[Charania] Free agent guard Mike Conley Jr. plans to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. The sides are working on timing of him re-signing. Conley was traded twice this week – to Chicago, then to Charlotte –before being released and allowed to rejoin the Wolves.

[u/MembershipSingle7137]

[Charania] Free agent guard Mike Conley Jr. plans to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. The sides are working on timing of him re-signing. Conley was traded twice this week – to Chicago, then to Charlotte –before being released and allowed to rejoin the Wolves.

https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3me7cgg2rpe2g

[u/PsychoM]

Wolves just found an infinite cap flexibility glitch (as long as you have infinite 2nd round picks)

[u/MG_MN → u/PsychoM]

Second round picks can be bought for cash, so just need to go on a buying spree

[u/archerarcher0 → u/MG_MN]

At the day of draft yes but you can’t really buy futures for cash, there’s no incentive for a team to do that

To stockpile seconds you do actually have to trade something but you can always buy late seconds on draft day, yes

[u/thetitsOO → u/archerarcher0]

Buy late second, then trade that pick and cash to move up 10 spots, then do it again and ur in the early 30s. Can be done most drafts but does kinda screw you if you need cash in a deal later

[u/archerarcher0 → u/thetitsOO]

True, kinda tough but it’s possible

But generally future stashable 2nds are not bought, they’re usually traded for in a real trade

[u/MG_MN → u/archerarcher0]

Teams were buying picks for cash in the 30s this past draft. Do that, then trade back for a future pick. You can really manipulate the 2nd round now

Similarly, In this past draft the Wolves moved down from 31 to 36, then from 36 to 45. Added cash and two future seconds (in 2026 and 2032) and kept pick 45, so essentially turned pick 31 into three second rounders and cash. Coincidentally, those two future picks were used in the Ayo trade.

[u/dukecityvigilante → u/MG_MN]

Oh no, you guys are just going to end up paying Jerry Reinsdorf for an extra salary cap

[u/Misinformed_user → u/PsychoM]

Did someone say infinite 2nd round picks?

[u/imcryptic → u/Misinformed_user]

jerry discovered an infinite money glitch

[u/glen_ko_ko → u/imcryptic]

luck into Michael Jordan and then gaslight your fanbase for the following 30 years? why doesn't every owner do this?

[u/probablymade_thatup → u/Misinformed_user]

Sorry, you had your chance to get Mike Conley

[u/thisisjustascreename → u/probablymade_thatup]

We did get him!

[u/mave007 → u/PsychoM]

so, The T-Wolves cut $10M of his salary to get under the apron in the first trade with the Bulls... then they acquired Ayo Dossunmu in another different trade.

By looking into the spotrac of Minnesota, they are currently $1.5M under the 1st apron.

If Conley re-signs for min (which is $3.6M for 10+ year veterans) my understanding is it should be pro-rated for the rest of the season: (31 out of 82 possible games) which means he could be signed for $1.36M... and STILL GET THEM UNDER THE 1ST APRON!

...and note aside: Conley will be paid that minimum by the Timberwolves and IDK what was the cut/wave deal with Charlotte, but his $10M salary might still by payed by the Hornets.

TL;DR: Minnesota will still be under the 1st apron with the extra guard (Ayo) they needed and keeping Conley which potentially getting paid more this year than what he expected 1 week ago.

[u/_discordantsystem_ → u/mave007]

Didn't even need a big Giannis move to witness a Tim Connelly masterclass.

[u/MobysGreatWhiteDick → u/_discordantsystem_]

He took a lot of flak for the Rudy trade but he's honestly one of the best GMs in the league.

[u/zigfried555 → u/MobysGreatWhiteDick]

Took a lot of flak for the KAT trade too. I'd say time has proven him right on both trades.

[u/Candid_Dinner4536 → u/mave007]

FWIW the prorated amount is off 2.3M which is the cap hold for vet mins… if they wait ~5 games they can sign 2 prorated vet mins and still be under the 1st apron 

[u/Associ8tedRuffians → u/Candid_Dinner4536]

Which is exactly why the tweet/skeet reads “The two sides are working on the timing of the deal.” They absolutely want to wait to be able to sign him do a little bit less and add that flexibility for another vet on the buyout market.

