Injured in the right hand during the defeat against the Suns, Pat Connaughton will indeed pass on the billiards. According to ESPNdespite this operation, the back of the Bucks will be able to return to the rotation of the defending champions before the end of the regular season.
“He plays a huge and super important role for us as a starter from time to time,” emphasizes Khris Middleton. “He’s just one of our players who ties the team together on both sides of the pitch. It will be difficult without him but we hope he will come back soon enough. “
Having become a sixth man of luxury, even a very useful backup holder in Milwaukee, Pat Connaughton turns 10 points at 41% success at 3-pointers. In his absence, and even if it’s not job for job, the Bucks could try to recruit a veteran on the market of “free agents”, and the name of Goran Dragic, soon free of any contract after his last transfer on the Spurs side, is a track to follow knowing that the Slovenian leader wants to join a serious candidate for the title…
It must be said that after the incumbents, Jrue Holiday and Gayson Allen, the back lines are quite light with the little-used veterans Wes Matthews and George Hill. Especially since the team has separated from Donte DiVincenzo, the former incumbent in position 2, who has just joined the Kings.
| Pat Connaughton | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | ORP | 34 | 4 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| 2016-17 | ORP | 39 | 8 | 51.4 | 51.5 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| 2017-18 | ORP | 82 | 18 | 42.3 | 35.2 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| 2018-19 | MIL | 61 | 21 | 46.6 | 33.0 | 72.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| 2019-20 | MIL | 67 | 19 | 45.5 | 33.1 | 77.5 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 69 | 23 | 43.4 | 37.1 | 77.5 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 54 | 27 | 46.7 | 40.7 | 81.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| Total | 406 | 18 | 44.7 | 36.6 | 79.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.8 | |
