Varejao Mending Fences

It's been no secret that the Cleveland Cavaliers organization does not want Zydrunas Ilgauskas to play for Lithuania in the summer olympics in Beijing this August. Worried about his health and the ability of his infamous feet to withstand such little rest, the Cavaliers would prefer he just stay at home this summer. What was a bit of a secret, though, was that the Cavaliers also didn't want Anderson Varejao to play for his native Brazil in the Olympics (Brazil has yet to qualify, so he would have been playing in qualifiers as well). According to Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon Journal, Varejao has agreed to not play for Brazil this summer, but instead rest his weary knees. He writes, "Many of the hard feelings with the Anderson Varejao camp and the Cavs from last year's nasty contract talks have eased and his decision to skip playing for Brazil in the upcoming Olympic qualifier is a sign of it. The Cavs' team doctors recently sent Varejao a lette...