A men’s league basketball team shattered a Clarkelyn man’s ego yesterday when it decided to amnesty him from its roster in an adult rec-league.

The After-Work All-Stars exercised its 2013-2014 amnesty provision on 29-year-old Alonzo Musgrove. The move marks the first time that anyone has ever been amnestied from any kind of recreational sports team.

The team released the following statement on the league’s Facebook fan page yesterday:

“On the Behalf of the After-Work All-Stars, I want to thank Alonzo for his contributions to the team,” AWA Coach Fat Riley wrote. “We did not come to this decision lightly, but the organization ultimately concluded that this move would be in the best interest of the team as well as Alonzo moving forward. We wish him nothing but the best.”

The move left many puzzled. Primarily because it was completely unnecessary.

The amnesty clause included in the NBA’s latest collective bargaining agreement affords teams with a one-time opportunity to waive a player without his contract counting towards the salary cap.

It’s kind of difficult to apply a similar provision to a men’s league because there are no salaries to cap.

Sources close to the AWA tell The Bluffington Roach that Riley went to league officials from the No Hope Left, Annual Memorial Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall Classic and petitioned them for a one-time amnesty provision.

It turns out that Riley and other players on the team found Musgrove to be an utterly despicable individual on the basketball court. So much so that Riley allegedly paid the league’s commissioner an undisclosed amount of money to authorize the absolutely unnecessary clause, sources say.

While some would characterize Riley’s alleged dealings as under-handed, players from the AWA insist that he acted appropriately.

Apparently Musgrove sucked that much.

“We wanted to find a way to make him feel like shit. He’s a 5-foot-10 point-forward hybrid with no athleticism, zero foot-speed, mediocre handle, an erratic jump-shot, and a shitty physique,” a former AWA teammate of Musgrove, who asked to remain anonymous, tells BluffRo. “Two lay-ups, a mid-range jumper, and two rebounds are the max level of production that a team is going to get from him.”

Musgrove’s teammates insist that they don’t despise him because of his questionable skills and shitty fitness level. They truly hate him for being cocky about it. His unwarranted arrogance drove him to constantly complain about playing time. Several teammates recalled instances when Musgrove actually subbed himself into games.

“He was always threatening to quit the team and go play for another squad,” one former teammate says. “So, we finally found a way to call his bluff.”

Surprisingly, all of Musgrove’s former AWA teammates agree that’s he’s actually a cool guy off of the court. Every teammate we spoke to described him as a funny and chill dude outside of basketball.

Coach Riley believes that Musgrove may suffer from the very disorder that we recently reported on — Bums Disguised as Good Players Syndrome. It’s been rumored that his BDGPS may be causing him to think he can actually play professional basketball overseas, despite questionable skills and recently being waived by a rec-league basketball team.

“I hope the nigga quits the sport after this,” another former teammate says. “He needs to stop it.”

Musgrove could not be reached for comment. We’ll provide updates on any new developments in the story.

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