Featured Columnist IVOctober 16, 2024
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Former NBA middle Aron Baynes retired from the game Wednesday.
Daniel Moldovan, Baynes’ agent, signaled the 6’10” large man’s farewell on social media.
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Aron Baynes has retired from the NBA after 9 seasons, per @AgentMoldovan
Baynes was a 2014 Champion with the Spurs 🙌 pic.twitter.com/nbWbrD37X0
Baynes spent 9 seasons within the NBA throughout spells with the San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns and Toronto Raptors. He final suited up for Toronto in 2020-21.
The 37-year-old was a member of the Spurs in 2013-14, after they went on to beat the Miami Warmth within the NBA Finals. He averaged 3.0 factors and a pair of.7 rebounds within the common season and suited up for 14 of San Antonio’s 23 playoff contests.
Baynes steadily constructed a popularity as a stable rim protector and bodily presence inside, which is how he landed on the Celtics in 2017 as they sought to dethrone LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers within the Japanese Convention. He put up 6.0 factors, 6.2 rebounds and 0.6 blocks in 20.5 minutes per contest through the 2018 postseason.
Baynes’ finest season got here in 2019-20 with the Suns. He poured in 11.5 factors per sport and shot 35.1 % from past the arc, and he set a private excessive in scoring (37 factors) in a March 2020 win over the Portland Path Blazers.
Whereas he was representing Australia within the 2021 Summer time Olympics, docs found Baynes was suffering from inside bleeding that as making use of strain to his spinal wire. The damage had briefly left him unable to even stroll, not to mention play basketball.
He finally made a full restoration and spent the final two seasons with the Brisbane Bullets in Australia’s NBL earlier than retiring.
