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Andrew Bynum’s tenure with the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t
last too long.
After the center-turned-ninja’s
disastrous stay with the Sixers, I questioned
what team would be willing to give him another shot, and the Cavaliers popped
up as the answer to my question.
The Cavs took a risk bringing in Bynum, and although he
actually made it into a uniform and out onto the court, which is more than he
did during his stint with the Sixers, he couldn’t even keep it together long
enough to make it to early January to guarantee his entire $12.5 million salary
for the season.
According
to a recent report from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Bynum stopped trying
out on the court for Cleveland, and developed into a disruptive presence in
practice.
When Bynum was eventually suspended from the team, rumors
swirled as to the reasoning. Some prosperous theories were proposed, including
one involving the wife of a Cavaliers coach.
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While those rumors were largely dismissed, the real
reasoning behind his suspension and eventual trade from the team is detailed in
Wojnarowski’s story.
Apparently Bynum was treating a Cavaliers’ scrimmage session
as his own personal shooting session, and just throwing shots up as soon as he
got his hands on the ball, no matter where he was in relation to the hoop.
“Before Bynum was thrown out of his final practice and
suspended, he was shooting the ball every time he touched it in a practice
scrimmage,” Wojnarowski
revealed. “From whatever remote part of the court he had caught the ball.”
While the mental image is entertaining, that sounds more
like the behavior of a child in an elementary gym class rather than that of a
professional ball player. But hey, this is Andrew Bynum we are talking about,
so in the end, the report is not so surprising.
It didn’t work out in Cleveland with Bynum, and although
they were originally hoping that he would, you know, help them on the hardwood,
at least they no longer have to deal with his distraction. He is the now the
Pacers’ problem.
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