"At the time, I think it was the right decision," he said. Unfortunately, the injuries and him wanting to play is different than being ready to play. That was tough for me to fathom early. Since Baldwin comes from athletic family background, he was motivated to play sports. . He has shown the ability to use his size and discipline to hold his own in other settings leaving some room for optimism projecting ahead. He did his schooling at Hamilton High School where he played basketball as well. ", "I never felt too much pity on myself throughout the season," said Baldwin Jr., "there's always that internal finger you always point at yourself and it's like, 'OK, what could I have done more?' 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. Playing for my father is something I only got one time, so I had to take advantage of that.. He doesnt turn 20 years old until mid-Nov. His body shouldnt be breaking down yet as long as an organization has the patience to allow him to fully heal before expecting him to produce. He wanted to play and I didn't let him. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Baldwin's ankle never fully recovered during his time at Milwaukee, though. At his size, with his mechanics in line, NBA tutelage should put him in place to succeed. SB Nation caught up with Baldwin at the start of the season and asked him what he hoped to accomplish as a superstar recruit playing in a mid-major league. 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 | Try a week on us. 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. "That's on me, not on him. Filling a large role for Milwaukee when he was on the floor, Baldwin was aggressive hunting jump shots off the ball but created his own shot extensively attacking one-on-one, handling in the pick and roll, and pushing in transition. "I do think he loves it," the other source said. As far as his family is concerned, that makes him one of the lucky ones. Its tough to find your footing anywhere. It wound up costing him approximately 20 games worth of experience. Every now and then, there's a unique recruiting saga that happened in NCAA Basketball. Another source disagreed with that assessment. A member of the 2022 NBA draft class, Patrick Baldwin Jr was drafted 28th overall by the Warriors. He has scored 11 points in the last two. Baldwin was supposed to be the same company. I already have a skill that I established and thats productive, he said of his 3-point shooting. Probably less than an hour of work, total. Patrick Baldwin Jr. is a rising American college basketball player. "I'm starting to think I'd be more surprised if he went high than if he went low," one NBA executive said. Milwaukee opened the year with a win over North Dakota, with Baldwin going for 21 points and 11 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. So low as to be red-flagged. Milwaukee Panthers guard Patrick Baldwin Jr. on Friday announced he will declare for the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining collegiate eligibility. . His dad is a coach and he gets it. In this context, theres effectively nothing to gain by analyzing the numbers of his lone college season: 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, 34.4 percent shooting overall, 26.6 percent accuracy from 3-point range. 8 player in the Class of 2021 became the rare example of an elite prospect to pick a mid-major program. We were going to be a good team, but with him we were a great team.. But running just did nothing to help it.". Simms led UWM with 14 points and freshman Markeith Browning II added 10 points. Decision-making, feel, being a coach's son has helped his stock as much as it can be in these settings. $1.90. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Its hard.. Choose to draft or not draft him at your own risk. Baldwin had dreams of winning the conference, making the NCAA tournament, and being one of the most dominant players in the country regardless of class when he came to Milwaukee. 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. told the Journal Sentinel earlier this month, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "Player development and the players around me, I think those are the two most important things to me. "Maybe he never was a good shooter. Maybe Baldwins individual greatness could have rescued Milwaukee from disaster if his shots fell and his left ankle held up. Unlike the others, he didn't play a full season. Is the potential payoff of Patrick Baldwin Jr. still worth the bet? 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. Three crew members who worked on the set of "Rust" have filed suit against Alec Baldwin and the film's producers, the most recent in a slew of legal challenges related to the 2021 shooting death . [25th percentile], Baldwin has proven capable of more at every level hes played. Heres the one undeniable thing about Patrick Baldwin Jr.: All of that weirdness and disappointment is behind him. Patrick Baldwin Jr. was drafted by Golden State Warriors, 1st round (28th pick, 28th overall), 2022 NBA Draft. Never really finding his footing in non-conference play, the 19-year old was more efficient some nights than others but showed the promising shooting mechanics, perimeter skill set, and feel for scoring opportunistically around the rim that earned him attention early in his career in spurts. "I couldn't walk," he said of the days after his final college game. Baldwin would be a no-brainer lottery pick, likely even top-10, had his freshman campaign not been a catastrophe. ", CBS Sports spoke with a half-dozen NBA sources for this story. His size will play defensively in the paint, but hes typically had trouble moving around screens and staying attached to his man. The college decision of Duke basketball target Patrick Baldwin Jr. has potentially been leaked. The 6-foot-9 freshman is averaging 12.1 points on 34.4% shooting. Get to know Patrick Baldwin Jr., where he came from and why he should be playing more for the Dubs. "Would I be surprised if he goes right after the lottery? 