Former first-round pick Wade Baldwin signs with Greek club Olympiacos

Free agent guard Wade Baldwin has officially joined Greek club Olympiacos, having signed a two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday in a press release. Nikos Varlas of Eurohoops first reported that Baldwin and the EuroLeague squad were finalizing a two-year deal.

Baldwin, 23, was the 17th overall pick in the 2016 draft. However, he only lasted one season in Memphis before being waived by the Grizzlies. He later signed a two-way contract with Portland and was eventually promoted to the Trail Blazers’ 15-man roster, but was traded from the Blazers to the Cavaliers to the Rockets to the Pacers before last season’s trade deadline. Indiana ultimately waived him.

Baldwin, who averaged 3.1 PPG and 1.4 APG in 56 career NBA games, finished the 2018-19 season in the G League, telling Blake Murphy of The Athletic in March that he hoped to prove he was capable of being an NBA rotation player.

Instead of returning to the NBA, though, Baldwin will head overseas for the first time in his professional career. He’ll join other former NBA players like Brandon Paul and Kostas Papanikolaou on the Olympiacos roster.