The beating heart of the hottest team in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Wade Baldwin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, was a force as the Israeli champs plowed through March as the only undefeated team in the competition over five crucial rounds. With Baldwin leading the way, Maccabi rose from 10th in the standings at the onset of March with questions about its playoff hopes to seventh now with a shot at reaching the top six and direct access to the playoffs.
Baldwin's stellar play throughout that 5-0 run that no other EuroLeague team could match at the very height of the playoff race made him Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP for March.
Baldwin was second in the league in average PIR (23.2) and ranked fifth in scoring (18.4 ppg.) during March. He also posted 4.6 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals. Baldwin led the team in scoring in three of Maccabi's five March games and was second in another. The 1.93-meter guard was also second on the team in rebounding twice. His shining moment came when he posted a PIR of 46 in Round 30, which matched the most by any player in the league over the past three seasons.
The honor marks the second consecutive season in which Baldwin was the MVP of March. He becomes the 24th player in competition history to win the MVP of the month twice and is the only player to ever win the MVP for March in back-to-back seasons and only the fourth player to do so in any month. He follows Ramunas Siskauskas (April 2007 and 2008), Ante Tomic (February 2013 and 2014) and Sasha Vezenkov (February 2022 and 2023) with that distinction. This also marks the 13th MVP of the Month award for a Maccabi player – and the fifth time it has happened in March.
Baldwin's stellar play throughout that 5-0 run that no other EuroLeague team could match at the very height of the playoff race made him Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP for March.
Baldwin was second in the league in average PIR (23.2) and ranked fifth in scoring (18.4 ppg.) during March. He also posted 4.6 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals. Baldwin led the team in scoring in three of Maccabi's five March games and was second in another. The 1.93-meter guard was also second on the team in rebounding twice. His shining moment came when he posted a PIR of 46 in Round 30, which matched the most by any player in the league over the past three seasons.
The honor marks the second consecutive season in which Baldwin was the MVP of March. He becomes the 24th player in competition history to win the MVP of the month twice and is the only player to ever win the MVP for March in back-to-back seasons and only the fourth player to do so in any month. He follows Ramunas Siskauskas (April 2007 and 2008), Ante Tomic (February 2013 and 2014) and Sasha Vezenkov (February 2022 and 2023) with that distinction. This also marks the 13th MVP of the Month award for a Maccabi player – and the fifth time it has happened in March.