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>The Toronto Raptors are exploring the trade market for center Aron Baynes, HoopsHype has learned.
>Baynes currently has a $7.35 million non-guaranteed million salary for the upcoming season, as noted on our Raptors salary page. That salary becomes fully guaranteed if he’s not waived by August 5, so keep an eye on Baynes being traded or waived by then.
Source: https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-intel-goran-dragic-evan-fournier-daniel-theis-aron-baynes-and-reggie-bullock/
Hit them with the yeet of the century. Slide Baynes some money under the table so he agrees ofc.
Baynes could not go to his medal ceremony due to his hospitalization.
Report: Australia's Baynes hospitalized with neck injury https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/2191111
>Aron Baynes' deal becomes fully guaranteed today. He won't be a Raptor next season, that much is clear. So, if they don't waive him by 5 PM ET it will indicate their intentions to use his contract for salary matching in a trade, likely later this week.
The post from yesterday
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/lodgu1/embiid_claims_hes_unguardable/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Not hating, he's still the MVP favorite imo. Just funny that Aron Baynes of all people, and the skinniest man in the NBA, shut him down immediately after saying how no one can stop him. Let's see if he can get revenge on Tuesday when they play again.
I wonder if Brad knew this was coming before signing Kanter?
Are you intrigued with bringing Baynes back on a vet minimum?
Last night in the third quarter of the Celtics-Raptors game, Celtics forward Jayson Tatum was bringing the ball up the floor after a missed basket by the Raptors (credit to u/FM). Up 3 points, Tatum crossed half court and saw Celtics big man Tristan Thompson setting a high screen on Tatum's defender - Raptors guard Kyle Lowry. Seeing a good chance to drive to the rim or get a favorable switch, Tatum pushed the ball past Lowry. This is where the play really begins:
- Jayson Tatum is the ball handler, number 0 in white.
- Raptors big man Aron Baynes is the defender, number 46 in black.
- Baynes, Tatum's former teammate, had been on Tristan Thompson, so naturally he switched onto Tatum after the screen on Lowry. His initial defensive positioning was not terrible. Due to the lack of fans, you can actually hear Baynes shout "Have a go ya mug!" at Tatum after the switch. Here is a closer view of the play immediately after the screen on Lowry.
- However Tatum used a tight, quick behind the back dribble to go left and blow by Baynes. Baynes, now out of position, showed some immediate frustration - listen closely and you can hear him shout (what sounds like) "Oi for drongos and galahs!!!"
- However Baynes, a 10 year NBA veteran and NBA champion, does not give up on the play. He instead attempts a previously unheard of defensive strategy in the NBA. His teammate, Norman Powell (number 24 in black), is standing exactly where Baynes initially anticipated Tatum would go. So rather than try to recover back onto Tatum, Baynes demonstrated perfect defensive form against his teammate Powell.
The strategy proved unsuccessful. You can hear Baynes at the end of the play mutter that he commited a bludger and he called himself a bogan. However it begs the question - if Tatum hadn't taken this wide open dunk, would this strategy have worked? Was Tatum about to pass the ball to Raptors guard Norman Powell, and Baynes would've proven to be in perfect defensive positioning? We can't know for sure, but I'm interested to see if people think we will see this defensive strategy throughout the league more going forward.
"The Toronto Raptors are exploring the trade market for center Aron Baynes, HoopsHype has learned.
Baynes currently has a $7.35 million non-guaranteed million salary for the upcoming season, as noted on our Raptors salary page. That salary becomes fully guaranteed if he’s not waived by August 5, so keep an eye on Baynes being traded or waived by then."
o7 to the tank commander himself