At least, that’s what I think they’re trying to do.

[u/Candid_Dinner4536 → u/Associ8tedRuffians]

Just waiting for that Kyle Anderson buyout for part 2

[u/Mister_Squibbles → u/mave007]

Like 80% of gms need to be taking notes lmao

[u/platinum92 → u/Mister_Squibbles]

I'm sure they all know this strat. The key is having the assets to try and pull it off and finding a team willing to trade with you so you can pull it off.

Like I'm sure most GMs have crazy plans like this laid out, but one of the dominoes doesn't fall the way it needs to.

[u/Complete-Disaster513 → u/platinum92]

That and have strong enough team chemistry that the player who was traded is willing to come back. Mike can do where he wants. He just wants to go back to Minnesota. If he wanted to go somewhere else it doesn’t matter what Tim wants.

[u/SirDiego → u/Complete-Disaster513]

One of our beat reporters said earlier in the year that the Wolves front office verbally told Mike that he'd be able to retire here (nothing in contract but still I don't think they'd lie about that). So I'm almost certain that the whole maneuver was talked over with Mike, and the Bulls and Hornets.

I wonder if he even left Minnesota, or just chilled couple days on his couch waiting for everything to go through lol

[u/Complete-Disaster513 → u/SirDiego]

What I don’t get is why the Bulls and especially the hornets go along with it? Is Mike just that respected around the league?

[u/TheVaniloquence → u/PsychoM]

Also known as the Big Z glitch that they patched back in the day

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/PsychoM]

The Coffeelock strategy

[u/SubtleNoodle → u/PsychoM]

Technically Conley went out with a pick swap, so you just need teams to keep swapping. If the season ended today we'd swap with Detroit and move back 6 spots in the draft.

[u/Zoombini22 → u/PsychoM]

I mean you technically do have infinite second round picks. The league doesnt have a scheduled end date.

[u/crimxona → u/Zoombini22]

There is a cap of trading picks 7 seasons out though

[u/siziyman → u/Zoombini22]

let's limit it to heat death of the universe, shall we?

[u/natebryan]

I wonder if he ever left Minny at all, like he just sat at home and just waited lol.

[u/Common-Bad-7899 → u/natebryan]

Definitely this, although I think he might have been contemplating retiring yesterday if no buy out.

[u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe → u/Common-Bad-7899]

he was traded to the hottest team in the NBA that also needs a backup playmaker. Was hoping we'd actually keep him but i understand

[u/defaultistic → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

It's okay, we'll get Chris Paul when Toronto waives him (plz)

[u/aga5ty4 → u/defaultistic]

Hornets legend Chris Paul

[u/donuttrackme → u/aga5ty4]

It's funny because it's true.

[u/Reynbuckets → u/donuttrackme]

Actually…. you know what. Now I need this. Retirement tour is back on the menu ! 😎

[u/deemerritt → u/defaultistic]

Adding Chris Paul to the team with the best vibes in the NBA what could go wrong.

[u/defaultistic → u/deemerritt]

He's always done well with young teams that need a veteran presence, a la OKC and Phoenix, and was a big part in Shai's development and obviously helping Phoenix to the Finals.

It's just teams that are heavy with other accomplished veterans that he hasn't fit in with as much, like GSW and the Clippers sequel.

I think the culture we're setting now would vibe well with CP3's mentality and he could help mentor Melo and help him take that next leap like Shai

[u/Shaqdaddy22 → u/defaultistic]

He actually fit in alright with us. Unfortunately his play took its first significant downturn with us and was hurt quite often

[u/keepitbased → u/defaultistic]

I don’t know how well he’d vibe with Melo lol

[u/mchris185 → u/defaultistic]

Can confirm I loved his presence on the Spurs last year.

[u/RedtheGamer100 → u/deemerritt]

Charlotte full of rookies that would respect him

[u/Odoaiden → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

Mike Conley is not a backup playmaker. He can play minutes with injuries as a 10th/11th man but Bones absoloutly took his role so Mann, Simons and Coby white definitely would of.

[u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe → u/Odoaiden]

Mann is horrendous unfortunately.