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. The Panthers had pulled to within 27-24 with 6 minutes 33 seconds remaining when Deonte Billups sandwiched threes from almost the same spot around a Josh Thomas jumper to make it a 33-26 game. He works hard. What he does with it will be fascinating to watch. Hes just oozing with potential. Nobody can tell. His father still pushes back on the concerns from league evaluators who want to know how much Baldwin runs from vs. embraces competition and challenges. Today these same high school players exist, they are just hyped by social media instead. His measurements were an undeniable success. In Milwaukee's defense, Baldwin has missed the last two games with an ankle injury. "I'd love to have had that (record) flipped. Baldwin Was a True Find for the Warriors. In May, Baldwin cut his list of colleges to 10: Duke, Georgetown, Kentucky, Michigan, Northwestern, North Carolina, UCLA, UW-Milwaukee, Virginia and Wisconsin. There was also the private battle the family was going through: Shawn Baldwin, Patrick's mother, was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2021. Point to severe lack of spacing around him the Panthers shot below 32 percent from three as a team. We have to start defending 1-on-1 and getting better at locking up that way.". He understands it.. Baldwin had three of them. Purdue Fort Wayne shot 54.2%, hit 11 three-pointers and scored 40 points in the paint. At the same time, I should have been even more disciplined, stringent on him. "I don't know if it's as much disappointment as it is frustration," Baldwin said. He was the highest ranked recruit in the history of the Horizon League the moment he made his commitment. "He was modern-day basketball," one NBA scout told CBS Sports. So it was a tough year all around but I learned a lot of things.. Well, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors have decided to find out. Four days later, they lost to Eastern Kentucky as Baldwin put up 19 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-20 shooting. The size. What's inarguable is that whatever team picks Baldwin will be taking a major chance with a potential major payoff. 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. Patrick Baldwin Jr. 2022-23 Panini NBA Hoops WINTER PURPLE Parallel Rookie SP RC. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). We had some stuff happen internally that they asked me to keep inside, so I'm going to grant their wishes" The ankle injury took a lot longer to recover than I thought it would, Baldwin told SB Nation. "I think he can be a nice role player if he can get healthy. 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Is the vulgar anti-Tesla sign on my neighbors truck illegal? Baldwin understands the supporting role he's most likely to play with Golden State, at least early in his career. "When he did the vertical jump, he had a little bit of a brain cramp," Bartelstein said. We had Baldwin ranked as the No. His name taunts all 30 war-room franchise draft boards across the country. The Panthers shot 50% their best performance since Jan. 20 and were plus-nine on the boards but it still wasn't enough to keep from finishing the regular season 5-9 at home against Division I opponents. Andy Ceronni remembered hearing the new Panthers coach had a kid who could really play. 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. 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. His measurements were an undeniable success 610.25 in shoes with 71.75 wingspan, a 92.5 standing reach, and a 230-pound frame but his athletic testing was disappointing. One NBA front office executive told CBS Sports he doesn't expect Baldwin to be taken in the first round due to the lingering concerns over his ankle, in addition to his questions over whether Baldwin truly loves the game. I think it comes from not playing through the injuries and where he comes from as a personality. "And not like disappointed in college and the whole, like, 'I want to just go away from it.' Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City" written by Dr. Elijah Anderson, The William K. Lanman Jr. 3 overall on the 247Sports 2021 Composite, narrowed his list of suitors to 10: Duke, Georgetown, Kentucky, Michigan, Milwaukee, North Carolina, Northwestern, UCLA, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Pretty much every NBA team expected him to stay in the draft, but that doesn't mean all of them see a future in their organization. The Baldwins decided they wanted to buy a home in Sussex, and Hamilton was the public school in district. And that's and that's really important, especially as a younger player. No one's quite sure if this is mere diligence or if any of these undisclosed teams are now showing their hand and seriously considering Baldwin with a first-round selection. The family seldom, if ever, talked about this publicly. Duke was seen as the front-runner with Coach Ks final season looming. Holding his own defensively in FIBA play, Baldwin was not especially aggressive as a freshman. You may have had some guys that have been top prospects their whole life and they go to college and they're destroying everything and everything's running smooth, and then they hit that wall. Ceronni remembers Baldwin Jr. and his mother touring the school, and his young sisters asking about the volleyball program. Such a lofty national ranking brought a new set of pressures. How Patrick Baldwin Jr. plans to salvage his career after falling from a top NBA Draft prospect. He was the kid who stood closer to mid-court than the 3-point line before a Milwaukee practice last fall and cashed jumper after jumper after jumper. He headed back to the EYBL to team up with top recruits Jalen Johnson, Jaemyn Brakefield, and Reece Beekman. