Video: Andrew Bynum just sounds kind of bummed

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Andrew Bynum will probably get booed this evening in South Philadelphia as he returns (?) to the Wells Fargo Center as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. And that's fine. He's a member of the opposing team. He kind of screwed the Sixers last season when he never played a minute for them -- although you could argue that things actually worked out okay for Sixers in the longterm -- and those reasons alone probably warrant some boos. But do Sixers fans really care about Andrew Bynum any longer? I don't. Not really anyway.

The dude's knees are shot. And listening to him talk yesterday at practice (which you can watch above) he sounds like a guy who probably won't ever be the basketball player he once was. He was quite blunt in saying he's a shell of his former self and that he's thought about retiring due it all.

You probably don't want that on the Sixers.

Some quotes from CSN:

“It is still career threatening. I am a shell of myself on the court right now. I am struggling mentally, but I am trying.”

“In the moment it is tough to enjoy the game because of where I am but I am struggling to work through that,” Bynum said. “I feel like I can still be effective in this league but I am going to have to make changes to my game and it is about accepting those challenges.”

From Cleveland.com:

Asked what his goal is, Bynum said, "Just to be able to play without pain and discover the joy again. … Right now it’s just battling pain is annoying. I’m not able to do the things I used to be able to do and it’s frustrating.''

Which makes Bynum kind of similar to the Philadelphia fans that may boo him tonight. They just want to find joy in watching their basketball team again. That may be more likely without him around.

Related: Are the Sixers actually better off because of the Andrew Bynum trade?

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