anthony bennett – MDHQ http://www.mockdrafthq.com Updated Mock Drafts, Prospect Rankings, Scouting Reports Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:45:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Wolves Looking to Release #1 Pick Anthony Bennett http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2015/09/wolves-release-1-pick-anthony-bennett.html Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:19:44 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=8074 Former #1 overall pick Anthony Bennett has had a rough NBA career. Too undersized to play the four and not polished enough to play the three against most opponents, Bennett has had trouble finding ways to contribute in Cleveland and Minnesota so far in his career.

Looks like teaming up with last year’s #1 overall pick and fellow Canadian Andrew Wiggins isn’t working out. The Wolves are looking to buy out Bennett and set him free:

The Minnesota Timberwolves are progressing on a contract buyout with former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett after failing to find a trade partner to unload him, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources–timberwolves-moving-toward-buyout-with-anthony-bennett-212649315.html

Hopefully this isn’t the end of the road for Bennett and he can find his footing in the league.

]]> Cleveland Cavaliers Consider Sending Anthony Bennett to the D League http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2014/01/cleveland-cavaliers-consider-sending-anthony-bennett-d-league.html Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:20:05 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=6129 Cavaliers forward and #1 overall draft pick Anthony Bennett has had his fair share of growing pains thus far in the NBA. Bennett has cited that his slow adaptation to the pro game is the reason for his struggles thus far as a rookie. While this is harmless given the potential he displayed, many are whispering he may already be the worst #1 NBA Draft pick of ALL TIME!

Things have gotten so dire that the Cavs are considering sending the big man to D-League:

Mike Brown and Chris Grant have discussed sending Anthony Bennett to the NBA D-League, but the Cleveland Cavaliers do not feel ready to make the move at this point.

“We have talked about it, but I haven’t gone real deep on it with Chris,” Brown said. “There’s a lot of learning he can do here with the team, whether it’s home or away, whether it’s us game-planning for different teams, going to the practices throughout the course of this homestand, there are a lot of benefits he can get out of it.

“We’ve had discussions, but we’re not to the point where we’d send him.”

Source: RealGM.com

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