Toronto Raptors This year has lost two of its key players in the 2019 ring, the Spanish internationals Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka. In return, to reinforce their inner game, they have been reinforced with the Australian pivot Aron Baynes. The aussi, who last year played at a high level in the Phoenix Suns, has landed excitedly in the Canadian team at 34 years old.
In an interview with colleagues Toronto Star, Baynes talks about his NBA beginnings at the San Antonio Spurs:
“I think coming to the San Antonio Spurs on my first NBA stop was a great learning. Pop (Gregg Popovich) is very good at teaching that basketball is what we do, but it doesn’t define us. It’s about learning about everyone else, is to understand more about the world and there is no better way than through these guys and where they come from. “
Baynes is expected to contribute defensively, block for shooters and execute in the paint and from outside when the opportunity arises. He is neither gasol nor Ibaka, he is a different player with experience in San Antonio, Boston and Phoenix and who arrives at the best moment of his career in Toronto.
This is how his coach Nick Nurse talks about him:
“He looks very good. Kyle Lowry likes tall men who can give him space, and Aron is a player who can fill that role, so I think there will be chemistry between them. Baynes is not afraid of physical contact, and Kyle he likes players capable of doing that kind of thing. “
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