Is former Indiana Pacers Jonathan Bender going to return to the NBA?
Bender plots NBA comeback Former Indiana Pacers teen prodigy Jonathan Bender is plotting an NBA comeback after a injury-forced retirement. Bender Bender Bender left the Pacers midway through the 2005-06 season because of persistent knee troubles that limited him to just 237 games in seven NBA seasons. But he recently revealed his intent to put a growing business career on hold to give professional basketball one more shot. “My potential is still enormous and I can still do a lot for a team,” Bender told ESPN.com. “If it happens, then everything flows. And if it doesn’t, at least I tried.” Now 28, Bender has developed various entrepreneurial ventures in Houston and New Orleans. When asked in March 2008 if he missed playing basketball, Bender replied by saying it was a “tough question.” That question, though, has since been answered. “I thought about it last year for last season, but I was still doing a lot of learning and having fun with my v
Bender left the Pacers midway through the 2005-06 season because of persistent knee troubles that limited him to just 237 games in seven NBA seasons. But he recently revealed his intent to put a growing business career on hold to give professional basketball one more shot. “My potential is still enormous and I can still do a lot for a team,” Bender told ESPN.com. “If it happens, then everything flows. And if it doesn’t, at least I tried.” Sources: ESPN.
