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 necessary to complete the Mark Williams trade. The Suns also tendered a two-way qualifying offer 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, according to @espn. -via Twitter @Urbodo / June 25, 2025

Bobby Marks: As part of the trade, Charlotte is acquiring Vasilije Micic, sources tell ESPN. Micic was traded to Phoenix in February as part of the Jusuf Nurkic trade. 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. In the absence of a Connaughton trade, Milwaukee can get to $24.6 million in cap room by stretching Connaughton’s contract, so that seems the most likely mechanism for this deal to get done. Milwaukee will also need to either pull its qualifying offer 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 said to have a couple potential avenues to a deal. -via marcstein.substack.com / June 30, 2025

Among the veterans currently 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