Ilgauskas May Retire After This Season

by Chris TomassonFiled under: Cavaliers, FanHouse ExclusiveCLEVELAND -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas was beginning to make Bill Walton look like an iron horse. Through the 2000-01 season, Cleveland's big center missed 268 of his first 378 possible career NBA games. He'd had five surgeries on both of his feet in a half decade. His final surgery was in February 2001, and it was pretty much all or nothing. If the complicated procedure to insert three screws and reconfigure his left foot wasn't successful, many believed Ilgauskas would retire. Remarkably, it did work. Ilgauskas' career was saved, and he went on to play in All-Star Games in 2003 and 2005. But Ilgauskas, 34, is getting close to the end of the line. His contract expires at the end of this season, and he told FanHouse he might retire next summer.Ilgauskas May Retire After This Season originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:20:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Emai...