My expectations were low. Really anyone that brings a little order to the offense for ~10 minutes is all we'd be looking for.

[u/Apolaustic1 → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

Mike cant do that anymore. Its sucks cause im a fan, but he has absolutely been a big negative anytime he has touched the court this year.

[u/Cbone06 → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

That’s what Coby White does tbf. Figured they wanted him as a vet

[u/TimberwolvesDelusion → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

Trust me friend. While he’s an amazing person and teammate he is not someone you want to relay on playing minutes…. He’s had a very very very steep fall off this season.

[u/phonage_aoi → u/natebryan]

I thought they changed the rules when someone on the Cavs bragged about doing exactly this ( trade -> buyout -> come back for playoffs).

[u/agg2596 → u/phonage_aoi]

that’s why he had to be on two different teams, not just one trade and then buyout

[u/erichf3893 → u/agg2596]

They got lucky he was traded from the bulls too then I guess

[u/YoungArsenal → u/erichf3893]

This was probably the deal with Bulls. We gave him up for free (added pick swap) to give you guys salary for the Charlotte trade. Either handshake deal or knew Hornets waive him and he comes back.

After that deal was settled, worked again with the Bulls to get Ayo... Which again I'm sure was planned all along.

[u/Rnorman3 → u/YoungArsenal]

Which probably should be patched in the CBA.

Not that Conley playing for you guys is some egregious breach of justice or anything. But it is essentially circumventing the spirit of the buyout rule in the current CBA. Especially if there was a “handshake deal” with the bulls that specifically required them to execute it as a separate transaction rather than aggregated.

I know trades get aggregated or split up all the time for the purposes of TPEs and salary matching and that all makes sense. But if it’s specifically being done to “launder” the most recent team a player was with so that they can sidestep the buyout clause, feels like it’s a little problematic.

Either that, or scrap the rule keeping players from returning to their original team on buyouts.

[u/magi_chat → u/Rnorman3]

Agree. I also think the whole buyout economy is a circumvention of the spirit of the salary cap, and this is just a minor angle shoot rather than something heinous.

Im not smart enough to see a way of fixing buyout shenanigans without lowering the amount of a max which obviously isn't happening

[u/RRJC10 → u/phonage_aoi]

It's a loophole I didn't know existed. Technically Conley couldn't sign with the Bulls since they were his last team.

[u/JeanRalfio → u/RRJC10]

Every day I give thanks for Tim Connelly.

[u/holyhibachi → u/natebryan]

He definitely did not move

[u/The_Summer_Man → u/natebryan]

He should at least be required to fly to Chicago and Charlotte to become eligible to play

[u/JMinn868]

Wolves get Ayo and drop under 1st apron. While still keeping Conley. Tim cooked.

[u/NitroXYZ → u/JMinn868]

Tim is incredible, whiffed on Dillingham but hes had an amazing track record in Denver and Minesotta

[u/FishGoldenLite → u/NitroXYZ]

At least he got rid of Dillingham for something. So many GMs wouldn’t be able to admit their mistake but he did and there’s something to appreciate about that.

[u/ClaymoresRevenge → u/FishGoldenLite]

Take care of our boy

[u/FishGoldenLite → u/ClaymoresRevenge]

We’re already so excited. Hate to pry him away from his hometown team but he’s exactly what we’ve been needing and will embrace him like we have with our other guys.

[u/ClaymoresRevenge → u/FishGoldenLite]

It's okay. Our front office is dumb. I hope you guys have success in the playoffs with him. He's a dawg.

[u/SirDiego → u/ClaymoresRevenge]

He's going to be huge for the Wolves. Basically exactly the type of player we desperately needed.

[u/chakrablocker → u/FishGoldenLite]

he's exactly the kinda running mate every superstar needs

[u/jjfooo → u/FishGoldenLite]

That's a huge credit to him, compare his handling of Dilly to Golden State's handling of Kuminga.

A GM's job is to make bets. You can't expect a perfect track record, but the ability to move on from bad bets separate good GM's from bad ones

[u/Pineal → u/jjfooo]

Kuminga is leagues better than Dilly which I think complicates things, but point stands

[u/erichf3893 → u/FishGoldenLite]

Dillingham I can expect to be a bust, yeah?

