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Aron Baynes

Aron Baynes

38-Year-Old CenterC
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Height 6'10"
Weight 260
DOB 12/9/1986
College Washington State
Debut 2012
Signed a two-year, $14.35 million contract with the Raptors in November of 2020. Waived by the Raptors in August of 2021.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Baynes was born in 1986 to parents Marton and Barbara in Gisborne, New Zealand. He's the youngest of three children, and his older brother Callum introduced him to basketball. Baynes' family moved from Gisborne to Mareeba, Australia, when he was three years old. His athletic career started with rugby at Mareeba State High School, and he eventually quit rugby in favor of focusing on basketball full-time. After high school, Baynes attended the Australian Institute of Sport for one year before heading to the United States to attend Washington State. He owns a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology. Baynes likes to spend his free time working with veterans or at youth basketball clinics. You can follow Baynes on Twitter (@aronbaynes) and Instagram (@houseobayne). Baynes finished third in blocks (1.3) per game and blocks (43) in the 2008-09 Pac-10 as a senior. Additionally, the Gisborne, New Zealand native came in fourth in two-point field goal percentage (57.8) per game, as well as fifth in both total rebounds (247) and total rebounds per game (7.5) in the 2008-09 Pac-10 season. Along with rebounds and blocks per game, Baynes led Washington State in offensive rebounds (2.1), defensive rebounds (5.4), two-point field goals (4.6) and free throws (3.4) during his senior year at Washington State in 2008-09 season. The center helped lead Washington State to the 2009 NIT tournament. He was second on the team in points per game (12.7). As a junior, Baynes helped lead the Cougars to the 2008 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. In the 2007-08 season, he led Washington State in rebounds (6.0) and defensive rebounds (4.2) per game. After playing several years in Europe, Baynes signed with the San Antonio Spurs in January 2013.

Calls end to career
CFree Agent
October 17, 2024
Baynes' agent, Daniel Molodvan, announced Wednesday via social media that his client has retired from professional basketball.
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Baynes, 37, had most recently been playing professionally in his home country with the Brisbane Bullets of Australia's National Basketball League. Before spending the past two seasons with Brisbane, Baynes enjoyed a nine-year run in the NBA from 2012 through 2021 that included stops with the Spurs, Pistons, Celtics, Suns and Raptors. The center averaged 6.0 points and 4.6 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game over 522 career NBA appearances and won his lone NBA championship with San Antonio in 2014.
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This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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True Shooting %
50.3%
 
Effective Field Goal %
48.5%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
33.9%
 
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Offensive Rebound %
9.6%
 
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21.8%
 
Total Rebound %
15.5%
 
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6.9%
 
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0.8%
 
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2.3%
 
Turnover %
11.0%
 
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16.2%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
15.0
 
