{"id":1105002,"date":"2020-02-26T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1105002"},"modified":"2020-02-26T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:24:08","slug":"pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Connaughton's Athleticism Gives Buck Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo a Run for His Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At 6-foot-11 with a 7-foot-3 wingspan and athleticism that enables him to play any position on the court, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/does-giannis-antetokounmpo-have-any-weaknesses\/\">Giannis Antentokounmpo<\/a> of the Milwaukee Bucks is appropriately nicknamed the Greek Freak. The reigning MVP of the NBA is having yet another stellar season, averaging 29.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per game, guiding the Bucks to an NBA-best 50-8 record.  <br>Farther down the Bucks bench is another freakish athlete who doesn\u2019t come with nearly the hype of Antetokounmpo.  His name is Pat Connaughton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slam dunk competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Connaughton may not be a household name in the NBA, but might just be the most athletic player on the Bucks. Connaughton showed off some of his skills during the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-much-money-does-the-winner-of-the-nba-dunk-contest-make\/\">NBA\u2019s All-Star weekend<\/a> when he took part in the slam dunk contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Connaughton Crushes NBA Dunk Contest | Perfect 50 Dunk | All-Star Weekend 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkzWuaDPS-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Connaughton, a second-round draft pick by the Brooklyn Nets in 2015 NBA draft, displayed his athletic ability on All-Star Weekend by jumping over Antetokounmpo and scoring a perfect 50 on his second dunk of the night.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">White men can't jump?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dressed as Woody Harrelson\u2019s character Billy Hoyle from the movie <em>White Men Can\u2019t Jump<\/em>, Connaughton opened the dunk contest with a strong slam by jumping over Milwaukee Brewers outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/mlb-1-stat-proves-christian-yelich-is-ridiculously-talented\/\">Christian Yelich<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t the first time Connaughton, a 6-foot-5 guard, has impressed with his leaping ability. At the NBA draft combine back in 2015, Connaughton registered a 44-inch vertical leap, coming up 1.5 inches short of the record.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for Connaughton, he was given a 45 by the judges on his first dunk and was eliminated after Aaron Gordon and Derrick Jones Jr. advanced. Jones Jr. defeated Gordon in a controversial final round to come away with the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pat Connaughton was a three-sport star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pat Connaughton, a three-sport athlete in high school who attended St. John\u2019s Prep in Danvers, Mass. before playing both basketball and baseball at the University of Notre Dame, was also drafted in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles as a right-handed pitcher. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quarterback in high school, Connaughton, in 2016, also showed off his unique athleticism by tweeting a video of himself throwing a football 80 yards in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc8\ud83d\udca8Weekend shenanigans.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eighty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eighty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLDraft2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLDraft2017<\/a>? \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Patriots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/skxtB93vny\">pic.twitter.com\/skxtB93vny<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pat Connaughton (@pconnaughton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pconnaughton\/status\/747131304114716674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Connaughton played three seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/what-did-carmelo-anthonys-new-coach-think-of-his-portland-trailblazers-debut\/\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> before becoming a key member of Milwaukee\u2019s Bench Mob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connaughton's best season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks are arguably the deepest team in the NBA and Connaughton has been a key member of their second unit for two years. A year ago, Connaughton had his best season in the NBA as he averaged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/connapa01.html\">6.9 points per game in 61 games<\/a>. This season, Connaughton has been played in 54 games and is averaging 4.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game this season for the Bucks. He might not share the spotlight or have the name recognition of Giannis Antetokounmpo, but, athletically speaking, he might be just as freaky as the Greek Freak himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Connaughton is just as much an athletic freak as teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1105832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4818],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pat Connaughton&#039;s Athleticism Gives Buck Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo a Run for His Money - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pat Connaughton is just as much of an athletic freak as his Milwaukee Bucks teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pat Connaughton's Athleticism Gives Buck Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo a Run for His Money\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pat Connaughton is just as much of an athletic freak as his Milwaukee Bucks teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-26T18:24:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-26T18:24:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/patgiannis.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3060\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2032\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NostraThomas123\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pat-connaughtons-athleticism-gives-buck-teammate-giannis-antetokounmpo-a-run-for-his-money\/\",\"name\":\"Pat Connaughton's Athleticism Gives Buck Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo a Run for His Money - 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