Aron Baynes is a famous basketball star who currently plays for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball Association and also for the Australian team. He started playing in the NBA in 2013 for the San Antonio Spurs, and has since then, gone on to play for other teams.
Apart from basketball, Baynes is widely known as Rachel Adekponya’s husband. The pair is one of the most admired celebrity couples in recent times. They started dating in high school and have remained committed to each other to date. More so, Aron and Rachel are currently proud parents of 3 kids.
Aron Baynes and Rachel Adekponya Got Married in 2020
Aron and Rachel’s actual wedding date has slipped through many sources. However, a close look at Rachel Adekponya’s Instagram posts assures that she got engaged in 2018 and officially got married to Aron in the year 2020. Although she did not indicate the exact day, Rachel was generous enough to state her wedding year and the venue she had her honeymoon, which is at Fairmont Grand Del Mar.
Furthermore, Aron and his wife are currently blessed with three children. Their first child (Marson Baynes) was born in 2016, followed by their daughter who was born in 2018. Their third child was born in December 2020.
Details You Didn’t Know About Aron Baynes and His Wife
1. Aron Baynes is 38 years old
Baynes, 38, was born on 9 December 1986 in Gisborne, New Zealand to parents who were both New Zealanders. He was brought up in the country until the age of 3 when the family moved to Australia. At age 15, his older brother Callum introduced him to the game of basketball, and he was able to pull through with the game through high school, college, and the NBA.
2. His wife has dual citizenship
Unlike her husband, Rachel’s exact date of birth is not known. However, she holds Australian Citizenship and also that of Ghana which is her country of origin. Her marriage in Australia to Aron has not stopped her from visiting Ghana as she travels to the African country from time to time.
3. Aron and Adekponya have been together for many years
It is not known when exactly Aron and Rachel first met, but many reports suggest they began as high school sweethearts. Their picture together was one of the first posts Aron made on Instagram in August 2013 and he has not stopped flooding his social media handles with her pictures to date.
4. The couple love to spend quality family time together
Rachel and Aron are committed to building their marriage and relationship by spending family time together. They have been spotted in several relaxation spots having fun. More so Aron regularly takes his family to swimming pools and always treats them to exotic intercontinental dishes in some of the best restaurants within and outside Australia.
5. Aron and His entire family tested positive for covid-19 in 2020
Aron has confirmed his entire family contracted covid-19 during the NBA shutdown from March to July 2020. The professional basketballer admitted that the experience was a scary and stressful one because his wife was pregnant at that time and his daughter had been diagnosed with asthma. However, they were all able to fight it through and eventually got better.
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6. Baynes has played for many clubs both in the US and without
As regards his career, Aron has enjoyed a good run thus far. On 29 May 2009, Baynes signed a two-year deal with Lietuvos Rytas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. From there, he went on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Summer League team the same year. He later went to Germany where he played for Oldenburg from 2010 to 2011. Next, he moved to Ikaros in Greece, and then he played in Slovenia for KK Olimpija.
He moved to the NBA in 2013 after he was offered a 2-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs. In that same year, he was sent to the NBA G League to play for Austin Toros. He played for Detroit Pistons from 2015 to 2017, Boston Celtics from 2017 to 2019, Phoenix Suns from 2019 to 2020, and then the Toronto Raptors, from 2020 to 2021. He currently plays for Brisbane Bullets and also represents Australia in different competitions.
7. Baynes’s career was threatened by a severe injury at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics
Aron is known to have suffered a serious off-the-court injury at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. He fell in the Australian locker room and an MRI scan later revealed that the incident triggered internal bleeding that was putting pressure on his spinal cord. This completely limited his movement and caused him to miss the remaining tournament.
Baynes was able to recover from his life-threatening spinal cord injury and signed a 2-year deal with the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League on 28 July 2022.
8. He has some accolades to his name
9. The basketball star is a very tall fellow
The Australian basketball star is a very tall fellow, even for the sport he plays. He has a height of 6 feet 10 inches and has a body that compliments his height in a good way as he weighs 260 lbs. (117.9 kg).
10. Rachel Adekponya’s brother also plays basketball
Aron’s brother-in-law, Matthew Adekponya is also a talented basketball player who currently plays as a point guard for Mackay Meteors. Matthew is also a creator who is into everything from photography to video, and much more.
11. Aron stands strongly against racism
Aron Baynes revealed that while he was growing up, he did not take a stance against the injustice of racism, even though he did not take part in it. However, as he advanced in age and understanding, he came to the realization that it was wrong that he had to remain silent.
In an open letter on Facebook, the NBA star revealed that his indifference was because he was brought up uneducated and ignorant. He began to understand the menace at the age of 16 and since then, he continued to hate and fight racism. More so, his wife is black and he is proud to be married to a woman of a different race.
12. Baynes and His wife share a net worth of 10 million
Baynes has enjoyed a pretty successful career thus far. It is thanks to this that he has a net worth that is estimated at an incredible $10 million. He has this much from his salary which is put at around $7.175 million in 2021. In 2020, he was offered a contract of 2 years worth $14.3 million by the Toronto Raptors.
In addition to that, his net worth is further enhanced by his numerous endorsement deals.
Meanwhile, Aron’s wife’s career is still not known. But being the wife of the professional basketballer gives her the opportunity of sharing in his fortunes. More so, Rachel and Baynes have remained classic examples of celebrities with stable marriages in times when divorce is highly mentioned among prominent personalities.
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