Retired - Retired after 2011 season
- Birthdate: 05/31/1985
- Drafted (NBA): Undrafted, 2009
- Pre-draft team: Texas
- Country: USA
- Hand: Right
- Agent: -
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 8th September, 2009 | Turkey | Signed a one year contract with Darussafaka. |
| 27th October, 2009 | Turkey | Released by Darussafaka. |
| 1st December, 2009 | D-League | Acquired by Dakota Wizards. |
| 3rd March, 2010 | D-League | Waived by Dakota Wizards. |
| 4th March, 2010 | D-League | Acquired by Iowa Energy. |
| 27th September, 2010 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Sacramento. |
| 15th October, 2010 | NBA | Waived by Sacramento. |
| 30th October, 2010 | D-League | Designated as a returning player by Iowa Energy. |
| 24th January, 2011 | D-League | Traded by Iowa Energy to Rio Grande Valley Vipers in exchange for Stanley Robinson. |
| 2004 - 2009 | Texas (NCAA) |
| July 2009 | Golden State Warriors (Summer League) |
| September 2009 - October 2009 | Darussafaka (Turkey) |
| December 2009 - March 2010 | Dakota Wizards (D-League) |
| March 2010 - June 2010 | Iowa Energy (D-League) |
| July 2010 | New Jersey Nets (Summer League) |
| July 2010 | Sacramento Kings (Summer League) |
| September 2010 - October 2010 | Sacramento Kings (NBA) |
| October 2010 - January 2011 | Iowa Energy (D-League) |
| January 2011 - June 2011 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League) |
March 19, 2013
Connor Atchley - After college, Atchley enjoyed a two year professional career, most of which was in the D-League. Included in there was a brief stop in Turkey, a couple of trips to summer league, and even a training camp gig with the Sacramento Kings. He returned to Texas in September 2011 to work as a graduate manager; it's unclear if he is still there.
October 6, 2010
Atchley's going to go back to the D-League. This seems inevitable. He will take with him the $5,000 in guaranteed compensation that Sacramento generously gave him, yet he's not an NBA calibre player, and thus he won't be sticking here. After a bad senior year at Texas that saw him try to become a specialist outside shooter in order to accommodate Dexter Pittman, whilst concurrently seeing his previously decent jumpshot completely disappear, Atchley rebounded to have a decent first professional season in the D-League, averaging 7.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 18 minutes per game for the Iowa Energy. In theory, Atchley could be like Chris Andersen with an outside jumpshot, a good help defender and (formerly) good shooter who won't do much on the interior on offense, but who will hustle and jump and make himself a nuisance defensively. However, at the moment, Atchley is just a 25 year old 6'10 230 lb foul machine without the size or strength for the physical play, and who shot 0-16 from three point range last year. Long twos and excessive fouls are not the recipe for success.
July 2, 2010
Connor Atchley
Atchley, who graduated from Texas at the same time as Abrams, screwed the pooch somewhat in his senior season and went undrafted. To his credit, he was trying to adjust his game around Dexter Pittman, which is why he ended up becoming primarily a three point shooter. But it didn't help. From there, Atchley started his first professional season in Turkey with Darussafaka, but left after only 2 games, 27 minutes and 3 points. He returned to the D-League with the Dakota Wizards and played 33 games there before being dealt to the Iowa Energy, where he played his usual irritating defense and put away the jumpshot (albeit not entirely by choice; he shot 0-14 from three in 47 D-League games).
Atchley plays good and persistent interior defense, grabs some boards and hits open shots. There's nothing to dislike. But there's also nothing that stands out.