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Poll: Should the Conley Experiment End?

Should the Conley Experiment End?

  • Yes, stick him on the bench and move him in the off-season

    Votes: 30 50.8%

  • No, keep him in the starting lineup and see if he turns it around

    Votes: 8 13.6%

  • Bear with him and be hopeful that he turns it around next season

    Votes: 6 10.2%

  • Play him but actively pursue moving him behind the scene

    Votes: 15 25.4%
  • Total voters
    59
This will be tricky in the offseason unless it magically turns around. The contract is big and if the best option is to just keep him and play him off the bench then you do it. It's difficult to move so if all that's out there is a swap for Al Horford or Kevin Love (in some 3 team scenario). Then its a no. Just getting it off the books doesn't create $34M in space... we'd have about $22M if we can lock JC up starting at $10M (so 4/$44M). You'd also have to do it early in FA so there is someone left to sign.

So its a limited market, big contract, and what we get may be uglier than what we trade. Its part of the reason we shouldn't have spent as much as we did on him because there couldn't have been a ton of teams bidding on him.

So the trade Conley idea has to come with a qualifier... it depends on what you can get for him. If JC walks all of a sudden Mike of the bench would be somewhat of a necessity... so there are some other factors here.
 
I think it was HH but I forget who said today that we have a lot of really good pieces that fit.

I’m not so sure. Bogey is a real concern for me on defense. We really need to sign a stretch 4 who can play defense and rebound this off-season to see if that fixes the majority of our issues.
 
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We kind of went all in on Mike. Not really an experiment unfortunately. We're f'd and I'm not sure where to go from here considering if we move on from him, we still have the front office and coach in place who figured it was a great idea to pony up to bring him here in the 1st place.
 
Like Jamychael Green is a UFA I think and he’s always been listed as a 4/5 but am I really to believe he can defend small ball 4’s like Kawhi and Lebron?
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I think it was HH but I forget who said today that we have a lot of really good pieces that fit.

I’m not so sure. Bogey is a real concern for me on defense. We really need to sign a stretch 4 who can play defense and rebound this off-season.
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The starting lineup with Royce in for Mike works really well... like its one of the best lineups in the league... add JC off the bench and you've got 6 solid pieces.

I think a traditional 4 that could play 5 in small ball alignments is a need though... we all know who I want there. WOOD!

If Mike could be moved for wing depth and a solid backup 5 or for one piece and some salary flexibility to sign someone or for one piece and some draft considerations then we should probably do it. If not bring him off the bench next year and use exceptions to fill in the other rotation spots.
 
Honestly the Bulls and Knicks are the only two teams I could see having interest in him.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Honestly the Bulls and Knicks are the only two teams I could see having interest in him.
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Sixers... maybe Orlando... and then there are some random teams that may make moves that could have interest... but yeah... he's probably ours.
 
homeytennis said:
What was our original offer that didn'y go through? Bricky and who else?
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We don't really know... I do know after they turned us down and leaked **** out and we got one less playoff run out of the deal my offer would go way the hell down. I don't think Grayson would have been in the original deal and I believe Favs might have been.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Sixers... maybe Orlando... and then there are some random teams that may make moves that could have interest... but yeah... he's probably ours.
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No way Orlando does with Fultz taking the reins.

Maybe the Sixers but I wouldn’t want Horford. He’s cooked.

I’d add Detroit to my original list too. Maybe put a young pg/leader around Kennard, Wood, etc.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
No way Orlando does with Fultz taking the reins.

Maybe the Sixers but I wouldn’t want Horford. He’s cooked.

I’d add Detroit to my original list too. Maybe put a young pg/leader around Kennard, Wood, etc.
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Detroit has Rose... I think Orlando would still want another ball handler next to Fultz... especially if that option could shoot. They might not be interested but I could see them being on the short list.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Detroit has Rose... I think Orlando would still want another ball handler next to Fultz... especially if that option could shoot. They might not be interested but I could see them being on the short list.
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Rose will be 32 at the start of next season. He shouldn’t be in somebody’s plans so far as running a team and leadership are concerned.
 
Who thought a backcourt of 2 six footers and 2 dadbod white guys was the answer did Gobert say dam you hate me. What did I do to deserve this. Conley the bad knee tiger woods wanna be is the worst contract in the nba and his b-ball i q is way worse than I thought it was. Remember you need a PhD to play here and clarkson says it’s easy playing for the jazz. Play mudiay and clarkson off the bench and sit Conley in the corner to watch. He likes it there anyway
 
He’s been showing signs lately of turning it around, and our top lineups with him are really good. I think we need a bench and some toughness in the offseason. If it still isn’t working by next trade deadline, then you can move him
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Rose will be 32 at the start of next season. He shouldn’t be in somebody’s plans so far as running a team and leadership are concerned.
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Detroit really likes him and he's cheap... he's younger than Mike so I'm not sure what age has to do with it.
 
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