Hapoel Jerusalem announced this Sunday the agreed termination of Anthony Bennett’s contract after having arrived in Israel this summer. It is the 12th team of the Canadian pivot since he was chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers as number one in the 2013 Draft. In neither of those sets has he managed to link two seasons in a row. Now, his future may be in an NBA that is in full hunt for temporary players due to the coronavirus.
His jump to the basketball elite was a surprise for his position in the draft Within a litter in which players such as Victor Oladipo (chosen in number 2 by Orlando Magic), CJ McCollum (10 by Portland Trail Blazers), Rudy Gobert (27 by Denver Nuggets) and the great whale have excelled: Giannis Antetokounmpo, selected by the Milwaukee Bucks at 15.
In Ohio it never stood out. And his step was fleeting. Only 52 games, none as a starter, and a meager production for a prototype star (4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds) before being packaged with Andrew Wiggins towards Minnesota within the Kevin Love transfer that forged the big-three of the Cavs with LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.
Pass through the G-League
In Minnesota, water. In Toronto, then water, passing through the affiliated team of Canadians in the Developmental League. The G League has always accompanied him in that attempt to return to the North American League: Long Island Nets in 2016 when the Brooklyn Nets signed him for 23 games, Northern Arizona Suns (2017), Maine Red Claws (2017-2018) and Agua Caliente Clippers (2018-19).
A sum and continues of teams that also made him take the passport to play in Europe with a whole Fenerbahçe, where he did not give even a small sample of the player that everyone expected, and in Puerto Rico with the Cangrejeros de Santurce. Israel is the last step at the moment in the career of a player who is already 29 years old.