Mike Conley Wants To Continue Career

Timberwolves guard Mike Conley wants to play at least another season, he told Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune (Twitter link).

“I think I might’ve proved to myself I can play a little longer,” he said.

Conley will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. Conley, 38, began the season with the Timberwolves but endured a tumultous journey during the trade deadline.

The Timberwolves sent Conley to Chicago in a salary-dump trade on February 3, with the Bulls flipping him to Charlotte along with Coby White a day later, just ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. The Hornets subsequently cut him, which cleared the way for the 38-year-old to return to Minnesota.

NBA rules prohibit a player who is traded and then waived to immediately re-sign with the team that traded him away. However, that restriction only applied to the Bulls, not the Timberwolves, since Conley was traded twice.

His playing time increased late in the regular season and he was part of the postseason rotation. He appeared in 12 playoff games, including five starts, and averaged 4.4 points and 2.7 assists in 14 minutes per game.

Conley has played 1,220 regular-season games and 120 playoff games in a career that began in 2007 with Memphis.