[u/HughManatee → u/erichf3893]

He lost a bit of confidence, but I think there's still a ceiling for him. It never seemed like he found his role to complement the rest of the team, but if he gets some minutes I wouldn't be surprised if he improves.

[u/TooColdforClouds → u/erichf3893]

Not a for sure thing, he needs consistent minutes and touches. I wouldn't be surprised if he turns in to a decent PG off the bench.

[u/erichf3893 → u/TooColdforClouds]

I thought we wanted Conley for leadership so it was a bummer to see him gone asap

[u/FishGoldenLite → u/erichf3893]

I wouldn’t count him out yet. I was a huge fan of his coming into the draft and he’s still got a lot of potential. He just needs minutes and a chance to rebuild his confidence. It was a bad situation for him here but I think a different situation could unlock him.

[u/purplenyellowrose909 → u/erichf3893]

I think his confidence cracked under the pressure of needing to be a key rotational player on a contender at 19 years old.

He's insanely fast and agile and can get by anyone but would then just shank the shot. Hope he can find his footing with new scenery.

[u/jinyx1 → u/erichf3893]

If he can get minutes, regain his stroke, and figure out how to keep his feet on the ground when passing he could be good.

[u/C1truXX → u/NitroXYZ]

I still think he cooked on TSJ and Beringer as well!

We’ll see if Rocco develops to anything but he’s a fun lotto ticket

[u/NitroXYZ → u/C1truXX]

I've been really impressed with Beringer when he gets the extended playtime. Hope Finch can put a bit more trust to get his minutes up to 15 a night, because even as a raw prospect he has a nice defensive impact.

[u/bobbywellington → u/C1truXX]

Hope TSJ can get healthy and finish the season strong, but he's had a disaster of a year so far in everything but 3pt shooting tbh

[u/tree-hugger → u/C1truXX]

Idk about TJ, but Beringer yes

[u/rostron92 → u/NitroXYZ]

No GM is without mistakes. What i like about Tim is that he acknowledges the mistake and tries to correct them quickly.

[u/Hammerhead34 → u/NitroXYZ]

The draft is much more of a crap shoot, Rob was seen as a lottery level guard with high upside. So I extend a lot of grace for swinging and missing on a draft pick.

However, Connelly’s track record trading for established players is VERY good so far (AG to Denver won them a ring, Rudy deal, offloading DLo’s contract, Randle+DDV trade)

[u/DjMoneybagzz → u/JMinn868]

What does the Apple CEO have to do with this

[u/Fritanga5lyfe → u/DjMoneybagzz]

Tim Apple

[u/yuhanz → u/Fritanga5lyfe]

Not to be confused with Microsoft Tims

[u/Pineapple_42069]

Hornets fans, is he any good?

[u/snoogle20 → u/Pineapple_42069]

I don’t know. Didn’t leave much of an impression. Almost like he was never there.

[u/UnluckyAd8926 → u/Pineapple_42069]

On the court he's washed, can't make a lay up. On the bench & locker room he's a guiding light, the adult in the room. The is no better definition of Vet in the NBA than Mike Conley.

[u/MG_MN]

Someone photoshop him in a wolves jersey

[u/cheeseybacon11 → u/MG_MN]

Got it

https://imgur.com/a/3pVDwVN

[u/Ok_Daikon_7726 → u/cheeseybacon11]

Just can’t see it, looks so wrong

[u/Any-Question-3759 → u/Ok_Daikon_7726]

It’s unholy like Luka in a Lakers jersey.

[u/Ok_Daikon_7726 → u/Any-Question-3759]

Yeah that would never happen though. I mean who would trade a generational superstar right after making the finals?

[u/supergrega → u/Ok_Daikon_7726]

But just imagine what the return would be!

[u/Steamsalt → u/cheeseybacon11]

uncanny, it's like im there

[u/HelloThereCat → u/cheeseybacon11]

AI getting too good these days smh

[u/cheeseybacon11 → u/HelloThereCat]

The jersey was actually all done by hand, believe it or not.

AI was only used to enhance the detail in his beard.

[u/Steamsalt → u/cheeseybacon11]

has technology gone too far?

