his own aging in the later period made his playing style more and more single, mostly pulling to the periphery to shoot, due to physical problems, his lateral movement and defense can be described as more than enough and insufficient. It can also be said that he is a decelerated version of Yao Ming, and he does not have the upper hand in the confrontation with Yao Ming. Big Z averaged 13.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in his career and was named an All-Star twice.
With the exception of a brief stint with the Heat in his final year, Big Z spent the rest of his time with the Cavaliers, playing 771 games over 12 seasons. It can be said that he dedicated his youth to the Cavaliers, big Z, and deserves the respect of all of us.