The Bucks are trading forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. and cash to the Spurs, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
Moving off Baldwin’s $2.45MM contract will give Milwaukee more breathing room below the second tax apron.
It’s possible the deal will be folded into the larger trade that will send Khris Middleton to the Wizards and Kyle Kuzma to the Bucks, as that’s how Milwaukee acquired Baldwin in the first place. In that scenario, he’d technically just go straight from Washington to San Antonio.
The Spurs have an open roster spot after sending out multiple players in the De’Aaron Fox blockbuster, plus enough space left in their room exception to acquire Baldwin outright without having to send anything back in return.
The 28th overall pick of the 2022 draft, Baldwin spent his rookie season with Golden State prior to being traded to the Wizards in the Jordan Poole/Chris Paul deal back in July 2023. Baldwin’s role has been extremely limited through three NBA seasons. He has appeared in just 22 games in 2024/25 for a total of 101 minutes.
Baldwin also appeared in seven G League games with the Capital City Go-Go this season, averaging 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists on .494/.349/.571 shooting in 27.3 minutes per contest.
Still just 22 years old, Baldwin had his rookie scale team option for ’25/26 declined last fall, which means he’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer. He may not be in San Antonio’s plans either, so he could potentially hit free agency sooner than that if the team decides to release him in the coming days.
Milwaukee legend PB+J should get a Bucks jersey with his name on it as part of this deal
What do the Bucks get? Don’t they technically have to get something?
Not if it’s folded into the Kuzma/Middleton deal (though the Spurs would have to send something to one of the teams involved).
Baldwin worked hard when he got the chance to be on the floor.