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Pat Connaughton has picked up his $9.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Milwaukee Bucks wing Pat Connaughton has picked up his player option for the 2025-26 season worth $9.4 million, according to multiple reports on Saturday.
Of all the decisions the Milwaukee Bucks will have to make in the coming weeks, the future of Pat Connaughton was not the one keeping the front office up at night. But Connaughton was undoubtedly a piece of the team’s immediate financial puzzle, as he had a few days remaining to make a decision on the $9.4 million player option on his contract for 2025-26.
Considering that, at age 32, Connaughton had all but fallen out of the Bucks’ rotation this season, playing 41 games and averaging 14.7 minutes–his fewest since 2018, his third year in the NBA–there was probably little out there on the free-agent market for him beyond a veteran’s minimum or a ticket to Europe.
Connaughton, 32, had until Tuesday to exercise the option for the final season of a three-year, $28.5 million extension he signed in 2022, per the reports.
He averaged 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in 41 games (one start) last season. His average of 14.7 minutes was his lowest mark in seven seasons with Milwaukee. Connaughton’s 3-point shooting (32.1 percent) was his lowest since his rookie season of 2015-16.
The Brooklyn Nets selected him in the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft and traded him the same day to Portland, where he averaged 3.7 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 12.6 minutes in 155 games (six starts) over three seasons.
He signed as a free agent with the Bucks in August 2018 and helped Milwaukee win the NBA championship in the 2020-21 season.
For his career, Connaughton has averaged 6.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 19.2 minutes in 595 games (72 starts).
(with inputs from agencies)
After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term…Read More
After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term… Read More
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