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Wade Baldwin IV
No. 2 – Fenerbahçe Beko
Baldwin IV in October 2024
Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1996-03-29) March 29, 1996 (age 28) Belle Mead, New Jersey, U.S.
High school	St. Joseph (Metuchen, New Jersey)
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College	Vanderbilt (2014–2016)
NBA Draft	2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies
Pro career	2016–present
League	BSL EuroLeague
Career history
2016–2017	Memphis Grizzlies
2016–2017	→ Iowa Energy
2017–2019	Portland Trail Blazers
2017–2019	→ Texas Legends
2019	Raptors 905
2019–2020	Olympiacos
2020–2021	Bayern Munich
2021–2022	Baskonia
2022–2024	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2024–present	Fenerbahçe

Career highlights and awards
2× All-EuroLeague Second Team (2023, 2024) 2× Israeli Premier League champion (2023, 2024) Israeli League Cup winner (2022) Israeli Premier League League Finals MVP (2023) All-Israeli Premier League Second Team (2023) German Cup winner (2021) Second-team All-SEC (2016)

Wade Manson Baldwin IV (born March 29, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague.

High school and college career
Professional career
Career statistics
See also

High school and college career

Born in the Belle Mead section of Montgomery Township, New Jersey, Baldwin attended Immaculata High School in Somerville, New Jersey and transferred to St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey prior to his junior year.

As a freshman at Vanderbilt, Baldwin started 24 of 35 games and averaged 9.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals (8th in the SEC), and 4.4 assists per game (5th), while shooting 43.9% from three-point range. He set a Vanderbilt freshman record with 155 assists.

During his sophomore year, he averaged 14.1 points, 4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists (3rd in the SEC) per game, while shooting 40.6% from three-point range and .799 from the line (9th). Baldwin led Vanderbilt to an appearance in the First Four in 2016 where they lost to Wichita State, 70–50.

On March 28, 2016, Baldwin declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2016–2017)

On June 23, 2016, Baldwin was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 17th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft. On July 16, 2016, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Grizzlies. He made his debut for the Grizzlies in their season opener on October 26, 2016, recording seven points, five rebounds, six assists, three steals and three blocks in 24 minutes off the bench in a 102–98 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. On December 6, 2016, he recorded his first double-digit-scoring game with 11 points in the Grizzlies' 96–91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. During his rookie season, Baldwin had multiple assignments with the Iowa Energy, the Grizzlies' D-League affiliate. On October 16, 2017, Baldwin was waived by the Grizzlies.

Portland Trail Blazers (2017–2019)

On October 19, 2017, Baldwin was signed on a two-way contract by the Portland Trail Blazers. Under the terms of the deal, for the 2017–18 season, he had a one-year deal splitting time between the Trail Blazers and a G-League affiliate that would be best suited for him, since Portland is currently one of four teams to not hold a G-League affiliate of their own this season. In this instance, he would be spending time with the Texas Legends. On March 12, 2018, Baldwin signed a standard NBA contract with the Blazers.

On February 4, 2019, Baldwin was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Nik Stauskas and two second-round picks for Rodney Hood.

On February 7, the Cleveland Cavaliers then traded both him and Stauskas to the Houston Rockets. Hours later, he was traded again, this time to the Indiana Pacers alongside Stauskas, a 2021 second-round draft pick and the rights to Maarty Leunen, in exchange for cash considerations. On February 8, 2019, Baldwin was waived by the Pacers.

Raptors 905 (2019)

On February 25, 2019, Baldwin was claimed off waivers by the Raptors 905.

Olympiacos (2019–2020)

On July 17, 2019, Baldwin signed a two-year contract with the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos.

Bayern Munich (2020–2021)

On July 27, 2020, he signed with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

Baskonia (2021–2022)

Baldwin IV in December 2022

On July 10, 2021, he signed with Saski Baskonia of the Liga ACB. He averaged 14.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.

Maccabi Tel Aviv (2022–2024)

On June 30, 2022, Baldwin signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He was second in scoring in the 2022–23 EuroLeague regular season, with 16.7 points per game, only trailing Aleksandar Vezenkov. Baldwin was named the March 2023 MVP by the EuroLeague. The following month, in April, Baldwin agreed to a extension of his contract that commits him to Maccabi until 2025.

Fenerbahçe (2024–present)

On July 10, 2024, Baldwin signed with Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Memphis	33	1	12.3	.313	.136	.838	1.4	1.8	.5	.2	3.2
2017–18	Portland	7	0	11.4	.667	.800	.600	1.1	.7	.3	.1	5.4
2018–19	Portland	16	0	5.9	.303	.222	.727	.9	.8	.1	.1	1.9
Career		56	1	10.3	.355	.250	.776	1.2	1.4	.4	.2	3.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017	Memphis	3	4.0	.000	- —	1.000	1.3	.7	- —	- —	0.7
2018	Portland	4	4.8	.250	1.000	.500	.8	.8	.3	.3	1.0
Career		7	4.4	.200	1.000	.750	1.0	.7	.1	.1	0.9

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Olympiacos	24	9	16.8	.422	.267	.633	1.8	1.8	.5	.0	5.5	4.3
2020–21	Bayern Munich	39	38	27.3	.437	.285	.761	3.0	4.0	1.1	.3	15.3	13.4
2021–22	Baskonia	30	25	28.0	.460	.340	.813	3.6	4.4	1.1	.2	14.1	15.5
2022–23	Maccabi Tel Aviv	34	33	28.1	.438	.327	.821	3.8	5.1	.9	.3	17.2	17.6
2023–24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	30	27.5	.456	.391	.848	2.5	4.9	1.0	.2	17.4	19.1
Career		157	135	26.0	.445	.329	.797	3.0	4.2	.9	.2	14.4	14.4

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Iowa Energy	D-League	33	28.2	.435	.307	.748	4.2	5.3	1.3	.4	12.9
2017–18	Texas Legends	G League	17	33.8	.422	.236	.798	4.5	5.1	2.2	.4	18.2
2018–19	Texas Legends	G League	6	32.9	.455	.278	.784	5.0	4.0	2.5	.5	22.7
2018–19	Raptors 905	G League	8	31.6	.483	.395	.720	5.6	4.2	1.4	.2	21.6
2020–21	Bayern Munich	BBL	33	23.0	.455	.366	.771	2.6	4.0	1.1	.2	12.4
2021–22	Baskonia	ACB	39	25.9	.471	.385	.768	3.3	3.9	1.2	.4	12.8
2022–23	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ligat HaAl	21	23.2	.435	.426	.750	3.1	5.3	.9	.2	13.7
2023–24	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ligat HaAl	17	22.1	.380	.136	.866	2.0	5.1	.8	.3	11.7

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	Vanderbilt	35	24	28.8	.436	.439	.802	4.1	4.4	1.4	.1	9.3
2015–16	Vanderbilt	33	30	30.4	.427	.406	.799	4.0	5.2	1.2	.3	14.1
Career		68	54	29.6	.431	.422	.800	4.1	4.8	1.3	.2	11.6

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