{"id":608991,"date":"2026-02-18T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/608991\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:48:10","slug":"wolves-finalize-cost-cutting-move-with-mike-conley-by-signing-back-veteran-after-trading-him-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/608991\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves finalize cost-cutting move with Mike Conley by signing back veteran after trading him away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> finalized their cost-cutting move with point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/mike-conley-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Conley<\/a> by signing the 19th-year veteran on Wednesday, two weeks after trading him away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Conley was first sent in a three-team deal to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>, who then packaged him with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/coby-white-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coby White<\/a> in a swap with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/charlotte-hornets-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> the following day. The day after that, Conley was waived. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Being traded twice made Conley eligible to rejoin the Timberwolves, who were thus able to sign him to a minimum contract after lowering their luxury tax bill beneath the first apron by jettisoning his original salary. Getting under the first apron and the rules around it allowed the Timberwolves the salary cap flexibility to acquire guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/ayo-dosunmu-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ayo Dosunmu<\/a> in a separate deal with the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Conley&#8217;s production and playing time have dwindled this season, but he has long been a revered presence on the team for his leadership, savvy and experience. He&#8217;s a four-time winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> Sportsmanship Award and a two-time teammate of the year honoree by the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Timberwolves (34-22) are in sixth place in the Western Conference. They host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Friday in their first game after the All-Star break<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The Minnesota Timberwolves finalized their cost-cutting move with point guard Mike Conley by signing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[4102,7,920,473,919,329,3824,963,149,371,152,1407,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-608991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-ayo-dosunmu","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bulls","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-chicago-bulls","14":"tag-chicagobulls","15":"tag-coby-white","16":"tag-dallas-mavericks","17":"tag-mike-conley","18":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","19":"tag-national-basketball-association","20":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116089118547543929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}