World News – CA – Bucks Pay Pat Connaughton More After Signing Contract

Meanwhile, Milwaukee was falling apart for Bogdan Bogdanovic, faced a tampering investigation and now had to be revised.The deal for Pat Connaughton under the terms originally reported was not legal.

The Bucks re-sign Connaughton through Early Bird Rights. However, early booking contracts must last at least two seasons with no options. The original deal was only for one season before a player option.

Milwaukee could have signed Connaughton through the mid-level exception to the original terms. Except D. . J. . Austin then took up too much of the middle exception.

So Connaughton gets an early bird deal – one that’s worth almost twice as much as the original deal.

Here are the old and new terms, provided the total reported salaries are accurate and the maximum increase is:

This seems like a costly mistake for a team loaded with a hard hat … trying to convince a superstar to entrust them with the next phase of their career.

Milwaukee Bucks, Bobby Portis, D. . J. . Augustin, Pat Connaughton, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Giannis Antetokounmpo