Many thought Andew Bynum’s brief success with the Cleveland Cavaliers was too good to be true, and it turns out it was. It was announced today that the Cavaliers have suspended the center indefinitely citing conduct detrimental to the team as the reason. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the real reason is that he just does not really enjoy playing basketball anymore. He continues by saying that teams interested in him this past summer were equally as concerned about his drive and determination as his badly injured knees. Cleveland took a chance on the big man and signed him to a two year contract that could be worth up to $24.79 million.
The 26-year-old has been through a lot in his career. He has had some great moments, but they have been overshadowed by his many knee injuries. He was forced to sit out all of last season after being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the Dwight Howard trade. Before the start of the 2011 season, he had a procedure to combat arthritis in both of his knees. His knees, however, did not respond to treatment and instead only got worse as the season progressed.
Bynum was selected 10th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers after forgoing college. From the start of his professional career, he was injury prone. However, he played through it in the playoffs and helped Los Angeles win back to back championships in 2009 and 2010.
