Pat Connaughton

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His favorite sport is basketball tho.
Can guard 1-4 don't believe the lateral movement bs. Pat can ball
Against Kentucky he was playing PF, out rebounded their big's combined.
 
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42% on 250 attempts from three.

I think he breaks into the rotation right away.
 
Crabbe had a better first three years of college. Let's see him in Summer League before we crown him the new Dan Majerle.
 
Scalma said:
He's a role player who has options to play baseball professionally.
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Yep. The Blazers may be nothing more than leverage in his contract negotiations with the Orioles. They wouldn't have already paid him a hefty signing bonus if they believed he was committed to the NBA.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Yep. The Blazers may be nothing more than leverage in his contract negotiations with the Orioles. They wouldn't have already paid him a hefty signing bonus if they believed he was committed to the NBA.
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That was last year genius. And his signing bonus was like 400k.
 
Oh and he's already under contract with the orioles. They hold his rights, even if he plays in the nba next season.
 
If he's competitive and works hard in practice he may earn a rotation spot the way Freeland did. Crabbe is due to make him work for it. I wouldn't count Crabbe out just yet.
 
Denny Crane said:
His real value is that he can be signed for ~$500K, which is cap savings over a vet minimum salary to fill out the roster.
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There is no cap savings of signing Pat instead of a vet minimum contract. Any extra money for a vet min player is paid by the league and not the Blazers. That was put in place so as not to discourage teams from signing veterans.

Pat does save the Blazers the cap space that a first round pick would have however.
 
I just hope he's still here in training camp because I could easily see him being included in a trade this summer.
 
Draco said:
There is no cap savings of signing Pat instead of a vet minimum contract. Any extra money for a vet min player is paid by the league and not the Blazers. That was put in place so as not to discourage teams from signing veterans.

Pat does save the Blazers the cap space that a first round pick would have however.
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You sure?

When a player has been in the NBA for three or more seasons, and is playing under a one-year, 10-day or Rest-of-Season contract at the minimum salary, the league reimburses the team for part of his salary -- any amount above the minimum salary level for a two-year veteran. For example, in 2011-12 the minimum salary for a two-year veteran was $854,389, so for a ten-year veteran, with a minimum salary of $1,352,181, the league would reimburse the team $497,792. Only the two-year minimum salary is included in the team salary, not the player's full salary. They do this so teams won't shy away from signing older veterans simply because they are more expensive than younger veterans.

Other notes on league reimbursement of minimum-salary contracts:

  • The team is reimbursed even if the player is waived during the season, as long as the player was paid more than the minimum salary for a two-year veteran.
  • If the player is traded mid-season the reimbusement is pro-rated between the two teams, in proportion to the amount of time he spent with each team.
  • For a Rest-of-Season contract (see question number 29) the reimbursement threshold (the two-year veteran minimum salary) itself is pro-rated. For example, in 2011-12 the minimum salary for a two-year veteran was $854,389. If a team signed a ten-year veteran to a Rest-of-Season contract on the 60th day of this 170-day season, the league would reimburse the team for any salary paid above $552,840, which is 110/170 of $854,379. The pro-rated $552,840 amount also would be included in the team salary.
 
Scalma said:
I just hope he's still here in training camp because I could easily see him being included in a trade this summer.
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My only concern would be if he didn't want to play here. He refused to work out for the Blazers so does he want to stay closer to the east coast or play baseball? Its crazy to have a second round pick with a possible million dollar opportunity in another sport. I guess we've sort of seen it with international guys but never an NBA player. If he decides to play baseball instead of basketball next year we lose his rights and he can re-enter the 2016 NBA draft. Usually the NBA team has total control on signing a second rounder if they want but in this case he has options.
 
I'm guessing his agent didn't allow him to workout for Portland cuz we didn't have a pick in the second.
 
jlprk said:
He started 4 of his 6 games, pitched 14.1 innings, and was pulled out just before he could bat, so he had no at-bats. Was Michael Jordan this good?

