The nine-year veteran has not played since last summer, when he suffered a spinal injury while running to the locker room during Australia’s game against Italy during the Tokyo Olympics.
Baynes will sign a two-year contract that includes an NBA out. The 35-year-old also had offers on the table from teams in Europe and China.
The NBA is no stranger to comebacks and players making it to the top amidst the biggest challenges. Be it players like Giannis, who came all the way from Greece or else; the NBA is a league where some players achieve the impossible.
It’s the next step in a remarkable recovery by the 35-year-old Baynes. He suffered a spinal cord injury after a freak fall while playing for the Australian national team.
For the first time, Baynes has opened up about his situation, speaking to Brian Windhorst of ESPN about his nightmarish experience in Tokyo and his long recovery process.
Building an NBA championship team is a constant process. It does not end during the NBA Draft or after the trade deadline. General managers constantly evaluate their needs and cap situation to find players who can help them win a title.
Free-agent center Aron Baynes is hospitalized and could miss the entire 2021-22 NBA season with severe nerve damage in his neck.
While Baynes didn’t have a great year with Toronto, he should draw interest from teams in need of frontcourt depth.
What a lousy way for your Olympics to end. View the original article to see embedded media. Just the worst luck It’s always disappointing to have your Olympic journey end, but it must have been especially frustrating for Australia’s Aron Baynes.
Toronto has reportedly tried to trade for Allen on prior occasions.
It's only right that this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Toronto Raptors' season came to a close with the best performance from Aron Baynes all year.
When Aron Baynes signed with the Toronto Raptors this past offseason there was some excitement about what he could provide Toronto on the offensive end of the floor.
An eight-year NBA veteran, Baynes was part of the 2014 championship Spurs team.
At least a few are early contenders for honors such as Most Improved Player and Most Valuable Player, and a certain 24-year-old may finally be in the infancy of a long-awaited breakout year.
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