Bucks to trade Pat Connaughton, draft capital to Hornets for Vasilije Micic

Keith Smith: The Phoenix Suns have picked up their $8.1M workforce 2025-26 workforce possibility for Vasilije Micic. This was crucial to finish the Mark Williams commerce. The Suns additionally tendered a two-way qualifying provide to Collin Gillespie. Gillespie will now be a restricted free agent on July 1. -via x.com / June 29, 2025

Donatas Urbonas: Vasilije Micic, who’s been within the combine for a number of EuroLeague powerhouses, traded again to Charlotte which is able to excercise his workforce possibility, in accordance with @espn. -via Twitter @Urbodo / June 25, 2025

Bobby Marks: As a part of the commerce, Charlotte is buying Vasilije Micic, sources inform ESPN. Micic was traded to Phoenix in February as a part of the Jusuf Nurkic commerce. His $8.1M workforce possibility will get exercised by Phoenix. -via x.com / June 25, 2025

Proper now, that leaves Milwaukee with $19.6 million in cap room. They doubtless will get to the $24 million they should signal Myles Turner to a four-year, $107 million deal by transferring off of Pat Connaughton’s $9.3 million wage. Within the absence of a Connaughton commerce, Milwaukee can get to $24.6 million in cap room by stretching Connaughton’s contract, in order that appears the most certainly mechanism for this deal to get performed. Milwaukee can even must both pull its qualifying provide to Ryan Rollins or waive Chris Livingston to get there. -via New York Instances / July 1, 2025

The Bucks are actively working to commerce Pat Connaughton and are mentioned to have a pair potential avenues to a deal. -via marcstein.substack.com / June 30, 2025

Among the many veterans presently being monitored leaguewide for potential inclusion in trades this offseason: Miami’s Andrew Wiggins, Toronto’s RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, Utah’s Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson along with Collins, Washington’s Marcus Sensible and Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton. -via marcstein.substack.com / June 25, 2025