{"id":457940,"date":"2026-02-06T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457940\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:42:08","slug":"report-conley-plans-to-re-sign-with-timberwolves-after-release-from-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457940\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Conley plans to re-sign with Timberwolves after release from Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The veteran guard reportedly plans to rejoin the ball club he started the 2025-26 season with after being released by the Charlotte Hornets, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2019806592544514335\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Conley, 38, was traded to the Chicago Bulls ahead of Thursday&#8217;s trade deadline and the guard was then rerouted to the Hornets not long after.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time all-star has appeared in 44 games (nine starts) with Minnesota this season, averaging 4.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 18.5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Moving Conley saved the Timberwolves \u2014 who entered the deadline above the first apron \u2014 from having to pay a portion of the $10.7 million the vet guard was due to make this season. The move helped them gain the financial flexibility to acquire guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Bulls in a separate deal.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota got to add a guard, who&#8217;s 12 years younger and in the midst of a career-best season, and will now reintegrate Conley&#8217;s veteran presence into the mix at a much more affordable price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Conley has spent the last four seasons with the Timberwolves, before a four-year stint with the Utah Jazz and 12 years with the Memphis Grizzlies, who drafted him fourth overall in 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The veteran guard reportedly plans to rejoin the ball club he started the 2025-26 season with after being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-457940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}