Former Celtics big man Aron Baynes hopes to make an NBA return after a scary incident during the Tokyo Olympics this past summer nearly left him paralyzed.
In a nerve-wracking story written by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, Baynes — who played two productive years with the Celtics in 2017-18 and 2018-19 — outlined how he lost the ability to walk in the middle of a game against Italy and the confusion that followed.
Baynes left the court to use the bathroom and never returned. Concerned coaches went looking for him and found him passed out on the floor with puncture wounds from two hooks in the wall.