{"id":33064,"date":"2025-07-07T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=33064"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:13:58","slug":"bucks-trade-pat-connaughton-to-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/bucks-trade-pat-connaughton-to-hornets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks trade Pat Connaughton to Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Change has been a constant for the Bucks. They are reportedly dealing guard Pat Connaughton to Charlotte, per ESPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the swap, the Hornets get Connaughton and two second-round picks (in 2031 and \u201932) for Vasilije Mici\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hornets receive:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pat Connaughton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2031 second-round pick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2032 second-round pick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bucks receive:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vasilije Mici\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connaughton has served as a key rotation player for the Bucks for the past seven seasons. Undrafted out of Notre Dame. He has played 10 seasons in the NBA and posted 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in 2024-25 while shooting 46.9% overall and 32.1% on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee agreed to a reported four-year, $107 million deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/bucks-myles-turner-free-agency\">center Myles Turner<\/a> and was set to waive All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/bucks-waive-damian-lillard\">guard Damian Lillard<\/a> to help complete that transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In trading Connaughton (who opted into his deal for 2025-26), the Bucks shed Connaughton\u2019s $9.4 million salary for this coming season. The Hornets were more than happy to help Milwaukee\u2019s salary-saving efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte was busy before the free agency window opened, as it acquired veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/jazz-hornets-sexton-nurkic-trade\">guard Collin Sexton<\/a> from the Utah Jazz in a separate trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/em><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change has been a constant for the Bucks. They are reportedly dealing guard Pat Connaughton to Charlotte, per ESPN. In the swap, the Hornets get Connaughton and two second-round picks (in 2031 and \u201932) for Vasilije Mici\u0107. Hornets receive:&nbsp; Bucks receive:&nbsp; Connaughton has served as a key rotation player for the Bucks for the past seven seasons. Undrafted out of Notre Dame. He has played 10 seasons in the NBA and posted 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in 2024-25 while shooting 46.9% overall and 32.1% on 3-pointers. Milwaukee agreed to a reported four-year, $107 million deal with center Myles Turner and was set to waive All-Star guard Damian Lillard to help complete that transaction. In trading Connaughton (who opted into his deal for 2025-26), the Bucks shed Connaughton\u2019s $9.4 million salary for this coming season. The Hornets were more than happy to help Milwaukee\u2019s salary-saving efforts. Charlotte was busy before the free agency window opened, as it acquired veteran guard Collin Sexton from the Utah Jazz in a separate trade. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bucks trade Pat Connaughton to Hornets - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bucks, on the second day of NBA free agency have continued the change trend by dealing Pat Connaughton to Charlotte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/bucks-trade-pat-connaughton-to-hornets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bucks trade Pat Connaughton to Hornets - 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