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06-05-2015, 08:08 PM
http://www.sportal.com.au/nba/qa-aron-baynes/11yntc8gyc2rd1rsu6tdprkvqw
Clearly, this will be an exciting offseason for you and many of the other Boomers players who play in the NBA, being able to represent your country in August against the Tall Blacks. How much does it mean to you and the team to play here? What is your plan in the lead up to August?
We’re excited for it. We get to play basketball with all the guys that we grew up with again, and that’s what we look forward to most during the offseason.
A lot of us have been playing together for the better part of a decade and we like being able to continue that, there’s no better place than representing your country and be able to do that and have great pride in that.
We’re firmly focussed on qualifying for the Olympics in Rio, we understand that it’s going to be a building process. We have some great talent but we have to come together as a team, so we’re excited for that.
As for the lead up, we’re heading over to Europe to play some games over there, we’ll be having a training camp. July 21 we head over there to start preparing for the qualifiers in August.
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Simple question (not really) where will you be playing next season? I know your manager deals with these things, but how actively involved do you like to get? Is there a desire to return to the Spurs?
I’m just going to focus on playing for the national team right now. Like you said, there’s the business side of things and I have people to take care of that, so I just want to focus on basketball and keep doing what I love.
Clearly, this will be an exciting offseason for you and many of the other Boomers players who play in the NBA, being able to represent your country in August against the Tall Blacks. How much does it mean to you and the team to play here? What is your plan in the lead up to August?
We’re excited for it. We get to play basketball with all the guys that we grew up with again, and that’s what we look forward to most during the offseason.
A lot of us have been playing together for the better part of a decade and we like being able to continue that, there’s no better place than representing your country and be able to do that and have great pride in that.
We’re firmly focussed on qualifying for the Olympics in Rio, we understand that it’s going to be a building process. We have some great talent but we have to come together as a team, so we’re excited for that.
As for the lead up, we’re heading over to Europe to play some games over there, we’ll be having a training camp. July 21 we head over there to start preparing for the qualifiers in August.
--
Simple question (not really) where will you be playing next season? I know your manager deals with these things, but how actively involved do you like to get? Is there a desire to return to the Spurs?
I’m just going to focus on playing for the national team right now. Like you said, there’s the business side of things and I have people to take care of that, so I just want to focus on basketball and keep doing what I love.