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

Keith Smith: The Phoenix Suns have picked up their $8.1M team 2025-26 team option for Vasilije Micic. This was essential 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 in the mix for multiple EuroLeague powerhouses, traded back to Charlotte which will excercise his team option, in keeping 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 team option will get exercised by Phoenix. -via x.com / June 25, 2025

Right now, that leaves Milwaukee with $19.6 million in cap room. They likely will get to the $24 million they need to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $107 million deal by moving off of Pat Connaughton’s $9.3 million salary. 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 probably mechanism for this deal to get accomplished. Milwaukee may also have to both pull its qualifying provide to Ryan Rollins or waive Chris Livingston to get there. -via New York Times / July 1, 2025

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

Among the many veterans at present 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 in addition to Collins, Washington’s Marcus Smart and Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton. -via marcstein.substack.com / June 25, 2025