Free Agent/Trade Thread Offseason 2026, Part 8 (Those beaches will be open!)

The Corey's · Post #121 » by **The Corey's** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:15 pm

Bill Lumbergh wrote:
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There’s our guard I guess…

I'm pretty shocked by this. Totally unexpected, per usual with Brad.

Great player. Great fit.

6 years ago.

brackdan70 · Post #122 » by **brackdan70** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:15 pm

Conley on a minimum isn’t bad. He is still useful, can be effective as a third ball handler for sure.
Probably means Banton is not long for his no guarantee contract though.

Curmudgeon · Post #123 » by **Curmudgeon** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:16 pm

The good news is that Vucevic is gone.

leper-con · Post #124 » by **leper-con** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:16 pm

Somethings got to happen , Conley in a vacuum doesn’t make sense

BigTrade92 · Post #125 » by **BigTrade92** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:17 pm

Conley will look great giving high fives at the end of the bench and whispering into the ears of rookies from time to time.

NotAKnicksFan · Post #126 » by **NotAKnicksFan** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:17 pm

Great signing mike conley

Scarletfire81 · Post #127 » by **Scarletfire81** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:17 pm

leper-con wrote:Somethings got to happen , Conley in a vacuum doesn’t make sense

From all reports I’ve seen they are shopping Jaylen hard today. Wouldn’t be surprised if a deal is done soon. Also wouldn’t be surprised if it takes another month.. Sigh

GotDaSauce · Post #128 » by **GotDaSauce** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:19 pm

Scarletfire81 wrote:
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I’m just not seeing any way JB comes back next season. They are literally going to take the best deal, whatever that is….

Didn't we hear just yesterday that there was not much interest for JB unless if it was for a bag of peanuts?
Today it's a third of the league that's interested? :lol:

BigTrade92 · Post #129 » by **BigTrade92** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:19 pm

Screw it, Lebron for the vet min and let’s get weird

playa-hater · Post #130 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:20 pm

Personally I think it's about Brad keeping a streak of getting someone no one has ever talked about. Good job Brad :thumbsup:

itrsteve · Post #131 » by **itrsteve** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:21 pm

Classic Brad signing a high character guy, I don't hate it at the minimum. Lets get our boy a ring.

flintsky21 · Post #132 » by **flintsky21** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:22 pm

So MLE is definitely for a big now.

Also, we probably won't sign Conley if there's a chance we were gonna have another "gap year." Something tells me that even if a JB trade is gonna happen, Brad is still looking to form a team that can compete.

hugepatsfan · Post #133 » by **hugepatsfan** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:23 pm

cloverleaf wrote:So does Conley make it more likely DW is leaving? Less likely Jrue is returning?

Hard to think Conley at this stage of his career has anything to do with those type of decisions. If you assume Banton eventually gets waived, team only has two ball handlers/guards in White and Pritchard. You want at least a third on the roster.

In the championship year, they had White/Jrue starting, Pritchard on the 2nd unit and then Davison got one of the deep bench spots. Conley probably factors into the deep bench spot. So if they wanted to go back to starting 2 guards or at least playing two together a lot, still room for a significant addition ahead of Conley.

hugepatsfan · Post #134 » by **hugepatsfan** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:25 pm

GotDaSauce wrote:
Scarletfire81 wrote:
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I’m just not seeing any way JB comes back next season. They are literally going to take the best deal, whatever that is….

Didn't we hear just yesterday that there was not much interest for JB unless if it was for a bag of peanuts?
Today it's a third of the league that's interested?

Those things don't necessarily contradict each other. A third of the league could be interested him but all offering relatively low prices because they all share the same contract concerns or analytics or whatever.

MaxwellSmart · Post #135 » by **MaxwellSmart** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:25 pm

John Collins to Detroit

watsonthedragon · Post #136 » by **watsonthedragon** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:25 pm

IMO if it's gonna happen Brad's gotta pull the trigger soon so we know who to spend the MLE/TPE on. Need to fill in whatever hole(s) are left after the trade.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #137 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:26 pm

Have some of you even watched Conley recently?

He’s completely washed. How could anyone possibly claim he will be playing relevant minutes?

He will be there for high fives

Bill Lumbergh · Post #138 » by **Bill Lumbergh** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:27 pm

hugepatsfan wrote:
Marley2Hendrix wrote:
themoneyteam2 wrote:Conley is on a vet min contract. If you are crying about that to add him as a 3rd ball handler, just get off the internet. He's a good mentor for young guys in his 20th season and is fine getting DNPs.

It's probably more this might mean any Brandon Williams hopes (uncertain how much hype that train had) are up in smoke, and Conley means one less end of the roster binkie. IDK, we certainly wouldn't have done worse starting Conley in game 7 against Philly.

Good older brother role to Joe?

I don't think it would stop them from adding BWilliams or any other guard with the MLE or a trade.

Pritchard / BWilliams / Conley
White / Hugo / Harper Jr.
Brown / Scheierman / Walsh
Tatum / Hauser / Cenac Jr.
Queta / Garza

Just puts the roster in a spot where you'd probably move off Hauser's money to fit a big man in. But I think Conley is just a 3rd unit guy and won't impact what they do with the 1st/2nd units.

I'd be happy with this outcome. DWhite is so much better when he doesn't have to be the primary ball handler.

Memokerobi · Post #139 » by **Memokerobi** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:29 pm

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MaxwellSmart · Post #140 » by **MaxwellSmart** » Wed Jul 1, 2026 3:30 pm