Former Toronto Raptors center Aron Baynes is stepping away from the game of basketball. Baynes played 522 games throughout his nine years, averaging 6.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists.
Aron Baynes is retiring from professional basketball. The former and briefly tenured Toronto Raptors center is stepping away after nine NBA seasons and a 15-year career, his agent Agent Moldovan announced.
How many of the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award -- officially named the Kobe Bryant Trophy in 2020 -- in the three-point era (1979-80) can you name in five minutes?
The NBA is a league built on the backs of its stars. Every now and then, guys in the NBA will raise their play to All-Star level, and sometimes, that run only lasts for one season.
Despite not making an appearance in an NBA game since 2021, big man Aron Baynes is still interested in continuing his playing career. The Australian native most recently played for the Brisbane Bullets of the NBL.
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.