Auburn Hills — Almost everyone notices the proverbial elephant in the room, but almost no one dares to say anything about it.
At least not to Aron Baynes’ face. Or about his face. Or his hair.
Baynes, the Pistons’ backup center, has created a look all his own, but his gruff exterior and hair-trigger temper prevent the hecklers and detractors from making a mockery of it.
It began during the Summer Olympics, when Baynes played for the Australian nation team and premiered his new look: an overgrown ginger beard with his hair in a ponytail with a rubber band on top and shaved on the sides and back.