After a brief departure at the trade deadline, Mike Conley is officially back with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota initially traded Conley to Chicago on Feb. 3 as part of a three-team trade that also involved Detroit. The Timberwolves didn’t receive any players in the trade; rather, it was a play to dump salary and get the team below the first apron.

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On Feb. 4, Chicago shipped Conley off to Charlotte, who bought out his contract and dropped him to waivers the next day.

If Conley hadn’t been traded a second time, the Wolves wouldn’t have been able to sign him again. But now the 19th-year guard will return to Minnesota for the remainder of the season on a veteran minimum deal.

Conley first joined the Wolves three seasons ago and was a core member of the teams that made back-to-back Western Conference Finals runs in 2024 and 2025.

This season, for the first time in his career, Conley has taken a back seat as a depth piece, starting in nine of his 44 appearances and averaging 4.4 points and 2.9 assists on 18.5 minutes per game.

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