Aron Baynes to sign with the Spurs

[outmap]

He's 6-10.5" w/o shoes.

[will_spurs]

diaw has been around the league for a while and his game is known. he was a big part of those suns teams that we faced. he had seen big playoff minutes. thats why jax got burn last year too. but tiago didn't get playoff burn his first year, neither did george hill. kawhi was an exception though

Indeed you can't compare players with proven NBA experience (Diaw, Jackson) with players coming from overseas who haven't adapted to the NBA yet, or rookies who aren't starters. Talking about real rookies (i.e. not Manu or Splitter) it seems clear to me that there are 2 types of rookies in Pop's mind: starters (Duncan, Parker, Kawhi) and bench (everybody else, including Hill or Blair). Starters will get PT in their first playoff run. The others won't.

man. We get it. It's time to stop now.

So you're telling me there are still some people on ST who don't have TDumboMVPYOYO on ignore? Wow.

[Thompson]

For his first entrance they need to play the ominous music from The Dark Knight Rises trailer where everyone's chanting 'Matara, Matara Baynes Baynes - Matara, Matara Baynes Baynes!'

[99 Problems]

Or tip in Patty's Kobe assists.

[aal04]

i have to admit im slightly disappointed with this move, yes hes cheap and has potential.

But i was secretly hoping we would be chasing down a current all-star/fringe all-star in the C/PF position. Gay/Cousins/Al/Gasol/Klove etc.

By the time Aron *possibly* shines, TD will be retired.

[freetiago]

This move could be the setup if they think he can play
trade splitter + whatever for those guys
but thats a stupid trade since splitter is more valuable to this team

[PingPong]

did the spurs sign him so he can wave a towel with mills and brown on the bench?

Patty Mills is the star of the australian NT. Baynes is just a role player. Yeap, he'll be waving towels a lot. Probably will do some dunks on garbage time. And getting tons of foul calls since he plays in the worst side of euroleague, where defense is virtually non-existent. Or will spend some time in Austin...

[MinuteByMinuteSports]

When is he supposed to get here?

[Paranoid Pop]

I think people who think he's only gonna play in garbage time are crazy... We don't have a stacked fontline like Milwauke, our rebounding is weak, Tiago lost some rebounding ability with the weigh loss and the pairing with Boris is pretty bad... He's gonna be the back up center the day he gets here, because there's isn't any and he will be a better rebounder than Splitter from the get go, Boris can help him a lot on O anyway, but on D he will be an net upgrade.

[chapnis]

Doubt it. He's not very good. He might be a decent backup centre next season. But he will be a rookie without much experience at top levels so I don't see him getting any serious minutes for a while.

[Paranoid Pop]

Doubt it. He's not very good. He might be a decent backup centre next season. But he will be a rookie without much experience at top levels so I don't see him getting any serious minutes for a while.

Rebounding is one of the stats that actually gets better in the nba, to me for his precise role he'll be ready.

[rascal]

Wow
By the looks of the thread it looks like the Spurs signed an all star big.

[Bruno]

When is he supposed to get here?

It will take a little time. He needs to get a visa, a letter of clearance from FIBA and to pass a physical in SA. My guesstimate would be that he will be ready to play for Spurs in one to two weeks.


And for people being surprising that he hasn't done more while still being 26, don't forget that he started playing BB seriously at 17.

[Tuddy]

Anyone in aus remember his brother Callum playing for the bullets? Used to crack me up he was so bad

[Tuddy]

He would have dominated in the Olympics if Patty wasn't such a black hole and we had run more offense through him instead of those wings who can't shoot newley and ingles

[TDMVPDPOY]

Anyone in aus remember his brother Callum playing for the bullets? Used to crack me up he was so bad

u knwo the league is , when it allows a fkn wanker play wearing a bandana....

[Boomersgold]

He would have dominated in the Olympics if Patty wasn't such a black hole and we had run more offense through him instead of those wings who can't shoot newley and ingles

Patty Mills scored 39 points against Luol Deng's Great Britain team; how is that being a "black hole" if you're a scorer on a team that lacks true scorers? I'd attribute the Boomers' losses more to the poor play of its bench.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Patty Mills scored 39 points against Luol Deng's Great Britain team; how is that being a "black hole" if you're a scorer on a team that lacks true scorers? I'd attribute the Boomers' losses more to the poor play of it's bench.

lol 1man team...u know the boomers are utter when bogut is not even playin

[JureEe]

come here to post this.. all games in ABA league can you watch here for free:
http://www.abaliga.com/n72/ABA_Contents/League_Video

so you can make better view of Baynes.

Patty Mills is the star of the australian NT. Baynes is just a role player. Yeap, he'll be waving towels a lot. Probably will do some dunks on garbage time. And getting tons of foul calls since he plays in the worst side of euroleague, where defense is virtually non-existent. Or will spend some time in Austin...

sory but i belive that he made very good improvment on "foul trouble"... also he is good defender.. he is player that will always figth for team..

[Jordanobili2320]

when do we think he will play?

[PingPong]

when do we think he will play?

Probaly in 2015...

[spurraider21]

So you're telling me there are still some people on ST who don't have TDumboMVPYOYO on ignore? Wow.

[look_at_g_shred]

I think people who think he's only gonna play in garbage time are crazy... We don't have a stacked fontline like Milwauke, our rebounding is weak, Tiago lost some rebounding ability with the weigh loss and the pairing with Boris is pretty bad... He's gonna be the back up center the day he gets here, because there's isn't any and he will be a better rebounder than Splitter from the get go, Boris can help him a lot on O anyway, but on D he will be an net upgrade.

Preach!

[Darkwaters]

i have to admit im slightly disappointed with this move, yes hes cheap and has potential.

But i was secretly hoping we would be chasing down a current all-star/fringe all-star in the C/PF position. Gay/Cousins/Al/Gasol/Klove etc.

By the time Aron *possibly* shines, TD will be retired.

Sorry. We called Memphis and offered them Bonner and Blair for Marc Gasol. They turned us down.

Then we called the Knicks and said we'd send them Jax and Neal for Tyson Chandler. They hung up immediately.

Seriously? What the do you want the Spurs to do? An All-Star center is about the most over-valued commodity there is. And you want us to get one with scraps? Signing Baynes outright is a total blessing. This isn't an EA video game, afterall.

[dunkman]

True, which is probably another reason why he'll go for the most cash. Even if he really likes the Spurs -- and I have not reason to think he doesn't -- he knows that even going for the most money will still give the Spurs an opportunity to match.

TD, TP and Ginobili all took every last cent when they were signing their first big-money deal. Splitter will be no different.

TD signed only for 3 seasons or so, until DRob's retirement. He was to re-evaluate his options at that point, and he opted for a 7 years contract in '03. But, even at the max Duncan was underpaid, as other players like Shaq or KG had higher salaries.

TP was demanding 2M more then the Spurs offer, that TD offered to pay. In the end, Tony left that 2M on the table and he could have gotten even a max contract from another team.

Manu had a better offer from the Nuggets and he cancelled his visit to Utah. He could have definitely sign a much better contract.