But the 20-year-old has been back in action the last three games. Start with his health, first and foremost, and the injured left ankle that never fully recovered. As a GM, I just dont know if theres enough there to get excited about, said one college coach who scouted Baldwin at Milwaukee and who was granted anonymity for an honest appraisal of what he saw. NYC area high school players years ago were more highly touted than they deserved to be simply because they played in a city with such a large and influential media. Golden State takes Patrick Baldwin Jr. Hooooooooo boy. (He) takes ownership of everything.". Baldwin walked into the family home one day and told his father he had some news for him. He spoke with Rivals in January, breaking down the factors that will contribute to his decision. For years, Patrick Baldwin Jr. was considered among the best prospects in this class, including being ranked fifth in the 2021 Top 100 recruiting class with some of the this draft class's top. Given that front office's track record, that pick should terrify the rest of the NBA. On Sept. 21, 2021, a five-star freshman for the Milwaukee Panthers mens basketball team threw a ceremonial first pitch at a Brewers game. It seems Duke basketball is still alive in the race for Patrick Baldwin Jr. 28 overall selection in the NBA Draft last year. He wanted to play and I didn't let him. Baldwin is a sort of Michael Porter Jr. redux, without the continued injury issues: a seemingly cant-miss kid who all but vanished from the face of the planet in college, but who evolved into a productive pro when health wasnt a problem. 6-keys: media/spln/nba/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. We have to start defending 1-on-1 and getting better at locking up that way.". If there's hope, it's in the form of another recent draft pick who went from former No. Those are the things that jumped out. calendar_month 02/06/2023. "I always felt it was a viable choice, I just felt a little disappointed in college," he said. Hamilton was rolling into the state playoffs with a 22-3 record with Baldwin averaging 24.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game while earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors in Wisconsin. Brian O'Mahoney/Pioneer Press/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News . 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. After all, the number of people walking the planet who are as big as Baldwin and can shoot a basketball like he can? "Because I know at this point the team that does pick me is really, really committed to my talents and really understands the player that I am. 2023 www.jsonline.com. At the center of Baldwins polarizing draft stock is a simple question: is his high school sample or his 11-game college career more indicative of his true talent level? "If he's completely healthy, they'll have the steal of the draft," Baldwin Sr. said. He wouldnt play again the rest of the year. In the case of Baldwin Jr., there's a lot of reasons to believe he will be a good NBA player, even after his rocky start at UW-Milwaukee. At the risk of being overly and cruelly glib, this was one of the few parts of Patrick Baldwins Milwaukee experience that proceeded according to plan. "It's just day to day, and the No. The McDonalds All-American reinforced as much by averaging 7.7 points, 5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists over 17.2 minutes per game alongside Chet Holmgren, aden Ivey, and Johnny Davis for the USA team that won the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup. Has something gone irrevocably awry during his last two injury-plagued basketball seasons in high school and college? Baldwin understands the supporting role he's most likely to play with Golden State, at least early in his career. What he does with it will be fascinating to watch. He's not demonstrative. Holding his own defensively in FIBA play, Baldwin was not especially aggressive as a freshman. Baldwin's considered a high-character player, a smart teammate and someone who's more than just a scorer with size. I didnt shoot the ball too well. Baldwin once again stepped in for an injured player and made it look easy as he contributed 11 points, three rebounds and an assist in 16 minutes of a 116-101 win over the Rockets at Chase Center. "He should never be Batman. SAN FRANCISCO Warriors coach Steve Kerr originally expected Draymond Green to suit up on Friday night, but when Green was ruled out with a bruised knee an hour before gametime, he knew who would take those minutes. He's now considered by a consensus to be in the top two or three at his position and in the top 5 overall. "We have to get better on the ball first and not be totally reliant on our big guys. "I'd love to have had that (record) flipped. Baldwin essentially went from being the fascinating 6-10 prospect with the immaculate shooting stroke and lottery pedigree to maybe the most enigmatic entity in the 2022 NBA Draft pool. After debating going to Duke, Baldwin who, following a season-ending left ankle injury at the start of his senior year of high school, finished as the No. Baldwin is widely expected to be a 2022 NBA lottery pick and a program-changer even if only joining for one season. Patrick Baldwin Jr. 2022-23 Panini NBA Hoops WINTER PURPLE Parallel Rookie SP RC. Any hardcore college basketball follower knows that name. The 6-foot-9 freshman is averaging 12.1 points on 34.4% shooting and 5.8 rebounds. The ankle injury took a lot longer to recover than I thought it would, Baldwin told SB Nation. (Photo: Alan Youngblood / Associated Press). Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Looking solid on the defensive end for stretches in recent years, Baldwin has some instincts and feel but does not always rotate decisively, use his frame on the glass, or change directions well against quicker forwards. The former 5-stsar recruit had a nagging ankle injury that hindered him but still looked very underwhelming this season, after being a much hyped . Outside of one excellent game against Robert Morris where he went off for 26 points on 6-of-6 shooting from three Baldwin never looked like the top NBA prospect he was supposed to be. That was tough for me to fathom early. And 2) The ease in which the game comes to him. "After that, the training staff and my father decided to shut me down. On Wednesday afternoon, the day after the Panthers lost their first-round Horizon League tournament game to Illinois-Chicago on their home court,. Baldwin's highest conceivable draft slot from any of those sources: 18th. As two NBA sources said, Baldwin doesn't have the persona curiosities/concerns like Porter did heading into his draft, but there are a lot of other parallels (though Porter's slide to 14th to the Nuggets is still higher than anyone expects Baldwin to go). He was set to attend Loyola Academy in north suburban Wilmette, with dreams of being the next great player to come out of the Chicagoland area. It was frustrating going through it in a lot of ways, Baldwin told SB Nation at the combine. Get the latest NBA news on Patrick Baldwin Jr.. Stay up to date with NBA player news, rumors, updates, analysis, social feeds, and more at FOX Sports. And its just exciting times. Now they had a top-five recruit in the country coming their way. Baldwin was the presumed number-1 recruit before he was sidelined by an ankle injury this season. He averaged 17.9 points, 11.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.0 steal, and 1.3 blocks per 40 en route to a gold medal. Maybe it looked good but never went in. Even after such a dismal college season, it isnt hard to see how Baldwins game translates to the league. Wildcats assistant Patrick Baldwin Sr. suddenly became a hot name in head coaching circles, and when LaVall Jordan took the Butler job, Milwaukee hired Baldwin to replace him. While he is not the most dynamic ball handler, his ability to get to step back threes or rise up over smaller defenders in midrange spots can pay dividends when hes in rhythm. "Even in FIBA basketball he wasn't a good shooter. It might be early to make judgments off just 18 NBA games, but Thompson has seen enough to declare the Warriors got a steal, with Baldwin, the No. "It's all over the place," said another. I don't think he was ready for it, nor did he want it.". But it is what it is right now.". Baldwin had three of them. He went only 14-for-27 at the rim all season, struggling to get to and finish inside with his limited vertical pop. He was never healthy after that. He's Robin. Golden State Warriors' Patrick Baldwin Jr. (7) dunks the ball against the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter at Chase Center in . Unfortunately, that came to an abrupt end, too. His 26.5 max vertical leap was one of the worst in combine history, and he also ranked in the bottom-five of lane agility testing and the three-quarter court sprint. He confirmed the distance from the pitching rubber to the plate 60 feet, six inches and reckoned it was about the same as a volleyball line to the baseline on his teams practice court. However, he . CHICAGO Patrick Baldwin Jr.s spot in the 2022 NBA Draft was supposed to be secure well before he came to the combine. There were times where I missed a box out, missed a rotation, typically as a coachs son you want to know im supposed to here on this possession, Baldwin told SB Nation. When Patrick Baldwin Jr. fell to the Warriors in June's NBA draft, no front office knew the extent of what he went through in his lone college season. Point to severe lack of spacing around him the Panthers shot below 32 percent from three as a team. The family seldom, if ever, talked about this publicly. Patrick Baldwin Jr. (@_pbaldwin23) April 22, 2022 Measurements Height: 6 feet, 9 inches Weight: 220 pounds Wingspan: 7 feet, 1.75 inches Strengths: Size, Shooting Baldwin Jr.'s. In those 11 games, he struggled to find any rhythm as the team's primary scoring . Through four seasons, Porter has played 125 out of a possible 328 regular-season games and also was a key player for the Nuggets in the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. "Where it all generated from was on the ball," Baldwin said of the interior scoring. The feedback he's been getting in the past two weeks revolves around two primary takeaways: 1) His competitiveness is