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Pat Connaughton

Charlotte Hornets · #21 · Reserve
SG6'5"209 lbage 3311 yrs expNotre DameArlington, MA
12th best of 16 on CHA
OFF71DEF72
Elite interior finisher & playmaker
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Eastern · Southeast · proj. 46-36 (▲+4.1)
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A veteran wing brought in for depth and locker-room steadiness, on a small expiring-style number. He didn't log a real 2025-26 sample, so there's no recent season to grade — historically a willing spot-up shooter and high-energy connector, but at 33 he's a deep-bench insurance piece at this point.

5.6
PPG
3.1
RPG
2.1
APG
0.5
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 76MPG 22.1FG% 43.53P% 34.5FT% 75.9TS% 57.4USG% 10.9PER 9.6BPM -1.6VORP 0.2
2023-24 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2023-24 form
Inside finishing97
Playmaking89
Perimeter defense72
Shooting70
Scoring64
Rebounding64
Rim protection62

Skill ratings are 2023-24 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2015-16 to 2025-26 · 11 seasons
5.8
PPG
3.3
RPG
1.3
APG
637
GAMES
Points 3,689Win Shares 25.3Starts 72Best season 2021-22 · 9.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons65%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 31 → 33
▬Steady

Pat, at 33, has held steady — 1.6 → 1.6 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▼ 0.6 wins (-0.9)
Assumes a normal season; he played 42 games last year. Age takes about 1.1 wins off at 34. Range 0.0–1.7 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.6 → +0.1+1.726-27 forecast -2.2
Only 298 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: -1.6 · 76 games2024-25: -2.3 · 41 games2025-26: +0.1 · 42 games2026-27: -2.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.6 → 1.6+0.026-27 forecast 0.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.6 · 76 games2024-25: 1.2 · 41 games2025-26: 1.6 · 42 games2026-27: 0.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $2.3M vs $3.8M salary−$1.5M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.8M salary2023-24: $3.8M · 76 games2024-25: $3.1M · 41 games2025-26: $3.8M · 42 games2026-27: $2.3M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,815,861 cap hit · through '27. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$3,815,861Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 13th of 17 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$2,336,502 /yr
Surplus−$1,479,359
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.