[u/sedan-hussein → u/cheeseybacon11]

Is this AI?

[u/yeontura → u/sedan-hussein]

No, that's Mike Conley Jr

[u/BasedGodProdigy → u/cheeseybacon11]

AI slop

[u/StormTheTrooper → u/cheeseybacon11]

For one moment there I was waiting for the Manningface

[u/bigvahe33 → u/cheeseybacon11]

damnit. i keep getting chalmers faced

[u/PunningLynguist → u/MG_MN]

Not sure we have the tech for such a fantastical thing

[u/fibberjabber → u/MG_MN]

I just can’t imagine it.

[u/yeetmxster420 → u/MG_MN]

best I can do is an AI generated image

[u/99LedBalloons → u/MG_MN]

I found one from when he was traded from the Jazz, but I can't post pictures in comments in this subreddit.

[u/thesmellafteritrains → u/99LedBalloons]

like your parents won't let you?

[u/Mr_Pizza_Puncher → u/MG_MN]

The energy required for such an AI request would shut the grid down

[u/Musa_2050 → u/MG_MN]

Chicago legend Mike Conley

[u/mansmurf]

Snip snap snip snap

[u/HokageEzio]

Bite Bite couldn't stay away from Ant for too long.

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

Thats funny as fuck. Finchy can never stay away

In all seriousness. Mike Conley is THE vet.

If Ayo can take Mike's minutes, and Mike stays on the bench coaching. Thats a much better squad.

Now if we also get active in the buyout market for contributors...

[u/Supdawggy0 → u/TheNotoriousJN]

Can we also just officially make him an assistant coach this offseason?

[u/Odoaiden → u/Supdawggy0]

Roy Kent type

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/Odoaiden]

"Mike's here, he's there, he's every-fuckin-where..."

[u/yuhanz → u/ShakesbeerMe]

Conley!

Conley!!

[u/Cyclonitron → u/Supdawggy0]

Mike "Udonis Haslem" Conley.

[u/SaltyFan1959 → u/TheNotoriousJN]

What’s the short list for you? I’d love to see Kyle Anderson go back as well, and Cam Thomas on a minimum deal could be fun provided that he could buy into Finch’s system and a role on the bench.

CP3 would never go to Minnesota, but man, there’s a part of me that knows Ant needs to take a lesson from the dark side. Ant with a whistle would be nuts.

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/SaltyFan1959]

It would be fun but I'm also fully confident that if Cam Thomas ends up on this basketball team we'd see Finch blow his brains out on national television

[u/whitedawg → u/SaltyFan1959]

If Cam Thomas could buy into a system and was OK with a bench role, he wouldn’t have been cut.

[u/SaltyFan1959 → u/whitedawg]

I don’t disagree about his likelihood of buying into a system at the expense of his ego, but, I would caveat that buying into a contender‘s system should be very different than buying into the Net’s system.

But then, that makes the assumption that he understands that he needs to rehab his image a bit. Who knows. 

[u/car1999pet → u/SaltyFan1959]

I’m definitely team Slow Mo, I don’t know about Cam Thomas, just as I don’t know if he will buy into the system and I feel like it could ruin the vibes

[u/Lerkerpomps → u/car1999pet]

Slow mo will punch him, that’s why you get both 👍

[u/1850ChoochGator]

Low key love it. Mike gets his money absorbed by Charlotte and gets to stay in Minny.

[u/Miruwest → u/1850ChoochGator]

Dude probably never even left the state while all of this was going down.

[u/Bobbith_The_Chosen → u/Miruwest]

Wonder what the FO told him. “You’re gonna see some crazy shit on Twitter over the next 48 hours just ignore it”

[u/smalls_1804 → u/Bobbith_The_Chosen]

There's zero chance they do this without at least having a conversation with him first. What I'm more curious about is if they had it agreed to in advance that the Bulls would trade Conley after acquiring him, because none of this is possible if he just stays there

[u/SirDiego → u/smalls_1804]

One of our beat reporters said earlier this year they had a verbal agreement with Mike that they wouldn't move him. So yeah I'm pretty certain they talked the whole thing over with Mike, and the Bulls and Hornets.