irrepressible. Nobody can tell. Close to 20 teams will not get him in their building before next Thursday. The memoir All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald is an important work because it is a testament of how one person transcends gang violence and racism. The Warriors are unfair. He's played infive Horizon League games and only four since New Year's Day, which certainly isn'twhat anyone expected in what should have been a banner season for both player and program. It didnt happen. Baldwin was supposed to be the same company. In the next game, his career changed immeasurably in a split second: Baldwin drove the basket, landed awkwardly, and dislocated his left ankle against Menomonee Falls. Another source disagreed with that assessment. "And in the same breath, I can say I could never predict that I was going to go through what I went through this year with all the various injuries and different factors. Heres the one undeniable thing about Patrick Baldwin Jr.: All of that weirdness and disappointment is behind him. Baldwin now had to maintain his elite level as every opponent he faced looked to prove themselves against the purported top prospect in the country. And that's the first time they've really felt failure. open.substack. calendar_month 02/06/2023. Baldwins intersection of size and shooting made him special even as a 15-year-old. With Baldwin and also Bol on the bench the 7-1 graduate transfer is also done for the season with knee damage UWM faced a stiff challenge on Senior Day in the form of Purdue Fort Wayne. 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The Baldwins withheld the news from their son until the summer, when he was through competing for Team USA in international competition. That's a swath few other players in this draft can claim. Baldwin Was a True Find for the Warriors. "Milwaukee might have been the worst spot for him," one NBA evaluator said. Patrick Baldwin Jr. Baldwin played 15 minutes off the bench, the most he has played in a game that wasn't a blowout in his rookie year. 1 thing is just getting him healthy," his fathersaid. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. At the same time, I should have been even more disciplined, stringent on him. He's been at 36 inches everywhere he's gone since.". Able to put the ball on the floor to attack closeouts or dribble into his pull-up, Baldwin scored a more respectable. Patrick Baldwin Jr. entered the NBA Draft as one of the biggest boom-or-bust prospects in the class, projected to be selected somewhere in the 20s by a team that likely could take on a project. [70th percentile]. Maybe thats what a top-five recruit should have done in a conference that ranked as the 26th strongest out of 32 in DI by KenPom. He played at Milwaukee. There he was, on the NBC Sports Bay Area's. Opting to play for his father at Milwaukee, Baldwin averaged 12.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists over 11 appearances as he was only able to suit up for 4 games in 2022. Every now and then, there's a unique recruiting saga that happened in NCAA Basketball. If things went according to plan during his one-and-done season in college, Baldwin wouldnt have had to test his athleticism or get held up to a tape measure or state his case for why he believes hes one of the best players in the class. So, in that sense, it has helped me a little bit early on in my career, because I know a team that takes me really believes in me. Baldwin's one-and-done season at Milwaukee was injury-plagued and forgettable. His measurements were an undeniable success. Baldwin would be a no-brainer lottery pick, likely even top-10, had his freshman campaign not been a catastrophe. He works hard. 258 in the country in turnover rate. Like most drafts, 2022's crop of NBA talent has a cadre of prospects whose selection projections vary drastically across the league. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. The answer never waivers: No. 20 in hislatest mock draft). There was once a time when he looked the part in just about every game he played in throughout his first three years of high school. section: | slug: 2022-nba-draft-profile-after-flameout-at-milwaukee-patrick-baldwin-jr-is-this-years-top-wild-card-prospect | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | So Baldwin started rehearsals there with his father and head coach, Pat Sr. He Did Not Return in the 2nd Half (via NBCS Warriors) . In hearing him lay out his journey, it's clear that where and when he goes is of little matter to Baldwin now. It was just kind of a freak season. Next, Milwaukee got smacked on the road to Florida by 36 points in their one premier non-conference game, with Baldwin finishing with 13 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Because of his promise and dominance as a high school prospect, Baldwin will likely be positioned somewhere in the top 50 of every NBA team's big board. But a huge part of that wasn't his fault. To this point, he's worked out for Oklahoma City, Charlotte, Minnesota, San Antonio, New Orleans, Memphis and Cleveland. But just building an all-around the game, in the paint, defensively, being a three-level scorer, being a good play connector thats what we need. With only Joey St. Pierre qualifying as a defensive presence down low, the Mastodons' guards had a field day both scoring and kicking out for open threes. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Baldwin Sr. had a 47-70 record with Milwaukee in his first four seasons, and knew hed be on the hot seat if he didnt deliver in the upcoming year. and at some point you really can just chalk it up as there was nothing you could do. I don't care what level you play at, you need to be in great condition to play at a high level. Its tough to find your footing anywhere. Baldwin is shooting 48% from 3-point range early in his NBA career. Measured . Hes a really good prospect. But when Im on the court I still have to produce.. At Milwaukee he was asked to do way too much. "I couldn't walk," he said of the days after his final college game. Perfect form. That did not prevent Baldwin from declaring himself eligible -- and remaining so after a surprisingly unimpressive showing at the combine. As a freshman in college, you couldn't have more pressure than he had on him. Baldwin was ruled out of participating in the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League due to an ankle injury suffered in high school. Baldwin, a former No. Patrick Baldwin Jr. is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $9 million in 2023. "Maybe he never was a good shooter. Baldwin also represented Team USA during the U19 World Cup in 2021. Milwaukee was constantly giving away the ball, finishing No. After being rated. Because of injury, that failed. He will still be huge for NBA power forward. The Baldwins decided they wanted to buy a home in Sussex, and Hamilton was the public school in district. If they can't do that, if that causes them discomfort or anything like that, whether it's Patrick or anybody else, I would have the some comment.". Purdue Fort Wayne shot 54.2%, hit 11 three-pointers and scored 40 points in the paint. Baldwin was humble when asked about his development on the Warriors postgame show on NBC Sports Bay Area. His natural talents and size will be enough to get him drafted. Baldwin came to the combine hoping to show teams he was healthy and still capable of being the big, versatile scoring forward he was always touted as. And that's and that's really important, especially as a younger player. From Jan. 20 until Feb. 14, Baldwin went 11 games without seeing the floor. I do think he loves the game but doesn't show it as much as others. Because if you havent noticed, were perfectionists.. Well, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors have decided to find out. Baldwin likely would have been a top-10 pick if he didnt play a college game like Shaedon Sharpe. "His swagger and confidence are back. Hamilton's Patrick Baldwin Jr. plays against Evanston in the E-Town Showdown at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena on Feb. 8, 2020. "At the time, I think it was the right decision," he said. And just hampered with some bad-luck injuries.. "When he did the vertical jump, he had a little bit of a brain cramp," Bartelstein said. Between the ankle and Baldwin Jr. saying he had a "relatively severe" encounter with COVID, he appeared in just 11 games. Patrick Baldwin Jr. was drafted by Golden State Warriors, 1st round (28th pick, 28th overall), 2022 NBA Draft. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nba | pageType: stories | Three Bay Area men, including justice reform activist, plead guilty in Norteo RICO murder case, Californias hardest to book campground isnt in a famous park. 5 overall player in the final class of 2022 rankings, best long-term prospect in the state of Illinois, ranked as the No. told the Journal Sentinel earlier this month, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. MILWAUKEE (AP) Patrick Baldwin Jr. is entering the NBA draft after his father was fired as Milwaukee coach. Baldwin sprained his left ankle in the fourth game of the year against Bowling Green. He is the father of Milwaukee forward Patrick Baldwin Jr., a former top-five recruit in the 2021 class who was limited to 11 games this season because of injury. What's made this harder on Baldwin is the fact that his combine results look all the worse when you consider his physique. During his brief run with the Panthers, the 6-foot-9 Baldwin averaged 12.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and a combined 1.6 blocks+steals per contest. "I don't think he has that much upside," one NBA exec said. I'm so proud of the way he's approached this entire process.". The college decision of Duke basketball target Patrick Baldwin Jr. has potentially been leaked. Daten ber Ihr Gert und Ihre Internetverbindung, wie Ihre IP-Adresse, Browsing- und Suchaktivitten bei der Nutzung von Yahoo Websites und -Apps. $4.49. After scoring eight points in 30 minutes on Feb. 9 against Northern Kentucky, Baldwin had days thereafter where he couldn't put any significant pressure on his left foot or ankle. But it did come to a point where I talked with my parents, talked with my dad. There's no bust factor there at all.'". 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