The Winnipeg Sea Bears have dropped the league's reigning most valuable player from their roster.
Teddy Allen's release from the city's Canadian Elite Basketball League team is effective immediately, the Sea Bears announced Monday morning.
The "difficult decision" was made following behaviour from Allen this season that head coach and general manager Mike Taylor said had created what he called internal "unrest" for the organization.
"He has taken so much attention from myself, our coaching staff and even from the team. It's been difficult," Taylor said during a news conference to address Allen's release from the team on Monday.
"I can tell you in games where he's talking and things [are] going on, you know, he's in an argument with one of our coaches [while] our coach is trying to call the defence.
"In the last two games, we've had guys in arguments on the floor not locked in and trying to get into position for defensive coverage on an inbound play. And these types of distractions are just - they became too much."
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