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Apples And Oranges: Big Z Not Sad To Be In Miami...So?

I had to laugh at this column. Talk about trying to make an issue out of nothing.

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So Zydrunas Ilgauskas is not unhappy to have left Cleveland, where he received so much "love" from the fans. The columnist's headline -- trying to make a mountain out of a molehill -- was "Zydrunas Ilgauskas has no sympathy for the Cavs"....ooooh, shivering!

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Actually, looking at Z's words from Ohio.com, it sounds like the man is grounded in reality:

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"I do not feel bad for anybody. Why should I? It's a business", Ilgauskas said. "They want to beat us just as badly as we want to beat them. Everybody is competitive."

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Pretty basic and to the point. Z did not blast the Cavs for trading him last year, and he did not shy away from coming back last season for the stretch run. But go ahead Yahoo -- keep deflecting the "heat" from LeBron.

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