Playing only 27 games this season for the Milwaukee Bucks, big man Larry Sanders has faced some scrutiny for the lack of playing time and effort with his team.
Sander was first reportedly done with playing basketball, then he decided to come back to play and recently he was suspended 10 games by the NBA, which he hasn’t returned from, due to violating the NBA’s drug policy.
Now it seems like the Bucks are fed up and will look to let go of Sanders.
Following reported from ESPN’s Marc Stein.
Buyout discussions have begun between the Milwaukee Bucks and Larry Sanders that would make the recently suspended big man a free agent, according to league sources…
He’s been one of the league’s most impactful defensive big men when he’s been on the floor, but the surprising Bucks — off to a 30-23 start under Kidd — have coped well without him this season, posting a 12-7 record in those games while relying on the likes of John Henson, Ersan Ilyasova, Zaza Pachulia and the recently signed Kenyon Martin.
Sanders going to a new location could be a small rebirth to the young players career. He’s a great defensive asset and rebounds just about everything that comes his way.
The problem will be the fact that Sanders, while only playing in just 50 games for the Bucks over two seasons, is his four-year, $44 million deal that’s in the third year. Sanders is owed over $20 million by the Bucks so that may be a sticking point if Milwaukee does want him to leave because there is no doubt that Sanders camp will want his full money.
Still amazing that Milwaukee is chugging along without 2 of their top 5 players going into this season in Sanders and when they lost Jabari Parker early in the season.
