No. 45 – Grand Rapids Gold | |
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Position | Small forward / power forward |
League | NBA G League |
Personal information | |
Born | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | September 13, 2000
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Trinity Christian School (Fayetteville, North Carolina) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2023: undrafted |
Playing career | 2023–present |
Career history | |
2023–2024 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys |
2024–present | Grand Rapids Gold |
Joseph William Baker (born September 13, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and the Michigan Wolverines. Baker was a four-star recruit in high school and the number 3 player in North Carolina according to ESPN.
Baker attended Trinity Christian School in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[1]
Baker was a four-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2019 class, before reclassifying to the 2018 class.[2] He was ranked No.41 overall recruit in the class of 2018.[3][4]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Joey Baker SF |
Fayetteville, NC | Trinity Christian School (NC) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 29, 2017 | |
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Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 48 247Sports: 33 ESPN: 41 | ||||||
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On October 29, 2017, Baker committed to playing college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils over offers from Kansas, Tennessee and UCLA.[5] Baker would join a recruiting class that featured future NBA players RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish, and Zion Williamson,[6] as well as Tre Jones for the 2018–19 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team.[2] During his freshman year, Baker was set to redshirt for the entire season, until Coach K put him into the game against Syracuse to fill in for the injured Williamson on February 23, 2019.[7][8]
On December 19, 2019, Baker put up a career high in points scored with 22 against the Wofford Terriers.[9]
As a junior, Baker appeared in 23 games only averaging 2.9 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.[10]
On October 11, 2021, Mike Krzyzewski named Baker team captain alongside Wendell Moore Jr. for the 2021-22 season.[11] As a senior, Baker averaged 4.5 points and 1.2 rebound per game.[12] On May 8, 2022, Baker completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and graduated from Duke University.[13][14]
On June 18, 2022, Baker transferred to the University of Michigan as a graduate transfer for his final year of college basketball eligibility.[15][16] During the offseason Baker had offseason hip surgery.[17] Baker didn't celebrate Senior night with the 2021-22 Duke Blue Devils, because he anticipated playing his fifth year there, but he did celebrate it with the 2022–23 Michigan Wolverines on February 26 against Wisconsin.[18] In the opening round of the 2023 National Invitation Tournament, against Toledo on March 14, 2023, Baker posted season-highs in points (21), field goals made (eight), and three-pointers made (five) on 8–11 shooting.[19] Following the game, he announced that he was pursuing a retroactive redshirt from his freshman season for the 2018-19 Duke Blue Devils.[20] Baker later decided to hire an agent and pursue professional opportunities.[21][22]
After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Baker signed his first professional contract with Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) on September 14, 2023.[23]
On March 4, 2024, Baker joined the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League.[24]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018–19 | Duke | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | .250 | .500 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
2019–20 | Duke | 28 | 3 | 12.1 | .410 | .394 | .917 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
2020–21 | Duke | 23 | 1 | 11.5 | .310 | .314 | .750 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
2021–22 | Duke | 34 | 0 | 11.9 | .432 | .405 | .778 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
2022–23 | Michigan | 34 | 5 | 16.4 | .393 | .391 | .686 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
Career | 123 | 9 | 12.9 | .393 | .383 | .756 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
His father, Michael Baker, served in the United States Army.[25]