Gotcha! Andrew Bynum Will Get Paid $16.9 Million This Year Without Playing A Single Game For The Sixers!!!
Posted by Media Outrage on March 19th, 2013
The Philadelphia Sixers have to be one of the stupidest organizations in sports history. Time and time again we have watched them pay players huge salaries and not produce or perform up to the expected level, but, this right here takes the proverbial cake!
Former Lakers center Andrew Bynum has not and will not play a single game this season for the Sixers but will still get paid $16.9 million.
Smh
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Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knees Tuesday and miss the rest of the season, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The primary focus of the procedure will be to clean out loose debris in the knees, a source told Yahoo! Sports.
Bynum, 25, was the centerpiece of the 76ers blockbuster deal in the summer, and it’s possible he’ll never play a game for the franchise. Bynum has missed the entire season with knee problems and will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. He made $16.9 million this season in the final year of his contract.
The 76ers are torn on how they’ll proceed in offering Bynum a contract to stay with the franchise, as are potential suitors around the league. The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks have the salary-cap space and need to make a serious bid for Bynum.
Bynum has degenerative knee problems and his career could be in jeopardy. After two knee surgeries in his sometimes spectacular seven-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bynum came to the Sixers as part of a three-way deal with Orlando that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers.
The Sixers gave up promising young players, Nik Vucevic and Mo Harkless to the Magic, and sent All-Star Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets as part of the deal.
After believing that Bynum could help the Sixers contend with the elite of the Eastern Conference, the franchise is 25-40 and could be headed for significant changes in their front office and coaching staffs, sources said.
Mediaoutrage- The Sixers should NOT offer him another contract. Neither should any other franchise for that matter. The man is injury prone and he didn’t seem too motivated to play ball this year, so let him live on the money he’s already made during his career and keep it moving right out of the league, but we know that won’t happen.
March 19th, 2013 at 1:29 pm
L hope he saves EVERY penny because after this he is Dunzo…l need to get back to work b4 l’m Dunzo my boss just looked at me with that side eye. Dammit
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Trish Reply:
March 19th, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Lmfao! I be on this site all day at work too. MO if I get fired I needs a job so u all might as well gets to hiring!
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Taten24 Reply:
March 19th, 2013 at 10:07 pm
LOL Yes Trish it’s an addiction
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Jayne' Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 7:32 am
I agree with everyone. He should be released and not picked up, but someone will take him. And this site is addictive, but our computers are blocked at work. If not, I’d be on here all day.