Former Notre Dame basketball star Pat Connaughton has never come close to being an NBA Superstar. However, as the Charlotte Hornets are now figuring out, what's allowed him to have a successful 11-year career is his never-say-die attitude and willingness to do whatever it takes to help the team.
It took no time for Hornets GM Jeff Peterson to figure out that the value of Connaughton is that he doesn't have an ego that tells him to take his ball and go home when things don't work out the way he hoped.