Andrew Bynum has yet to take the court for the Philadelphia 76ers this season, and with hopes that he would one day make one before the season end, new reports suggest that it's not happening anytime soon.
In fact, the free-agent-to-be may never take the court as a Sixer, ever.
The hope was that Bynum and his two bad knees would be ready to play around Christmas, he would quickly find chemistry with his teammates, the Sixers would be a contender in the East and Bynum would sign a long-term extension with the organization.
Those hopes are now a distant memory.
Bynum has dealt with a string of knee injuries, on the court and even in bowling allies, all requiring some type of surgery. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the one time All-Star will go under the knife once again, this time in both knees to clear out debris and other problems.
The addition of Bynum was supposed to increase the Sixers playoff chances, as he was the centerpiece in which the team would build around.
Now with Bynum's future in Philly truly up in the air, team president Rod Thorn confirmed last week that the franchise has established some type of insurance for Bynum's "bizarre" injury situation.
"There is a league-wide insurance that he's under that gives you some relief along those lines," Thorn said before the Sixers played the Miami Heat on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center. "It's the same league-wide program that every player's under. Unless you have a pre-existing condition - and he didn't - so he's on the same one as everybody else.
"It's a little bizarre, there's no doubt about it. He's had problems. He's worked very hard. As you can see when you see him, he's huge. His upper body, he works in the weight room, he works hard, he just hasn't been able to play. It's been very tough for him and obviously it's been very tough for us."
Bynum is set to become an unrestricted free agent in July, where he'll be eligible to land a long-term deal worth a nine-figure payday.
