NBA Draft: Milwaukee’s Patrick Baldwin Jr. says he’s entering

MILWAUKEE – College of Milwaukee guard Patrick Baldwin Jr. is coming into the NBA draft after his father was fired as Panthers coach.

Baldwin introduced his choice Friday in a social media post.

After being rated as one of many nation’s high 10 recruits in his class, Baldwin struggled with accidents all through his freshman season. He performed in simply 11 of Milwaukee’s 32 video games because the Panthers went 10-22.

The 6-foot-9 Baldwin had chosen Milwaukee for the chance to play for his dad, Pat Baldwin.

Milwaukee fired Pat Baldwin on March 2, at some point after the Panthers’ season ended with a Horizon League Event loss. Milwaukee went 57-92 in Baldwin’s 5 seasons.

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“As a child, I all the time dreamt of taking the courtroom alongside my father,” Patrick Baldwin mentioned in asserting his choice to enter the draft. “Whereas this season didn’t finish how we anticipated it to, I’m so blissful that I acquired to play the sport that I like below the person who has all the time been there for me and taught me a lot.”

Milwaukee has since employed Bart Lundy from Division II Queens College as Pat Baldwin’s substitute.

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Patrick Baldwin averaged 12.1 factors and 5.8 rebounds this previous season. He was the nation’s No. 8 prospect in his highschool class, in accordance with composite rankings of recruiting websites compiled by 247Sports.