Brandon Paul calls out Wade Baldwin: 'I kept my mouth shut for three years on this coward' / News - Basketnews.com

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Brandon Paul had a run-in with Wade Baldwin towards the end of the game between Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Joventut Badalona, which the Catalan side won by 89-81.

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Baldwin spat at Paul, and the two got into an altercation. A couple of hours after the final buzzer, Brandon Paul took to Twitter to call out his former Olympiacos Piraeus teammate, recalling an incident involving former Reds guard Will Cherry.

"I'm a professional first, but I'm never going for another man who tries to spit in my face. I kept my mouth shut for three years on this coward," the guard of Joventut wrote without naming Baldwin.

"Ask anyone about his character, and they’ll tell you. Ask any single person on 2019-20 Olympiacos, they’ll tell you in a heartbeat. I bet my salary on it. I still hate how they did my brother Will Cherry when Wade tried him too; ask anyone about that."

Olympiacos acquired Cherry on a short-term deal in April 2019. The Greek club later signed the American guard to a one-year contract for 2019-2020. But Cherry was released in January 2020, following an altercation he had with his then-teammate Wade Baldwin.

After three years in the NBA, it was Baldwin's first season overseas, and like Cherry, it wasn't a good one for the ex-Vanderbilt standout.

"We had an altercation in practice that led to me leaving. There were no punches. It was a simple practice scuffle. There was just some pushing and shoving. The club was up in flames at that point," remembered Will Cherry talking to germanhoops.com.

In fact, Cherry, now playing for the Frankfurt Skyliners, called Olympiacos' stance 'unprofessional' and his release 'not warranted.'

"Ask any of the Americans about him and his girl," Brandon Paul carried on.

"How they kept a burner IG account and tried to lie on me and another man's wife. We've still got the group chat with all of the receipts/screenshots, all the lies, and deceit," Paul continued.

The 31-year-old guard wondered: "At what age do you stop pulling your hand back during post-game handshakes?"

"Call me out my name after too... I haven’t done anything but try to help this kid," he pointed out.

"I don’t say stuff for shock value. When people lie, it's because they’re afraid, they feel vulnerable, or they need something. I stopped lying when I was in high school because I'm grown.

Anyone who's coached me or played beside me knows my character. Ask my former teammates why I had to stop inviting this dude to my crib in Athens. (He was) constantly breaking sh*t and arguing with everyone, killing the vibes. My crib out there was mad expensive too," Paul concluded.

It remains to be seen whether Wade Baldwin will present his version of the facts.

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