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. The Milwaukee experiment unquestionably damaged Baldwin's stock. He has shown the ability to shoot off movement, whether hes running around screens near the baseline, relocating behind the arc, finding an open shot as a trailer on the break, or being utilized in pick-and-pops. One NBA front office person who will not work out Baldwin told CBS Sports that it would be a non-starter to draft him if they didn't get him in for a personal workout. Baldwin was the presumed number-1 recruit before he was sidelined by an ankle injury this season. Sometimes you look back and think, 'What if? ", Said Pat Baldwin Sr.: "The person saying that doesn't know my son. Micheal Porter Jr Jr. . The risk is 2021-22 was more harbinger than aberration. Its like, OK, I can see it there but I dont see it there. But (the NBA) is a different game and a different league, obviously. With the entire world on hold because of the pandemic, Baldwin and his father turned the familys home into a training facility and prepared furiously for his senior year. I could walk OK. 258 in the country in turnover rate. Maybe it looked good but never went in. "There's no greater feeling than seeing your Pops on the sideline, who's a man that's been supporting you for 18 years at that point.". He's been at 36 inches everywhere he's gone since.". "She's as tough as they come, and he really tried to block all that stuff out, but there were times it was heavy on him," Baldwin Sr. said. Able to put the ball on the floor to attack closeouts or dribble into his pull-up, Baldwin scored a more respectable. The Baldwins rushed to set up a new life 90 minutes north of Evanston. His final EYBL season was off, too. "At no point in our season have we ever had every single one of guys healthy to where we could get that continuity and chemistry. Patrick Baldwin Jr.28 Swish Patrick Baldwin Jr.MilwukeePF 610231 12.15.81.534.4%26.6% CBS SportsAA+ PBJ2 NBC Sports No offense but you're 100% wrong and you'd know that if you just googled what happened. 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. He made 45 shots, total, all year. There was a case to be made he could have transferred, picked almost any school he wanted, stepped up in his sophomore season and catapulted his stock. On Sept. 21, 2021, a five-star freshman for the Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team threw a ceremonial first pitch at a Brewers game. But to the same degree, I think last season also prepared me for what a team calls a rookie wall or a failure as a rookie. He was going to play for Milwaukee. Even so, beating Alcorn should have been manageable. (Which, of course, it still is for Porter. Baldwin said his parents never pressured him in any direction, but it was easy for some to see his decision as a way to save his fathers job. Curiosity bubbled up if Baldwin's ankle was still affecting his lift capability. There's just no getting around that there are going to be some teams that look at him, see bad college tape, not enough games and pass. This was questioned after his season at Milwaukee, but Baldwin has assuaged the concerns of some since the combine. As he went to play on the Nike EYBL circuit with Phenom University the next summer, Baldwin shot up to the No. The prospects sitting atop this draft Jabari Smith Jr., Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, and Jaden Ivey didnt have to do any of that as certain top-five picks. None of this will matter if Baldwin cant stay healthy. Durch Klicken auf Alle akzeptieren erklren Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass Yahoo und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten und Technologien wie Cookies nutzen, um personalisierte Anzeigen und Inhalte zu zeigen, zur Messung von Anzeigen und Inhalten, um mehr ber die Zielgruppe zu erfahren sowie fr die Entwicklung von Produkten. That's the main focus. It seems Duke basketball is still alive in the race for Patrick Baldwin Jr. Has something gone irrevocably awry during his last two injury-plagued basketball seasons in high school and college? You assume he was so talented and had that much potential as a shot-maker, you're like, 'Screw it, man. . And 2) The ease in which the game comes to him. Patrick Baldwin Jr. is a great prospect, and I don't blame anybody out there who hasn't given up on the dream. "It's just day to day, and the No. Now, assuming he indeed won't play again, Baldwin Jr. will have to decide whether the physical skills he possesses as a prototype shooter will outweigh the body of work he's put forth in the eyes of NBA teams in choosing whether to enter the draft. The ball moves. "When he started back playing in the fall he wasn't completely healed," Pat Baldwin Sr. said. Hamilton's Patrick Baldwin Jr. plays against Evanston in the E-Town Showdown at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena on Feb. 8, 2020. Patrick Baldwin Jr. was automatically elevated into the rotation, Kerr said. Purdue Fort Wayne's three-point shooting was the differencein the first half asit knocked down 6 of 15 from long distance while UWM went just 2 for 9. The reason: his father was the coach. He played in 11 games. The Mastodons (18-10, 13-6) entered in fourth place in the Horizon League standings. "The true problem with all this stopping and starting is he never got in great condition. "I was I was a little bit stunned when I saw the numbers, but quite honestly, they've been running the same tests at the individual workouts and they've all been substantially better," Baldwin Jr. said. Patrick Baldwin Jr. is a dangerous jump shooting forward with an intriguing skill level who had an up and down year battling an ankle injury as a freshman at Milwaukee. Baldwin Sr. said the family is at peace with this part of their story being out, because it's a significant part of his son's journey and growing up in the past year. A Northeastern University graduate with a BA degree in business administration, Jason began his career as a co-op covering high school sports at the Boston Globe in 2009. "Milwaukee might have been the worst spot for him," one NBA evaluator said. Progression is supposed to be linear for top basketball prospects, but theres years of history that show its rarely that easy. The 6-foot-9 freshman is averaging 12.1 points on 34.4% shooting. 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. Baldwin was at one point the No. As the Warriors' nightmarish road trip wrapped up Wednesday in Brooklyn, there were encouraging signs from two players who spent much of the season in the G League, writes C.J. 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