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Escape From Bender Island

It’s official. Bender Island has been vacated. The For Sale sign is up and even good friend of the column Rhett Reese has reportedly been seen searching for a new place for his fanhood to call home. While there is still six months left in our grand Croatian vacation, for all intents and purposes, it came to an end Monday.

That’s because the Phoenix Suns have declined their fourth year option on former No. 4 pick, and power-less forward, Dragan Bender.

But how did we get here? How did the former lottery pick fall so far so fast?