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Pat Connaughton Charlotte Hornets · #21

Guard · 6'5", 209 lb · Arlington, MA · Age 33 · 11th season

Pat Connaughton is a guard for the Charlotte Hornets who has played 637 games over 11 seasons, averaging 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 2025-26.

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Charlotte Hornets · #21 · Guard

Pat Connaughton

Season avg2.6 pts · 1.5 reb · 0.4 ast · .447 fg

Career avg5.8 pts · 3.3 reb · 1.3 ast · .435 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

2.6pts

1.5reb

0.4ast

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Scouting report

Pat Connaughton — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Pat Connaughton is a guard for the Charlotte Hornets who has played 637 games over 11 seasons, averaging 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 2

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Pat Connaughton stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #419 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

17Star score

Career scoring average5.8 ppg

Seasons in the index11

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Pat Connaughton — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

2.6 PPG

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Playmaking

0.4 APG

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Rebounding

1.5 RPG

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Shooting

.404 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Pat Connaughton

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 70% confidence

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pts

1.2–4.8

1.7

reb

0.9–2.5

0.4

ast

-0.3–1.1

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min

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health

.442

fg%

~base

.359

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 11-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 2.6 → projected 3.0 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.4 PPG

Everything it reads

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11 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 33 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 76 / 41 / 42 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Pat Connaughton career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2015-16	34	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.3	.265	.238
2016-17	39	8.1	2.5	1.3	0.7	.514	.515
2017-18	82	18.1	5.4	2.0	1.1	.423	.352
2018-19	61	20.7	6.9	4.2	2.0	.466	.330
2019-20	67	18.6	5.4	4.2	1.6	.455	.331
2020-21	69	22.8	6.8	4.8	1.2	.434	.371
2021-22	65	26.0	9.9	4.2	1.3	.458	.395
2022-23	61	23.7	7.6	4.6	1.3	.392	.339
2023-24	76	22.1	5.6	3.1	2.1	.435	.345
2024-25	41	14.7	5.3	2.7	1.7	.469	.321
2025-26	42	7.1	2.6	1.5	0.4	.447	.404
Career	637	18.4	5.8	3.3	1.3

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Charlotte Hornets built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

56–26proj record

#4conf seed

+5.6net rtg

118.7off rtg

113.2def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Moussa Diabate, Naz Reid.

How his role moves

Projected 56–26, 4th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Pat Connaughton

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1993-01-06

The beginning

Pat Connaughton is a guard for the Charlotte Hornets.

Charlotte Hornets

Turning pro

Drafted 41st overall, 2015 as a Guard.

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Pat Connaughton is a guard for the Charlotte Hornets.

Chapter

He has played 637 games over 11 seasons (2015-26), averaging 18.4 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 42 games, averaging 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 7.1 minutes.

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Connaughton's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 209 lbs
College: Notre Dame
Experience: 12th Season
NBA debut: 2015
Draft: 41st overall, 2015
Born: Arlington, MA
Age: 33
Jersey: #21

Beyond the game

Pat Connaughton is from Arlington, MA, born 1993-01-06, listed at 6'5" and 209 lb. He has 12 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A guard on 18.4 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth7.1 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 40.4% from three.

Veteran12 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Pat Connaughton — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Pat Connaughton, answered.

What position does Pat Connaughton play?

Pat Connaughton is a guard for the Charlotte Hornets.

How many NBA games has Pat Connaughton played?

637 regular-season games over 11 seasons, averaging 18.4 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Pat Connaughton played?

11 seasons (2015-26).

How tall is Pat Connaughton?

6'5", 209 lb

Pat Connaughton career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.