Bucks center Larry Sanders signed a four-year, $44 million contract extension before last season. Since, he’s been an abject disaster, missing games due to injury, drug policy violations and bar fights. That’s not to mention his animal cruelty citation and his sub-par play when he has actually been on the court.
This season, he’s been at odds with Bucks head coach Jason Kidd, who said last week that Sanders—who hasn’t played the last six games—would remain out for “personal reasons” with no timetable for his return. We might have just learned why. According to longtime Bucks beat reporter Gery Woelfel, sources say Sanders has told the team that he just simply doesn’t want to play basketball anymore.
Via Twitter:
Sources tell me that Bucks center Larry Sanders recently told some Bucks officials that he doesn't want to play basketball anymore.
— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) January 5, 2015
Some friends of Sanders told me last summer they were concerned Sanders wasn't committed to basketball and wanted to explore other options.
— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) January 5, 2015
It's hardly a secret Bucks have been trying to trade Sanders.Asked f the Bucks could trade Sanders now, an NBA official said: "Good luck.''
— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) January 5, 2015
A Bucks official said the team had attempted to trade Sanders, along with Brandon Knight, to the Pacers last summer for Roy Hibbert.
— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) January 5, 2015
