Is Andrew Bynum headed for early retirement?

Andrew Bynum could have been super elite player but i dont think he wanted that.

6ers could still give him big money pending how he checks out, but not a LT deal. If another team offers him the same for more years then he likely won’t be a 6er.

Nothing worse than watching a talented player have his career cut short by injuries. Bynum has worked very hard since coming into the NBA as a very raw 17 year old. He has great touch, post moves, and timing, but his body just wasn’t meant to endure a grueling 82 game schedule. I think if he every does come back we will only see flashes of what he used to be. Knees don’t get better, he is losing the cartilage in his knees, very difficult to recover from that.

I understand he has bad knees, but this guy should not be doing thing like going bowling. If you want to live your life like you say than give back the 76ers the 16 million you’ve taken from them this season. If you want the money you should have done everything in your power to not get hurt and stay on the floor.

It’s why the Lakers wanted to trade him so badly before giving him a new deal. Wasn’t the knees as much as does Bynum love basketball? Or does he love what basketball brings him in life ( Money, Women, Fame )

Any team that gives him a big deal is going for the dare to be great move. Maybe a team will offer him a 4yr 32million deal, but I don’t know if a team would even offer that to him now. He could have signed an extension with the 76ers at any point and should obviously regret that decision.

I don’t know if it was ever confirmed, but the word was that he went over to Germany and had the “procedure” last summer that has worked for at least one players (Kobe). Not a good sign that he is still having issues. I think Indian Basketball is right.

The Lakers knew how bad his knees were…..they always seem to get the better end of the deal

Just trying to remember the deal again :

Philadelphia 76ers traded Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Maurice Harkless, Nikola Vucevic and a future 1st round draft pick to the Orlando Magic.

The Sixers could have Andre Drummond, Vucevic, and Harkless. They could of had Drummond by trading Iggy to the Warriors or Raptors for there pick.

I’ve saw footage of him practicing, and he could be thrown out on the court tomorrow and get 20 and 10. His problem is he’s soft and a coward. He don’t want to play in pain. You’re a professional athlete its why you get paid the big bucks, he’s needs to just go out there and suck it up.

I think I’ve saw and heard enough to declare Bynum, a heartless coward. He could be playing right now. But he’s afraid of pain. Allen Iverson carried the Sixers to the finals with atleast 12 simultaneous injuries but he lived and died for basketball and left it all on the floor. Bynum is afraid to even get on the floor.

De-generative knees aren’t just something you can play through.
It’s not just a matter of playing through pain and swelling. It’s managing the pain while playing on them without speeding up their de-generative state.

I would really hate to see such a talented player go so young but once your knees get that bad, with his size there is nothing much that can be done to help the situation…

I would really hate to see such a talented player go so young but once your knees get that bad, with his size there is nothing much that can be done to help the situation…

Bynum is a chump. I feel like his arrogance will inevitbly turn alot of executives off. Magic Johnson may not be the best analyst but I AGREE with him when he says that Andrew Bynum doesn’t appear to love the game. Bynum just wants a check he’s not earning a damn thing right now. However, I don’t believe he’ll retire I believe that he will get second and third chances I don’t think he deserves them though.

Anyone else thinking he should go to Phoenix? Sounds like their pre-emptive approach to injuries would be of real benefit to Bynum, they might be able to help him get healthy and stay healthy.

I’m not sure what their cap situation is like, but if they are confident in their ability to get him up and running they could do a sign-and-trade with Gortat going to the Sixers for Bynum and a pick or two.

I feel bad for the Sixers, I was really excited at the prospect of Bynum as the undisputed first option ready to take his place as best C in the NBA from Dwight after coming very close last season, but it wasn’t to be, and it’s a damn shame.

I think the problem with Bynum is that he isn’t pro-active enough with his health, he treats the pain as it comes rather than training his body properly to prevent pain; even when he was healthy he never seemed to be in great shape or have any noticeable muscle tone.

This is again where Phoenix comes into it, I hope. I just hate to see these immensely talented big guys struck down by injury (Bynum, Oden, Bogut, Howard – to an extent).

All I know is that by saying stuff like this he isn’t helping his chances of cashing in big this off-season, by the things he’s saying I really to think he might call it quits. Really sad, I hope he can get healthy and be the dominant big he can be, but at the very least be healthy for the rest of his life. I wish him the best and hope he can find peace with himself regardless of the decision he makes about his future.

As always Indyball brings up some very worthwhile points, Bynum needs to get back on court to try and earn a new deal but I wonder whether he is almost worried if he comes back and shows he cannot perform to a high level it could affect his market value even more. Or perhaps he looks to just play a handful of games to try and showcase himself and earn a new contract.

But with so many injury issues, any team taking him on would surely want him to pass a thorough medical before signing and also for insurance purposes.

The 76ers do look likely losers in the Bynum/Iggy/D12 trade whilst Denver typically quietly added Iggy and without a star player, Coach Karl has lead them to an almost unnoticed very high seeding birth.

The Lakers knew that they could win without a major contribution from Bynum and it almost seemed that he was there to be traded in due course to help facilitate another big trade He never looked s if he was thought of as the guy they would rebuild around post Kobe era

About Bynum coming back on court to try and earn a new deal.

I remember when Elton Brand was with the Clippers and came back from a serious Achilles injury. He opted out of his final year of contract and came back to play in the final 8 games to improve his stock, before testing the free agent market.

Guess which team gave him a 5 year – $80mill contact ? I just hope they don’t sign Bynum to a big contract.