Andrew Bynum has been suspended indefinitely

Didn't Kingspeed want this guy badly? That would have seriously blew up in our face. Not only would we have lost all cap space, we'd probably see rumblings of Aldridge demanding a trade.

Signing Bynum would have blown our entire cap load.

It's good that we aren't GMs. We'd be in some serious trouble!

 

This summer I was in the sign Bynum camp also. No idea he was this bad off mentally and physically, so glad Olshey is a pro and sniffed that out. I feel bad for Cleveland though, Bynum dupped them and in turn really torpedo'd their chances of doing something special with a great young roster.

 

Looking back this shouldn't be a surprise. Remember when he missed part of the beginning of a season because he delayed a knee surgery to go to South Africa and watch the World Cup, not exactly a professional attitude.

Remember when Oden vs Bynum was to be the goliath center battle of the future, times change.

 

Is he suspende without pay? If so, and he doesn 't want to play, why doesn't he just retire? His lack of desire to play is going to cost him over $20 million, but only $6 million of that was guaranteed, and he's already been paid about $4 million for this season already. So, he'd only be walking away from about $2 million of guaranteed money. No way Cleveland doesn't waive him (or trade him to another team who will then waive him).

BNM

 

So why don't the Cavs just waive him save the $6 million and undo this mess? If he's waived before July 10, 2014 they also get out of the $12 million he'd be owed next year. Obviously the Cavs were concerned about the risk of signing Bynum and were only willing to guarantee $6 million of his $24+ million contract.

Now, perhaps if David Kahn had been the Cavs GM the whole contract would have been guaranteed (ala Brandon Roy).

BNM

 

Last summer I thought he was finished, but for physical reasons, not mental. I'm surprised he has played at all this season.

Remember when Kareem taught him the finer points for a season, he turned it down for the next season, and Kareem was very disappointed? We heard motivation rumors then. Was he 17, or 18, when he played his first NBA game. Or am I thinking of Jermaine-Kobe.

 

Bynum was never a Blazer, though, so Kahn would have had no interest.

 

If playing in the great city of Cleveland could not motivate him, what can?

 

Where else can an old man keep three girls prisoner for countless years as sex slaves without getting caught?

 

always thought the guy was a jerk and was only in it for the money - good riddance to him

 

I wonder if going back to LA would help him. Bynum backing up Jordan on the Clips would boost them to near favorites to win the west.

 

Oh man.

LOL. I remember some other Blazer fans on other boards saying it's a win-win to get Bynum.

 

read an article in USAToday just prior to his last surgery in may in which he stated that there wasn't any cartiladge left in the one knee, like roys knees. and was pinning hopes of a return to all star status on growing cartaledge in a petri dish. he also stated he wasn't much interested in trying to play through the pain. surprised by how well he has played at all after reading it last spring.