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Aron Baynes officially signed by Spurs

Spurs 102 Bobcats 78

Baynes - 18 minutes, 7 points (3-7) 9 boards (3 O & 6 D) 7 1 Block. 3 Turnovers 7 4 Fouls.

Mills - 2 minutes, 3 points, 1 steal, 1 assist

Game 2 of the Baynes & Mills Show

Spurs 108 Suns 99
Close game for the most part. Sun's were actually ahead 88-86 with 8 minutes left, then Parker scored 7 unanswered points and had an assist to Leonard to put the Spurs up 96-88 and it was game over.

Parker scored 11 of his 31 points and dished out 5 of his 7 assists in the last quarter.

Mills had 2 points (missed 1 FG and a FT) in 4 minutes.

Baynes DNP - Coaches Decision.

Duncan sat out for the 2nd game in a row, and his minutes were reasonably evenly divided between Diaw, Splitter, Bonner and Blair, none of whom played spectacularly, but all made serviceable use of their minutes.

Spurs 113 Mavs 107
Not as close as the score would suggest as Mavs outscored Spurs 39-25 in 4th q to almost make a game of it, but it took until there were only 21 seconds left in the game for them to get to within 10 points.

Baynes only played 1 minute and his only stat was 1 turnover with a +/- of -8 (worst +/- in NBA history for a rookies 1st minute? Either way, quite an achievement!)

At least he had 1 more stat than Patty Mills who scored a big 'DNP COACH'S DECISION'.

Blair played like a baller with something to prove, arguably having his best game of the season, going 10 for 13 with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in 19 minutes.

Benno: never said he definitely would start in D League, just said it was a possibility.

It's not like better players than him haven't played in D League (or are playing in D League right now).

Don't forget Eddie palubinskas Atlanta hawks 1974

Congrats Aron! Doing Aussies proud!

lol at the Pero/Daly comparison.

It cost the Spurs around $400k for the buyout (reportedly) and the contract is $750k for the rest of this season and then the Spurs have the option for $2 million each season for the next 2 season (reportedly).

No confirmation of when he'll suit up for the Spurs, or if he'll first go to their D League team, the Austin Toros.

I wonder if, with the NBA draft deadline approaching, and with Dejuan Blair having 1 year left on his rookie contract, this spells the end of Blair with the Spurs?

Great news!

I think everyone linking Delly with the Spurs is just hopeful speculation myself as nothing has ever been mentioned. But who knows???

Good luck to Baynes!

Congrats Baynes'y and to think when he finished college i hoped he had gone to play for NZ as i thought we had enough good big guys. all credit goes to him, he has improved his game year after year after year. WELL BLOODY DONE MATE!

Aron needs to do the smart thing now and buddy up with Tim Duncan and learn as much as he can.

Not everyday you can a chance to practice with one of the best PF's of all time, free of charge.

Brett must really rate him!
Scary to think so many aussies could end up Spurs thanks to brett Brown. If Delly is on the radar it might mean Mills loses his spot! I hope they all get signed & the Spurs remain a winning franchise. well done coach Brown - i'm actually happy with you for the first time ever!!