Andrew Bynum Suspended Indefinitely
2013-12-28
Andrew Bynum was suspended indefinitely and did not travel with the team to Boston. Not a lot of details available currently. The Andrew Bynum era has been: extremely down, then kind of up, then very down again. Soon his contract becomes guaranteed for the remainder of the season, so this could be a harbinger of the end of his time in Cleveland. We shall see.
So far this season, the Cavs offense has been 7.3 points worse per 100 possessions with Bynum on the court. The defense suffered too, performing over one point per 100 possessions worse with the physically limited former all-star. The faaaar end of the bench features a 23-year old seven-footer in Tyler Zeller that the team drafted 17th in 2012. In limited minutes this year, he looks improved from last season.
Long story short, the loss of Bynum may be addition by subtraction. If he is done with the Cavs, a best case scenario would be to package his non-guaranteed deal with a few draft picks and get something useful from a tanking or financially burdened team. Again, we’ll see what the next couple days or weeks hold.
I just don’t like Derozan’s game but to each his own. To me he’s a taller more athletic less of a leader version of Jack who I already detest. I agree Bynum’s game doesn’t really fit Miami but I think they’d be interested as long as he didn’t demand playing time every night which seems unlikely but rings have power.
And trading Bennett and change for DeRozen is a pretty good deal. The success of the move comes from whether DeRozen can up his shooting percentages if he has fewer shots.
The second trade was combined with the first trade. Chuck Hayes can only be traded by himself. I was proposing Bennett instead of a future first rounder.
@ Cory Hughey
Do you really want Pierce? I don’t think he would help or hurt much. He would just be here to collect a paycheck. He would probably be even quieter than Jarrett Jack. But he wouldn’t be a locker room problem. I’d take Deng/J. Butler/DeRozan/PJ III/Steven Adams, but not Pierce.
I don’t think Bynum wants to play anymore, so I don’t think there’ll be a trade. If he wants to play, somebody will trade for him.
Comment monster might be back or pornography and internet piracy has finally rendered my computer useless… Bynum not working out was always the most likely scenario. I mentioned a few days back, that trading him might be their best option. The rotation is too deep. They aren’t developing Zeller or Bennett (no matter what you think of them they are assets who’s value is nil at the moment) and Bynum for all of his good, doesn’t match up with the majority of centers in the league well defensively. That and the Cavs have had to play to separate offenses. I’d… Read more »
Was dion a shot at least a good shot?
@Rodney Mac
Miami wouldn’t be a good idea for Bynum because
a) it’s a fine tuned system that has trouble changing
if it somehow blends him in
b) they become virtually unstoppable, only check is health and Hibbert going Hakeem meets Kareem.
The only offers I could see would maybe be Emeka Okafor and a 1st for Bynum from Phoenix who has tons of picks. Granger from Indy if they think Bynum would back up Hibbert which I consider doubtful. If the Clippers want to unload Jordan still which I consider highly doubtful. Denver would probably love to get out of Javale Mcgee’s contract but I don’t see Grant taking it back without the Knicks pick which ain’t happening. OKC, Portland, Miami, Dallas and Brooklyn all make sense as destinations but they’d all require a 3rd team.
@Nate that 2nd trade was a troll to get reactions and comments right? And why do you want another midrange jump shooter who needs the ball on this team?
Was a great block from Bass near the rim in a Dion’s layup attempt. It didn’t work, but i like the fact that there was someone else taking the final shoot, it makes the final possesions less predictables.
Wasn’t able to see end of game, can someone explain last possesion where dion got
Blocked. Was it a bad shot? What happened?
Bennett posted a +9 and from what I saw he seems to be active as anyone of the team in the 4th.
2013 has sucked. This year needs to end quick.
This team is at a crossroads. They need to decide what they want. They are 1.5 out of the playoffs but they are 2 games out of having the 2nd worst record in the league. (Mil is 4.5 back). They either need to do something to push for a 5-8 seed or let it go hopefully get Parker and trap the rewards of the best draft in ever.
I would try to get Jeff Green because sof his flexibility he would be able to save Varejao from playing too many minutes but I don’t know if the Celti Celtics are open to trading him
And so the great unraveling begins.
Step 1: Bynum gets released/traded
Step 2: Varejao, now playing extended minutes, gets hurt again
Step 3: Play the rest of the year with Zeller and Sims at center.
Joy.
Ok then, throw in a nebulous draft pick. Trading away a guy who you drafted number one overall, weak draft or not, after 200 minutes of action is bat shit crazy. It just is. He got out of shape after surgery. The game is moving too fast for him currently. He plays one 5 minute a night stretch, and he gets yo-yo’d back and forth between the 3&4. I just remember when this entire collection of writers said that Thompson and Waiters were busts. It was said repeatedly in a definitive manner. Now they can’t even say it with a… Read more »
Is it safe to say Gee will be getting the boot too? He hasn’t played a single minute in the last game or two.
BBQDaddy you my friend are the troubled one. Read.the above line again..it says COMBINED so adding that into the previously shown trade IF the cavs don’t add a draft pick
I can’t see if you have the sarcasm font turned up, Nate, but if not you are more miserable than I ever imagined. I don’t care how bad Bennett has been or how much you hated the pick. You are advocating trading the number one pick on a reasonable contract for years into the future for an 8 year veteran who has averaged 4 points a game in his career? Fear the Sword here I come…
I called Bynum being traded days ago on this very blog. Living in LA, he had a very negative reputation here even amongst Laker fans. Considering that the majority of Laker fans brains are rotten on cocaine and kale I gave Bynum the benefit of the doubt. I actually felt for Bynum when he was on the Lakers. The media pressure here for the Lakers is higher than any city in the country. The Knicks and Nets aren’t as big of a deal in NYC as the Lakers are here. Since coming into the league Bynum has had to deal… Read more »
Woj reporting that Bynum not into playing basketball anymore and had isolated himself from the rest of the team.
Gee, Bynum, and a pick fo Toronto for DeRozan? Toronto is trying to trade him.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=n2dgr8r
combined with either a draft pick or this trade
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=l65akwm
Sad to see, but it’s obvious Bynum is a troubled soul.
This seems like it’s completely out of left field.
My only guess is something happened between Brown and Bynum because now ESPN (Windhorst) is saying they’re looking at aggressively trying to trade him ASAP.