Diante Baldwin reinforced Krka

“I’m very happy and excited to have become a member of Krka Basketball Club. This is an important step for me, and I’m looking forward to the new season, the challenges ahead of us, and the opportunity to grow together with the team. My first impressions after arriving in Novo mesto have been excellent. I’m looking forward to working with my new teammates and coaches. And to the fans, I want to say: I can’t wait to meet you and play in front of you. Every time I step onto the court, I’ll give my all, and I hope we can have a successful season together. See you soon,” Diante Baldwin said upon signing.

Diante Raynard Baldwin was born on 17 October 1994 in Greensboro, USA. Between 2013 and 2017, he played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro before moving to Europe.

He began his professional career in Europe in the 2017/18 season with AZS Koszalin in Poland. In 2018/19, he played in Finland for Vilpas Vikings and KTP Basket before moving to Germany, where he joined Tigers Tübingen. In the 2020/21 season, he played for Bulgarian side Chernomorets, followed by a stint with Borac Banja Luka the following season.

In the 2022/23 season, Baldwin made his ABA League debut with Borac Čačak. During the 2023/24 season, he played for Germany’s Mitteldeutscher BC and Lithuania’s Lietkabelis Panevėžys. In 2024, he returned to Borac Čačak, where he also remained for the 2025/26 season. He appeared in 12 ABA League games that season, averaging 13.4 points, 3.8 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game. He then continued the season in Israel with Elitzur Netanya, his final stop before joining Krka in Novo mesto.

Baldwin brings experience, extensive knowledge of the ABA League, and the ability to run the offense and create opportunities on the offensive end to Novo mesto.

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Diante Baldwin okrepil Krko

Člansko moštvo Krke je dobilo novega organizatorja igre. V Novo mesto prihaja 185 centimetrov visoki ameriški branilec Diante Baldwin, ki ima bogate izkušnje z evropskih parketov, dobro pa pozna tudi regionalno Ligo ABA.

"Zelo sem vesel in navdušen, ker sem postal član Košarkarskega kluba Krka. To je zame pomemben korak in veselim se nove sezone, izzivov, ki so pred nami, ter priložnosti, da skupaj z ekipo napredujemo. Moji prvi vtisi po prihodu v Novo mesto so odlični. Veselim se dela z novimi soigralci in trenerji. Navijačem pa sporočam: komaj čakam, da vas spoznam in zaigram pred vami. Vsakič, ko bom stopil na parket, bom dal vse od sebe in upam, da bomo skupaj imeli uspešno sezono. Se vidimo kmalu," je ob podpisu povedal Baldwin.

Diante Raynard Baldwin se je rodil 17. oktobra 1994 v Greensboroju v ZDA. Med letoma 2013 in 2017 je igral univerzitetno košarko na University of North Carolina at Greensboro, nato pa se je podal v Evropo.

Profesionalno kariero v Evropi je začel v sezoni 2017/18 na Poljskem pri AZS Koszalin. V sezoni 2018/19 je igral na Finskem za Vilpas Vikings in KTP Basket, nato pa je sledila selitev v Nemčijo, kjer je bil član Tigers Tübingen. V sezoni 2020/21 je igral za bolgarski Chernomorets, leto pozneje pa za Borac iz Banjaluke.

V sezoni 2022/23 je v dresu Borca iz Čačka prvič zaigral v Ligi ABA. V sezoni 2023/24 je igral za nemški Mitteldeutscher BC in litovski Lietkabelis Panevėžys, leta 2024 pa se je vrnil v Borac Čačak, kjer je ostal tudi v sezoni 2025/26, v kateri je v Ligi ABA nastopil na 12 tekmah ter v povprečju dosegal 13,4 točke, 3,8 podaje, 2,2 skoka in 1,8 ukradene žoge na tekmo. Sezono je nadaljeval v Izraelu, kjer je igral za Elitzur Netanya, svojo zadnjo postajo pred prihodom v Novo mesto.

Baldwin v Novo mesto prinaša izkušnje, dobro poznavanje Lige ABA ter sposobnost organizacije igre in ustvarjanja v napadu.