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0.8
 
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During his first season with the Phoenix Suns, Baynes had the best year of his career, posting career highs of 11.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 three-pointers per game. The chief reasoning for his success came from his increased usage as he also averaged a career high of 22.5 minutes per game as the backup center for Phoenix. He's moved on from the Suns, however, inking a two-year, $14.3 million contract with the Raptors after the team lost both Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka. Baynes figures to start in Toronto, and should again be in line for a career year. If he can see close to 30 minutes per night, he should be one of the better fantasy centers in the league. In the 19 games that Baynes saw 25-plus minutes last season, he averaged 16.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 threes.
After spending the last two seasons in Boston, Baynes was traded to Phoenix on the day of the 2019 NBA Draft. It'll be a big change of scenery for Baynes, who is going from a perennial contender to a team focusing on the development of its young talent. Baynes is coming off a final season with the Celtics plagued by a lingering ankle injury that led to him appearing in just 51 games, and he ended up averaging 5.6 points and 4.7 rebounds across 16.1 minutes per contest. Now in Phoenix, Baynes will come off the bench, with second-year center DeAndre Ayton and newly-acquired Dario Saric likely slotting in as the team's starting frontcourt. With that, Baynes will likely be competing with Frank Kaminsky for the frontcourt minutes off the bench. While Kaminsky offers the benefits of a legitimate floor-spacing big man, Baynes is a much better defensive center, sets brick-wall screens and has seen improvement in his three-point shooting himself, as he hit 34.4 percent of his shots from behind the arc last year. Regardless, barring any serious injuries, it's unlikely Baynes has an extensive role for the Suns this season.
Baynes knows his role and plays it well. And yet a funny thing happened during last season’s playoffs: Baynes drained 11 three pointers in 19 games. That may not sound alarming, until you realize that prior to the playoffs, the man with the bun had hit only four shots from behind the arc over his entire six-year NBA career. Those 11 playoff threes came on only 23 attempts, making for a tidy 48% accuracy rate. Small sample size aside, if Baynes can carry over that extended range into 2018-19, he may be able to emerge as more than an energy big man off the bench. That said, with Al Horford entrenched as the starter, Gordon Hayward returning, and Jayson Tatum looking like a future star, veterans Baynes and Marcus Morris will have a difficult time carving out big-time minutes.
Maybe American cash translates a funny way into New Zealand currency. Baynes turned down the $6.5 million player option in his Detroit Piston contract to hit free agency, eventually settling on a $4.3 million one-year agreement with Boston. While the pay cut might sting, Baynes’ chances for a Finals appearance have increased considering the loaded Celtics roster. And maybe Baynes believes he can improve on the 15.5 minutes per game he received in Detroit, backing up Andre Drummond. The departures of Amir Johnson, Kelly Olynyk, Jae Crowder and Tyler Zeller certainly open up a lot of big man minutes in Boston. Baynes might also receive a few starts at center should coach Brad Stevens experiment with Al Horford at power forward. It’s no secret that Boston needs rebounding help and rim protection. Baynes will battle with German import Daniel Theis to prove who can be the better rebounder off the bench. With potentially eleven new members on the Celtics’ roster, including Baynes, expect Stevens to experiment with different lineups throughout the season. That could mean some DNP’s as well as some 20 minute games for the 30-year-old Baynes. Most likely, Baynes’ role will not be established until the All-Star break
As was the case in San Antonio, Baynes occupied the primary backup center role in Detroit after signing a three-year, $20 million contract with the team last summer. While starter Andre Drummond dominated the playing time at the position and was generally able to stay healthy this season, Baynes performed effectively in his 15.2 minutes per game over 81 appearances, churning out averages of 6.3 points (on 50.5% shooting) and 4.7 boards. Unlike Drummond, Baynes excels at the charity stripe, where his career 80.1 mark makes him a great alternative when opposing teams choose to play 'Hack-a-Drummond.' Though the Pistons brought in another former San Antonio center in Boban Marjanovic this offseason, he's more of an insurance policy and may not claim the top backup job until next summer, when Baynes will become a free agent and figures to sign elsewhere. Baynes' fantasy upside remains limited given Drummond's fairly pristine record on the health front, but he'll provide the Pistons with some real value whenever he's on the floor.
Baynes played his first three seasons in the NBA with the Spurs but opted to sign a three-year deal with the Pistons this summer. Through 70 games last season, he averaged 6.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.2 steals, and 0.3 blocks in 16 minutes per game while shooting 57 percent from the field and 87 percent from the line. With Greg Monroe leaving the Pistons to sign with the Bucks this summer, the Pistons needed to secure a competent big man who could serve as a nice backup for Andre Drummond. In signing Baynes, coach Stan Van Gundy insulated the team from having a poor backup center by getting a player who has experience playing on a championship team. Baynes' stellar free-throw shooting is also a great compliment to Drummond's lackthereof. If a team wants to do hack-a-Shaq on Drummond, Van Gundy can put Baynes in the game with his 87 percent free-throw shooting and force the opposition into playing the uptempo game the Pistons want to play. If Drummond goes down with an injury at some point this season, Baynes could have standard league value, but as he's expected to be a backup all season, there's no reason to draft him in anything but the deepest of leagues. Baynes underwent a minor ankle procedure this offseason that he's still working his way back from, but the reports seem to point toward him being healthy going into training camp at the end of September.
Aron Baynes completed his first full NBA season in 2013-14 after signing with the Spurs following the end of the Australian professional season in January of 2013. Last season, he averaged 3.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.6 assists, and 0.1 blocks in nine minutes per game through 53 games. He shot 44 percent from the field on 3.1 attempts per game and 91 percent from the line on 0.4 attempts per game. Baynes is currently a restricted free agent, with the Spurs holding rights of first refusal on any offer sheet Baynes receives from another team after they extended him a qualifying offer in June. He has yet to receive an offer and is reportedly weighing his options with teams in Europe, making his future in the NBA unclear. Baynes played for the Spurs' Las Vegas Summer League team, averaging 12.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.3 steals, and 1.3 blocks in 26 minutes per game through four games. If he decides to re-sign with the Spurs, Baynes will play behind Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter and compete with Jeff Ayres for the remaining minutes at center. For him to get big minutes, something catastrophic would have to happen in San Antonio, so for now, Baynes is only worth a look in the deepest of fantasy leagues.
Although a regular on the Australian national team, at 26, Baynes has yet to clock significant NBA minutes, serving as bench fodder behind Splitter in eight minutes per contest over 16 games during the 2012-2013 campaign. Baynes is fully recovered from a hamstring injury suffered in FIBA tournament action over the summer, but again figures to be buried on the depth chart barring a significant frontcourt injury.
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To play in Australia
CFree Agent
July 27, 2022
Baynes has agreed to a contract with the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian NBL, Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com reports. The contract has an NBA out, which will allow him to return to the NBA if he can find an interested team.
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Healthy, to work out for teams
CFree Agent
July 7, 2022
Baynes (neck) has recovered from his injury and will be working out for NBA teams in Las Vegas on Friday, Brian Windhorst of ESPN reports.
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In hospital with neck injury
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Neck
August 7, 2021
Baynes remains in the hospital with severe nerve damage in his neck following a freak accident in the locker room during one of Australia's Olympic games, and his status for the upcoming season is now in jeopardy, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
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Let go by Raps
CFree Agent
August 4, 2021
Baynes was waived by the Raptors on Wednesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
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Adds six points off bench
CToronto Raptors
May 13, 2021
Baynes posted six points (3-6, FG, 0-2 3Pt, 0-1 FT), four rebounds and three assists across 21 minutes during Thursday's 114-102 loss to Chicago.
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Not ruling out NBA return
CFree Agent
July 27, 2022
Baynes has signed a contract with Brisbane of the Australasian NBL, but it contains an out clause that would allow him to return to the NBA if he gets the opportunity, Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com reports.
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The 35-year-old center suffered a serious spinal injury last summer during the Olympics and needed to re-learn how to walk, so the fact that Baynes can play basketball again at any level is remarkable. He last played in the NBA for the Raptors in 2020-21, averaging 18.5 minutes over 53 games in a depth role.
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