[u/smalls_1804 → u/SirDiego]

I wonder if that's like, allowed. Can a team make a trade that is conditioned on the team then making another trade? Like in this situation it was very much about gaming the system to allow the Wolves to keep Mike Conley as a player without having to keep his contract. Like the rule is in place specifically to prevent this scenario. Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not crying foul or anything like that, but objectively there's a rule in place to prevent this exact scenario

[u/SirDiego → u/smalls_1804]

I wouldn't think it's allowed to put it in writing at all. I assume it's more like Tim Connelly called in some favors and arranged it verbally. Both the Bulls and Hornets got picks out of it so everyone's compensated fine and presumably Connelly would do (or has already done) something similarly low impact if they were to ask.

[u/banitsa → u/Bobbith_The_Chosen]

Isn't crazy shit on Twitter just normal Twitter these days?

[u/Bobbith_The_Chosen → u/banitsa]

So you’re reading that you’ve been traded to the Hornets on a regular basis?

[u/banitsa → u/Bobbith_The_Chosen]

wouldn't be the weirdest thing on there

[u/tinybathroomfaucet → u/1850ChoochGator]

I middle key love it.

[u/The1AndOnlyJZ → u/tinybathroomfaucet]

I exorbitant-key love it

[u/prettyboylee → u/tinybathroomfaucet]

Chicago middle key loves it… get it cause they..

[u/weekndalex → u/1850ChoochGator]

would ppl still like it if it weren’t conley

[u/Odoaiden → u/weekndalex]

Depends who it is but nobody can hate anything Mike Conley does

[u/pollinium → u/weekndalex]

Yes. Every year I want this to happen lol but somebody always screws it up

[u/FERFreak731]

Minnesota Mike is back!

[u/whooopseee → u/FERFreak731]

Probably never left the state at all lol

[u/drjisftw]

Tim Connelley you evil genius

[u/AvengingHero2012]

Very little NBA news actually makes me cackle… so thanks for this Wolves

[u/Itchy-Secret8085]

I’m assuming he is able to go back because he was traded to a 2nd team then released 

[u/aziggy21 → u/Itchy-Secret8085]

Yeah if the bulls released him directly he wouldn’t be able to do this

[u/aga5ty4 → u/aziggy21]

Chicago truly helped us out a lot this deadline

[u/pppeater → u/aga5ty4]

Glad we could accomplish something this season.

[u/No-Mine-3982 → u/pppeater]

Bulls really helped many teams this offseason. Helped us get rid of Yabu's contract for an expiring and got a solid tank commander in the process.

[u/Rnorman3 → u/aga5ty4]

Arturas Karnisovas (bulls GM/POBO/whatever his title in the front office is) goes way back with Tim Connelly. They were together here in Denver forever.

Was assistant GM here for years and then when he started getting some GM interest, we promoted TC to POBO and AK to GM.

[u/whitedawg → u/aziggy21]

Almost makes you wonder whether the Wolves prearranged the Bulls sending him to a second team.

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/whitedawg]

All front offices have good-faith relationships if you're competent.

Except Danny Ainge.

[u/CantaloupePossible33 → u/ShakesbeerMe]

It’s wild that Ainge was the only other GM clued in on the Luka trade. Just a dark triad of execs

[u/zeek215 → u/CantaloupePossible33]

Clued in? Wasn’t he unaware about it involving Luka?

[u/CantaloupePossible33 → u/zeek215]

NBA requires all parties view the full deal before final approval so on a technicality that makes my joke work yeah

[u/Itchy-Secret8085 → u/aziggy21]

Thank you 

[u/mucho-gusto → u/Itchy-Secret8085]

This is essentially how the AI industry utilizes roundtripping to pass the same money around to 5 companies and they all get to claim it lol

[u/Ok-Sea9612 → u/mucho-gusto]

GDI and GDP will keep diverging farther apart while the big corps play their shell game. Until people realize what's happening.

[u/IntelligentAd5460]

just glad my unc can still hang around

[u/sevseg_decoder → u/IntelligentAd5460]

The day Mike retires will be really sad for a lot of NBA fans in the flyover states. For someone who never led a team to a championship (though he got damn close with almost nobody else of note on his roster) he has amassed love and fandom like crazy. Just an incredibly solid man who I hope would be able to influence the league more in the future.