This legend already has an enormous Wikipedia article. I always choose my favorite player before the season starts, which is the kiss of death, and it may be him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Connaughton
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I love the fact that the picture they chose for his Wiki page is a picture of him in the background of two other guys the camera is focused on.
 
Pat said he's been told that his comp is Kyle Korver - compares himself to Wes Matthews.

And finally, Connaughton's comparison for himself was an interesting one, also with Jazz ties: "I think for me, it's Wesley Matthews. He kind of came up the ranks and even went undrafted. He was a guy that about a similar size as me, similar height, similar weight, and he's obviously developed his shooting, he's obviously been able to develop other things: defending, handling the ball, things of that nature."
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Fez Hammersticks said:
Pat said he's been told that his comp is Kyle Korver - compares himself to Wes Matthews.
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But wes is black. He can only compare himself to another white guy that's the rule.

But yah that's not a bad comp. wes isn't known for his lateral quickness either.
 
Homer Scoop on Pat:

Obviously as a CBB writer for SBNation’s ND site, I have shamrock-colored lenses when it comes to evaluating Pat, but you guys got a gem. He’s an incredible leader who single-handeldly changed the culture around the Irish program. In a single year they went from the bottom of the ACC to hanging the conference championship banner. The Irish couldn’t stop anyone a year ago, and Pat was a huge factor in developing a much better defensive mindset on the team.

Pat played significant minutes all 4 years in South Bend, starting all of the last 3. He never missed a game. As a freshman, he got on the floor because of defense. Those were bigger Irish teams, so Pat’s job was to lock down the opposition’s best wing player. It was only this year that the Irish were painfully undersized and had to ask Pat to play the 4. He certainly saw NBA level competition in that position against teams like UNC, Duke, and others. Pat more than held his own in that position, typically giving up 4+ inches to his opponent. I think he’ll be thrilled to get to go back to guarding wing guys and you’ll find him capable of switching just about everything on the perimeter (which ND does) as well as drifting to the block if someone wants to challenge him. He plays with a very low base and is very strong. Pat out rebounded WCS and Towns (combined) in ND’s final game vs. Kentucky.

I understand why people still talk about baseball, and he’ll never shake the "not athletic" thing. The funny thing is, a lot of people say he was a better QB than pitcher or shooting guard. He’s just a freak athlete and competitor, but his first love is basketball.

Offensively, you’re getting a guy who shot the ball better each of his 4 seasons at ND, culminating in 42.3% from the college line this year (RJ Hunter shot under 30% on the same volume vs. Sun Belt competition this season). In the combine scrimmages, Pat shot 50% from behind the NBAarc. His strength in the Irish offense this year was spacing the floor for Grant (or Demetrius Jackson) to chew people up in PnR. The Irish ran a very open system this year with a lot of sideline PnR and Pat’s role was to draw opposition 4’s out of the paint. Against teams like UNCthat tried to use length on Pat, he abused them off the bounce, but now with NBA wings defending him, the concerns about his ability to create are very fair. He’s going to need to work his handle to be effective vs. NBA 2’s and 3’s. However, he’s still going to stretch the floor for you, and he’s tremendous at coming off the back-cut in open sets and can certainly finish at the rim vs. NBA talent.

Obviously, we love the guy. He was a leader on campus, a great representative of Notre Dame, and one of the hardest workers we’ve ever seen. I know a lot of us on the east coast will be firing up league pass and a pot of coffee to stay up and watch Blazer games next season.

Here’s our draft primer on Pat.

If you want to learn more about the offensive sets he ran this year, we did a film breakdown here.
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http://www.blazersedge.com/2015/6/2...rofile-pat-connaughton-portland-trail-blazers
 
OneLifeToLive said:
That's what I was just thinking...
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Funny you say that. Didn't think about that until now, but it's not a stretch by any means.

My dad and I were just talking about the early-90's and players that we hated cuz they weren't on our team. Majerle was one we brought up. We couldn't think of anyone like him since his time. If PC became anything like him, I could see him easily becoming many fan's favorite player.

But I'm not holding my breath.
 
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