Aron John Baynes is a New Zealand-born Australian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He also plays for the Australian national team. He played college basketball for Washington State University before starting his professional career in Europe. In 2013, he joined the San Antonio Spurs, and a year later, won an NBA championship with the Spurs. He has also played with the Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, and Phoenix Suns.
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Aron John Baynes is a New Zealand-born Australian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Washington State University before starting his professional career in Europe. In 2013, he joined the San Antonio Spurs, and a year later, won an NBA championship with the Spurs. He has also played with the Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, and Phoenix Suns. Baynes also plays for the Australian national team. He was born in Gisborne, New Zealand to two Kiwi parents in 1986. His family moved to the relatively small Australian town of Mareeba, Queensland when he was three years of age. He grew up playing in the rugby league in Far North Queensland until the age of 15 when his older brother, Callum, introduced him to basketball.
He joined the Australian Institute of Sport in 2004–05 and accepted a college scholarship offer from Tony Bennett to play for Washington state University in 2006. In July 2009, he played for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Summer League team. Following the 2009–10 season, he parted ways with Lietuvos Rytas. On 15 July 2010, Baynes signed a two-year deal with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga. In 40 games for Oldenburg in 2010–11, he averaged 6. 8 points and 3. 7 rebounds per game. On 1 August 2012, he signed a one-year contract with Union Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League. On 7 July 2018, he re-signed with the Boston Celtics. In the Celtics’ regular season finale on 11 April 2018,Baynes broke a bone in his foot.
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