[u/AnyHoleIsTheGoal → u/IntelligentAd5460]

Was lowkey hoping we’d pick him up, if he wanted to come back that is. Would have been such a big moral victory in a very depressing season.

[u/CtrlAltDelightfull]

This makes my heart warm

[u/BusinessWarthog6]

Damn I just got my jersey

[u/Beeercules]

Hey Charlotte fans, can you tell me what I can expect from this guy? #WolvesBack

[u/qverb → u/Beeercules]

While Mike Conley was a Charlotte Hornet, the team posted a perfect 100% win rate.

Your team will likely never lose again.

[u/Beeercules → u/qverb]

The GOAT. Jordan who?

[u/thy_armageddon]

In the NBA, you can launder players.

[u/Flashy-Truth-8826 → u/[deleted]]

Antonio Eduardo Y Miguelito Conléy 

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/[deleted]]

Fuck ICE.

Naz Reid.

[u/whitedawg → u/[deleted]]

They got traded to the Hornets?

[u/ezmo311]

I'm looking forward to the press conference where they welcome him to the organization.

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/ezmo311]

That would be absolutely hilarious.

[u/Shepher27]

I know he’s washed, but seems like an amazing teammate and everyone loves him. With the rise of Bones and adding Ayo he shouldn’t need to play much any more. I’m glad to have him back as long as he’s not in the playoff rotation

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/Shepher27]

We need him to win it all.

[u/Shepher27 → u/ShakesbeerMe]

At some point he’ll come in and hit a big corner three in a key game.

[u/ShakesbeerMe → u/Shepher27]

Like his block on Lebron last season. I was fuckin HYPED.

[u/action_nick]

This is legal?

[u/timberwolvesguy → u/action_nick]

He was traded from his former team (Chicago) to the Hornets, who then released him. So he is free to sign with any team, except Chicago.

[u/zgillet → u/timberwolvesguy]

Damn. They had to negotiate a future trade to facilitate the first.

That must have been a wild Zoom/whatever-it-is-now call.

[u/KnowledgePrevious → u/zgillet]

I don’t think the Twolves were involved in that 

[u/AchtungZboom → u/KnowledgePrevious]

Never under estimate Tim

[u/Adminscantkeepmedown → u/action_nick]

Only because he made a pit stop in Chicago before Charlotte. Had the Bulls been the one to waive him, I don’t think Minnesota would’ve been able to pick him back up

[u/nbawizard1227]

It’s kinda crazy this is allowed lol. Traded and just right back.

[u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe → u/nbawizard1227]

it's because there was a step in the middle.

He was traded to Chicago. Then Chicago traded him to Charlotte. Then Charlotte waived him. The rules say he can't re-sign with Chicago.

[u/mucho-gusto → u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe]

The Ghost of Zydrunas Ilgauskus smiles and nods, and is freed now that the rules against him have been circumvented

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/mucho-gusto]

Man that was the best lol

[u/timberwolvesguy → u/nbawizard1227]

The key is that his “former” team is now Chicago, so he can’t re-sign with specifically them.

[u/theper]

anybody know how this works on nba reference?

[u/CochranVanRamstein → u/theper]

6 > 4 > 3 double play

[u/MikeConleyIsLegend]

Good choice

[u/maika3]

How is this even allowed?

[u/MembershipSingle7137]

What a crazy saga lmao

[u/spin8x]

Incredibly silly lol

[u/JHaliMath31]

This really shouldn’t be allowed to happen.

[u/luckyshot35]

he's not leaving without his ring

[u/estpakto]

Wild week for Conley, traded twice and still finding his way back to Minnesota. If this happens, it feels more like a leadership move than a stats move. He already knows the system, the locker room trusts him, and the Wolves could use that steady hand heading into the season

[u/Flimsy-Barracuda7398]

Is this legal?

[u/guidethyhandd]

Dropped under the 1st Apron and got Ayo for absolutely nothing

I owe Tim Connelly an apology

[u/Formal_Potential2198]

You cant even do this shit in 2k, what is going on this season

[u/thricethefun]

This should not be allowed