Pat Connaughton
Pat Connaughton was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States on January 6th, 1993 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 31, Pat Connaughton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Patrick Bergin Connaughton (kon-UT-in), an American basketball player who competes for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he mainly works as a shooting guard and a baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles' team in Minor League Baseball. Connaughton played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball and men's basketball teams.
In the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft, the Orioles selected him.
In the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft, the Brooklyn Nets selected him in the second round and traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Personal life
Many influential people in his life testified to Connaughton's 2015 book about Connaughton and his decision between two sports. "Patrick has a strong moral character and will not lie to people," Len said. A slew of [MLB] teams refused to take him at all," says the narrator. "No one has been more responsible than Pat Connaughton in my 15 years here," Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey said. He's an excellent ambassador for us and has demonstrated utter loyalty." Sam Samardzija, brother of former San Francisco Giants pitcher and former Notre Dame baseball and football player Jeff Samardzija, said of Connaughton, "He's not normal—kind of like Jeff and [NFL quarterback] Russell Wilson." Not a lot of guys like him have come around. He's just wired differently."
Connaughton acquired a new Jeep Wrangler after receiving a one-time freebie. "The signing bonus is a ton of money, especially for a 21-year-old," he told Goodman. However, I'm not going to live off the money. "I'm going to live off a college degree" at some point.
Connaughton is the president of a construction company. Connaughton and the company were chastised in March 2020 for razing a historic building in order to build a new apartment building in Milwaukee. He is also a landlord and has invested in Bitcoin.
High school career
Connaughton attended St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, where he played quarterback in three sports, played quarterback in football, and various positions in both baseball and basketball. He received a lot of interest in baseball from colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, with Boston College (BC), the University of Virginia, and his first choice, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who all received scholarship offers.
Connaughton's sporting trajectory changed during the summer between his junior and senior years. In NCAA's Division II, he had only received a basketball scholarship from home-state Bentley University at the time. Since being drafted "one spectacular week" at the Amateur Athletic Union national tournament in Orlando, Florida, with 33 points and 20 rebounds, he's now a major basketball prospect. "That week completely changed my entire life," Connaughton would later say. He then began receiving multiple offers in basketball as well as baseball, with several colleges allowing him to play both sports. He ultimately favored the University of Notre Dame over BC, the University of Miami, Los Angeles, and Vanderbilt University.
He was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Basketball Player of the Year in Connaughton's senior year in 2011. In 90 innings pitched as a senior, he set an 11–2 win-loss record with a 1.75 earned run average (ERA) and 160 strikeouts. Connaughton was rated as the 33rd-best player in the San Diego Padres' Major League Baseball (MLB) draft last year, but he was eliminated in the fourth round, where he was not drafted by the San Diego Padres because he said he wanted to attend college, according to the baseball scouting website Perfect Game. He kept his commitment to Notre Dame by refusing to sign with the Padres.
College career
Connaughton spent time on Notre Dame as a member of their college baseball and college basketball teams. Connaughton was one of three players to play in all of Notre Dame's 34 games in his freshman year for the basketball team. When playing 24.1 minutes per game, he averaged 7.0 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, and 0.9 assists per game. The Fighting Irish participated in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, but lost in the second round to Xavier University. During the loss, Connaughton scored ten points with two assists and two rebounds in 34 minutes of play. He then joined the baseball team as a relief pitcher.
Connaughton averaged 8.9 points per game for the basketball team as a sophomore in 2013 and had a 1.71 ERA for the baseball team. He played for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2013. He played 13.8 PPG for the basketball team in his junior year and had a 3.92 ERA in ten games, which included two complete games for the baseball team.
Despite warnings that his prospects for the forthcoming baseball draft would be harmed, he was upfront about his decision to return to Notre Dame for his senior basketball season. In the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft, he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was ranked 121st overall pick in the fourth round. According to Goodman, one high-ranking MLB executive expected Connaughton to be drafted in the first two rounds if he had not committed to returning to Notre Dame for his senior basketball season, as he predicted Connaughton would have earned $1 million if he was able to retire basketball. He came to terms with the Orioles, earning a signing bonus of over $400,000, with the Orioles allowing Connaughton to play basketball for the Irish in his senior year.
Notre Dame's basketball team captured its first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship as a senior. He appeared in a 2015 tournament against Kentucky for a Final Four berth but his side barely won by his team after having to hold a lead until the six-second mark. Connaughton was determined to finish his education at Notre Dame and had a 3.0 grade point average at the University's Mendoza College of Business. He graduated from Notre Dame in spring 2015 and left Notre Dame.
Professional baseball career
Connaughton made his professional baseball debut with the Aberdeen IronBirds of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, in which he hit a 96 mph (154 km/h) fastball. He left the IronBirds to return to the Fighting Irish basketball team at the end of July 2014. Despite the fact that the Orioles encouraged him to play in NBA, no attempt was made to recover the $428,000 signing bonus. As a result, the ballclub continued to monitor his contract baseball rights through 2020, which could have been extended for six years if Baltimore chooses him to be on the major league roster. The Orioles did not add him to their major league roster in that time, which means Connaughton will be free to sign with any team if he wants to return to baseball.
Professional basketball career
In the 2015 NBA draft, Connaughton was drafted with the Brooklyn Nets' 41st pick in the 41st pick. His draft rights, as well as Mason Plumlee, were then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Steve Blake, as well as the draft rights to Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, the draft's 23rd pick in the draft. On July 9, he signed a three-year deal with the Trail Blazers. The first two years of the deal were promised, with the express agreement that Connaughton would not be allowed to play professional baseball during that time period. In a loss to the Phoenix Suns on October 30, 2015, he made his Trail Blazers debut on October 30, 2015, scoring five points. As a rookie, he appeared in 34 games for the Trail Blazers.
Connaughton scored a career-high 19 points in a 103-100 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on April 13, 2017.
Connaughton scored a career-high 24 points in the Trail Blazers' 2017-18 season opener, defeating the Phoenix Suns by 124-76.
Connaughton signed with the Milwaukee Bucks on August 1, 2018. He appeared in the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, defeating Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich and finishing third in the tournament.
Connaughton led the Bucks to a 111–96 victory over the Orlando Magic on August 20, 2020. He had 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 111-96 game two matchup.
Connaughton captured his first NBA title on July 20, 2021, shooting 42.3 percent from 3-point range in six games in the NBA Finals, defeating the Phoenix Suns, who were at 9.2 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Connaughton scored a season-high 23 points and made a career-high seven three-point shots during an 112-100 victory over the New York Knicks on November 10, 2021. He underwent right hand surgery on February 14, 2022, and was ruled out for at least a month. Connaughton scored 20 points in just 23 minutes of playing time in a 116-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on April 27, during the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs.
Connaughton opted to remain with the Bucks on June 22, 2022. Connaughton signed a three-year, $28.5 million contract extension with the Bucks on July 13, 2022.