Is Baynes ready for solid minutes next season?

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Originally Posted by timmy2003

Yes.

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No.

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Originally Posted by smaka

He had problems when he played in Slovenia at the beginning too, but after a couple of games he adjusted and barely fouled out of the game. But in the first couple of games he usually got 2 fouls in the 1st quarter.

You can't make predictions based on his this years' statistics, since he was often sent to the game just in order to foul or hack somebody. So those stats are practically irrelevant.

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Originally Posted by temujin

Well, Baynes has had a fantastic career in college and a better one in Europe, playing for teams like Rytas, Oldenburg and Kalliteas, helping them in the transition from amateurish to pro ball.
He had also a spectacular 4 months at Olimpija, averaging 13 ppg and 10 rpg and helping them to a 3-7 record and early elimination from Euroleague basketball.

He was clearly the best center (south of Graz, north of Rijeka, west of Zagreb and east of Treviso).

During the corresponding years, Splitter only won Spanish league title and MVPs and a Month Euroleague MVP.
In fact, that translated into only 10 ppg in the NBA.

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This same exact thread happened a few years ago, but it was about Mahinmi being the savior... "Mahinmi will be be a 16 and 8 guy, Mahinmi will be an all-star, Mahinmi is better than (insert name of any staring center in the NBA), Mahinmi dominated in the D League...."

Mahinmi problem was he was always hurt that is why I didn't like him.

Even when he's 100% healthy, he's not a starting center in the NBA. Not on a good team, anyway.

we should start developing the tiago-baynes combo asap, let diaw and timmy play together limited minutes. We can coast in the regular anyway.

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/167...sZsz2sBxBKTr3j Let these young guys ball, get some swag n a mean streak next year

I would upgrade him from the 6th big, he has been this season, to the 5th big. As 5th big, he would get non-garbage time minutes in case of injuries or when Duncan is rested on b2b.

10-15 min

My bet is that Pop won't play Baynes enough next season to allow him to grow into a serious contributor, even as nothing but a rebounder/defender, like Rasho was.

Baynes has 1.44 PF per 8.8 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

I would upgrade him from the 6th big, he has been this season, to the 5th big. As 5th big, he would get non-garbage time minutes in case of injuries or when Duncan is rested on b2b.

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I want him to play 10-15 minutes, and see him dominate Tiago when we play the team that overpaid him.

He will earn his money against the Lakers and Grizzlies.