PHILADELPHIA -- Despite making an encouraging return from devastating knee injuries, Andrew Bynum is still pondering whether to continue to play the game and battle ongoing knee pain or retire.
On Friday, Bynum hopes to do something he wasn't able to do all of last year, which is play in Philadelphia. He missed all of the 2012-13 season with knee issues after the 76ers executed a major trade for him and planned to make him a franchise cornerstone. But even as he's defied the odds by returning to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bynum is still in discomfort following surgeries to both knees earlier this year.
Retirement was a thought, it was a serious thought. It still is. It's tough to enjoy the game because of how limited I am physically. I'm working through that. Every now and again I do [think about retirement]. ... It's still career-threatening. I'm a shell of myself on the court right now. I'm just struggling mentally.
"Retirement was a thought, it was a serious thought. It still is," Bynum said after Cavs practice Thursday at Temple University. "It's tough to enjoy the game because of how limited I am physically. I'm working through that. Every now and again I do [think about retirement]. It's still career-threatening. I'm a shell of myself on the court right now. I'm just struggling mentally."
