Pat Connaughton Rumors

Hornets PR: UPDATE: @hornets vs GSW 12/31 Kon Knueppel has been upgraded to available. Pat Connaughton has been updated to probable Miles Bridges has been downgraded to doubtful

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Hornets PR: UPDATE: @hornets have upgraded Connaughton to available and downgraded Bridges to out

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Rod Boone: LaMelo is out against Milwaukee tomorrow. Pat Connaughton (illness), Collin Sexton (right ankle strain) and KJ Simpson (L AC joint sprain) are probable.

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The Hornets' decision last week to waive veteran guard Spencer Dinwiddie surprised some around the league — especially with Dinwiddie holding a guaranteed contract — but word is Charlotte was determined to keep Pat Connaughton on the roster for a couple main reasons.

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Milwaukee Bucks: “This isn’t a goodbye, it’s a see you around.” (via patconnaughton/IG)

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Shams Charania: The Milwaukee Bucks are trading Pat Connaughton and two of their own second-round picks (2031, 2032) to the Charlotte Hornets for Vasilije Micic, sources tell ESPN.

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Right now, that leaves Milwaukee with $19.6 million in cap room. They likely will get to the $24 million they need to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $107 million deal by moving off of Pat Connaughton's $9.3 million salary. In the absence of a Connaughton trade, Milwaukee can get to $24.6 million in cap room by stretching Connaughton's contract, so that seems the most likely mechanism for this deal to get done. Milwaukee will also need to either pull its qualifying offer to Ryan Rollins or waive Chris Livingston to get there.

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The Bucks are actively working to trade Pat Connaughton and are said to have a couple potential avenues to a deal.

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Among the veterans currently being monitored leaguewide for potential inclusion in trades this offseason: Miami's Andrew Wiggins, Toronto's RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, Utah's Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson in addition to Collins, Washington's Marcus Smart and Milwaukee's Pat Connaughton.

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Shams Charania: Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton has exercised his $9.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season, sources tell ESPN.

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St. John's Prep alum Pat Connaughton, who won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks and was also a fourth-round MLB draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles, is one of three new members to be inducted into the Bay State Games Hall of Fame.

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League sources say that Bucks guard Pat Connaughton will soon activate his $9.4 million player option for next season. Connaughton has until June 24 to do so.

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One wild idea, for instance, would be to trade Lillard to Phoenix for Bradley Beal and at least get something from an expensive salary slot next season. Another would be putting a future first-rounder in 2031 or 2032 in play — the only ones they have left to trade — to augment the roster by dumping Kuzma turning Pat Connaughton’s $9.5 million salary into a starting-caliber player.

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A former executive of Milwaukee Bucks player Pat Connaughton's company is suing, claiming he was retaliated against by Connaughton and others at the company after attempting to increase financial transparency. Derek Taylor, former chief operating officer at Three Leaf Partners, filed the complaint in late February. His attorney, Jesse Kibort, claims in a complaint that Taylor left a lucrative law practice to join Three Leaf Partners after "promises of creating generational wealth."

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