Cleveland Cavaliers center Andrew Bynum has been suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team, according to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports.
Cavaliers center Andrew Bynum suspended indefinitely by team for conduct detrimental to the team.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) December 28, 2013
Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Bynum does not want to play basketball anymore.
About Bynum suspension, league source tells Yahoo: "He doesn't want to play basketball anymore. He never liked it that much in first place."
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 28, 2013
ESPN’s Bill Simmons weighed in on the situation calling Bynum’s loss of passion a ploy. Simmons goes on to say that Bynum will ‘regain’ his love of basketball when he gets away from the Cavaliers and joins a team he wants to play for.
1 - Expect Bynum to miraculously regain his love for basketball once he gets away from this messy Cavs situation. He has an end game here.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013
2 - Cavs' big mistake was including a Jan. 7 opt-out deadline for them to guarantee rest of Bynum's deal this year. Gave him an out.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013
3 - From what I hear, Bynum wants to end up with Heat or Clips. But he'd have to be released + Cavs want to trade him (see @WindhorstESPN).
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013
4 - Also hearing he'd consider Boston - Celts have expirings/assets to get him (if they wanted him). His ideal teams are Miami/Clips though.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013
5 - No team will trade for Bynum and spend 6 mill if he doesn't want to play there. He's playing this perfectly. Depressing but true.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013
6 - Last note... This is super-important because a semi-healthy Bynum could swing the title race if he lands with Heat or Clips. Stay tuned.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 28, 2013