UPDATED at 10:21 p.m.: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the team's beloved center who was traded to the Washington Wizards on Feb. 17 and later released, signs a one-year deal to rejoin the Cavs on Tuesday.

DENVER -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas is bracing himself for the storm. For at least the next six weeks he has a new attachment to his name when it comes to clandestine trade talks and media reports ...

Zydrunas Ilgauskas of the Cleveland Cavaliers puts up a shot over Channing Frye of the Phoenix Suns during an NBA game at US Airways Center on December 21, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas spent 12 seasons with the Cavaliers. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty Images) “Zydrunas Ilgauskas is not only one of the best basketball players to ever wear a Cleveland Cavaliers ...

CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers are retiring the jersey of former center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the team's career leader in games and rebounds. Ilgauskas' No. 11 jersey will be raised to the rafters of ...

CLEVELAND – At 7-foot-3, Zydrunas Ilgauskas towered over everyone yet stayed completely down to earth. Soft-spoken and doggedly determined, Ilgauskas, who overcame serious injuries and personal ...

— -- CLEVELAND -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who overcame serious injuries and personal tragedy to become one of the Cavaliers' best and most beloved players, had his No. 11 jersey retired Saturday ...

Zydrunas Ilgauskas said "it would have been almost a detraction" if LeBron James, his "dear friend," wasn't at his jersey retirement ceremony Saturday night, according to the (Cleveland) Plain-Dealer.

Ilgauskas has No. 11 jersey retired by Cavs AP CLEVELAND (AP) — As the arena filled with the familiar drone of "Zeeeeeee," Zydrunas Ilgauskas waved his right hand and used his left to gently pat ...

Ilgauskas' roller coaster of a career can possibly be best exemplified in the year of 2003, when he was selected as an NBA All-Star, but his languishing Cavaliers crawled to a league-worst 17-65 ...

Jennifer Ilgauskas, nee Shafer, was a mother of two sons, Deividas and Povilas, with the Cavs center. Zydrunas Ilgauskas was drafted in 1996 and played through 2009-10. His No. 11 jersey was ...

LeBron James is not the only former Cavalier on the 2010-11 Heat roster. Amid much less fanfare, center Zydrunas Ilgauskas signed with the Heat on July 17 -- less than two weeks after James ...