Larry Sanders was once among the best centers in the NBA.

After retiring (in 2015), he most recently played in the league during the 2016-17 season when he made a brief return with the Cleveland Cavaliers (five games).

On Monday, it was announced that the 35-year-old has signed with a team in Taiwan (h/t Alberto De Roa of HoopsHype).

Via Basketball On X On July 31: “Former NBA player Larry Sanders announces that he is signing with the Taiwan Beer Leopards of the TPBL. ✍️”

Sanders was the 15th pick in the 2010 NBA Draft (out of VCU) and spent the first five seasons of his career with the Milwaukee Bucks.

During that time, he was one of the best rim protectors in the NBA.

In 2013, Sanders averaged 9.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.8 blocks per contest while shooting 50.6% from the field in 71 games (55 starts) at just 24 years old.

He shockingly retired from the NBA when he was only 26 (before his brief stint with the Cavs).

Sanders had career averages of 6.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per contest while shooting 48.0% from the field in 238 regular season games for the Bucks and Cavs.

He also appeared in four NBA playoff games with the Bucks during the 2012-13 season (they lost in the first round).

Sanders has been teammates with NBA stars such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.

If he had not retired at such a young age, it’s possible that he could have been an All-Star.

ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland man was killed in a car crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Oxford Township early Monday morning.

According to Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, Manuel Alvarez-Loreto was traveling eastbound near milepost 112, when he was rear-ended while he was slowing down in the right lane.

The impact forced both vehicles onto the right berm.

Alvarez-Loretto died from his injuries at a local hospital.

His passenger, Paola Rojas, also from Cleveland, is in serious condition at Fisher Titus Hospital.

Troopers said both Rojas and Alvarez-Loretto were wearing seatbelts.

The other driver is also in serious condition at Fisher Titus Hospital.

Troopers said the accident remains under investigation.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ohio State’s 2025 offensive line class won’t include David Sanders Jr., which means the Buckeyes will have to pivot.

The five-star tackle, rated No. 2 overall in the 247Sports composite rankings, chose Tennessee on Saturday, as Ohio State was left as one of three runners-up along with Nebraska and Georgia.

With Ohio State having just two offensive linemen pledged in the 2025 class (four-star tackle Carter Lowe and three-star interior lineman Jake Cook), the Buckeyes and offensive line coach Justin Frye don’t only need good players in the class.

They need to make sure the 2025 class doesn’t sit at two when signing day hits in December.

The likeliest option for the Buckeyes is to push harder for one or more of the few remaining uncommitted players that have offers from Ohio State. Of the 29 offers sent out on the offensive line in the 2025 cycle, just four-star Malachi Goodman, three-star Jayvon McFadden and unranked Atamai Matau remain uncommitted.

Presuming Ohio State doesn’t land all of those targets, it will have to circle back on some options that are currently committed to other schools.

Four-star linemen Micah DeBose (Alabama) and Avery Gach (Michigan) were two linemen that had Ohio State in their final few, as were three-stars Kaden Strayhorn (Michigan) and Andrew Stargel (UCF). Those could be a few options for the Buckeyes to make another run at.

Then there’s the unknown.

Ohio State will, in all likelihood, have to circle back on prospects that don’t currently have reported Ohio State offers. Three-star Jayden Clark, from Northmont High School in Clayton, is the highest-rated offensive lineman left uncommitted in the state of Ohio. There will likely be other names that pop up, like Gabe VanSickle did a year ago, as the Buckeyes and Frye look to fill out the class.

The transfer portal remains an ever-present option for Ohio State, and for other programs in the sport, but it’s usually remarkably difficult to find capable, readymade offensive linemen in the transfer portal.

Josh Simmons, who transferred to Ohio State from San Diego State for the 2023 season, is a wonderful development story for the Buckeyes and for Frye. That’s something that will undoubtedly be used as a big-time recruiting tool for high schoolers and for portal options moving forward.

But routinely banking on Mountain West Conference offensive linemen to come in and immediately start — and play well — at Ohio State is, put conservatively, risky.

In short, there are a few options for Ohio State now that Sanders has opted to commit elsewhere. But Sanders was clearly Plan A, and now the challenge is figuring out what the next step is.