At the outset, I have to say I’ve never quite gotten the theory of what’s supposed to make Patrick Baldwin Jr. a good — or even passable — NBA player.
He was a highly-ranked prospect in high school and even forecasted as a lottery pick. Several prep talent evaluators described him as an “ideal” stretch four at the NBA level. (Which is kinda silly when I think about it a moment because the NBA has been adventuring into stretch fives and playmaking fours the past several seasons.)
Then he suffered a serious ankle injury two games into his senior year in high school, missed the rest of the season, and then went to play for his father at Milwaukee.