Tony Dejak / Associated Press
Former Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Sanders wants to return to the NBA for the first time in over three years.
“I think with things that change a bit, I’m still young, I feel like I’m in the main stage, I can definitely contribute,” Sanders told TMZ Sports. “I would only like to contribute to a team and help them win and give my knowledge, give my defensive presence and only be able to play basketball and face life in the way I will face life.
“It’s ideal for me. It looks like heaven.”
Sanders, 31, has only played five NBA games since December 2014. He left the Bucks for personal reasons, including anxiety and depression, in 2015 before briefly returning to the Cavs in 2017. Cleveland passed by Sanders while fighting for piano with a return to the life of the NBA.
“They offered to sign up immediately after training, so I think they were really interested in me,” Sanders told Josiah Turner of Sports Illustrated last year. “But now I don’t think the plot was so much. I think they grabbed me, without the intention of really playing, but to make sure the competitors didn’t catch me. They signed me, they solved me, then the day before the deadline they cut me. “
Sanders joined BIG3 last season, marking his first competitive basketball since his departure from the Cavs.
It appears that a route through the G League or Europe would be Sanders’ most likely way of returning to the NBA. The boys with his skill set (great man with no ability to space the floor) have a low value of all time, so Sanders will have to prove himself worthy of a shot, both on and off the floor, for a team to roll the dice.
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