Bucks agree to re-sign Pat Connaughton to two-year, $8.3 deal

The Bucks have reached an agreement on a two-year deal for free-agent guard Pat Connaughton, his agents inform ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. According to Woj, the two-year contract will be worth $8.3M with a player option in year two.

Connaughton, who will turn 28 in January, has been a regular rotation player off the bench for the Bucks in each of the last two seasons. He averaged 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists with a .455/.331/.775 shooting line in 67 games (18.6 minutes) in 2019-20.

The Bucks held Early Bird rights on Connaughton, allowing them to re-sign him without dipping into their mid-level or another exception. However, players signed using Early Bird rights typically aren’t permitted to get a second-year option in their contracts, so it seems like something’s got to give there.

Milwaukee will continue to seek ways to upgrade its roster after its rumored sign-and-trade deal for Bogdan Bogdanovic fell apart earlier this week.