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Spurs sign Australian center Aron Baynes

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Real madrid’s Rafael Hettsheimeir (L) vies with Olimpija Ljubljana’s Australian center Aron Baynes (R) during the Euroleague Group A basketball match Real Madrid vs Union Olimpija Ljubljana at the Sports Palace in Madrid on December 13, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PEDRO ARMESTRE (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Let’s be honest here: I haven’t seen Aron Baynes play. Pretty sure you haven’t either. But we both know that because it was the Spurs who signed this guy out of nowhere he going to be good and making them look smart again in a couple years.

As had been reported would happen for a while, the San Antonio Spurs inked Baynes to a multi-year deal, the team announced. This is rumored to be a four-year, $3.5 million deal.

Baynes was playing for Union Olimpija in Slovenia and was averaging 14 points and 10 rebounds per game

Look for him to start with the Austin Toros in the D-League. If needed he could come up to the NBA and provide size, physicality and rebounding in very limited minutes, if you read the scouting reports.

But wait three years. You’ll be saying, “the Spurs did it again.”