Grizzlies to re-sign Mike Conley, 5-year max contract worth $153 million

[ArbitraryWater]

:roll:

[Ben Simmons]

:roll:

[KingPush]

Steal

[bigkingsfan]

Worth every penny.

[sammichoffate]

First player to break the $150 million mark :banana:
Grats on the deal Mike

[ArbitraryWater]

underpaid

[no pun intended]

Ok I'm fvcking done. Bye guys.

[KobeLookLike2Pac]

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I feel like I'm going to wake up tomorrow and realize all these contracts were just a nightmare

[LebronsHairline]

Mike Conley is not even a SUPERSTAR player but getting paid like one... wft? Average NBA fan around the world wouldn't even know who he is.

Grizzlies desperation is sickening.

[D-Wait]

This offseason is getting better and better. :roll:

[r0drig0lac]

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[BlakFrankWhite]

So now this is the biggest deal in the history of the NBA :biggums: :biggums:

[D-Wait]

30.6 mill./year for Conley! :wtf: Think about that for a second.

[KobeLookLike2Pac]

Conley's family right now

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[DCL]

is he even a top-20 player

[NBAGOAT]

Conley's family right now

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-65606-1990s-dance-party-gif-imgur-tu-weL3.gif

:roll:

[bluechox2]

scrubs getting paid AF

[SexSymbol]

he's not a top 30 player...
and he's gonna get 30 a year.
Grizzlies shot themselves in the foot badly

[Boogaboog]

:biggums: :wtf:

[DCL]

don't feel so bad, peeps.

greg oden, who was conley's college teammate, is probably feeling 1000x worse.

it's gotta be killing him.

[ErhnamDjinn]

how much will Kevin durant get paid??? :biggums:

[KobeLookLike2Pac]

how much will Kevin durant get paid??? :biggums:

The call it the "max" for a reason.

He should just wait a year, then come to NY or LA to maximize his endorsement money. Oh wait, he will be making a basketball decision :coleman:

[NattyPButter]

Conley is good and could be a superstar on another team. His stats are are low because he has to throw the ball down low to the bigs. PPl act like this is surprising when you know damn well most teams that don't have a PG would throw that type of money at him. He's far from a scrub or average.

[no pun intended]

Conley is good and could be a superstar on another team. His stats are are low because he has to throw the ball down low to the bigs.
Yeah, they have Zach Randolph, a beast to throw the ball down low to.

[tmacattack33]

:roll:

[Nash]

Lebron should be paid 700m. 2 year contract.

[inclinerator]

warriors just signed harrison barnes 3 year 70 million

[no pun intended]

I also forgot Conley is coming off from a foot injury. RIP.

[Collie]

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[sammichoffate]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmUWY9dUcAAsaal.jpg:pimp:

[Poetry]

I also forgot Conley is coming off from a foot injury. RIP.

I think he's turning 29 this year too.

[redhonda76]

This is ridicules. Conley is a very solid player but come on.

[Bond007]

The Grizz will regret this

[DonDadda59]

Just read Derozan is getting $29 million/year.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

[DOUBLE DRIBBLE]

is he even a top-20 playerlol I don't even think he's a Top-10 player at his position.


I'd rank all these Point Guards as better.

Westbrook
Curry
Irving
Lillard
Paul
Wall
Lowry
Thomas
Walker
Jackson
Bledsoe

[poido123]

So basically Grizzlies held onto Conley at all costs to piss of the other suitors.


way to set back your franchise for the next 5 years.


Can the Grizz just pack it in as a team? management is terrible.

[retaxis]

Conley is a top 3 pointguard. Thats why Griz have been as successful as any other western conference team these past 5 years. They have beaten clippers multiple times, beaten the spurs, beaten portland trailblazers, beaten OKC etc etc. Conley deserves to get paid for the sh1t he has done to keep Grizzlies contenders for five damn years. He has done the same job for Grizzlies and given them as much success if not more than CP3 has done with the Clippers or Westbrook with OKC. Guy has put in work and sacrificed huge stats by running traditional plays for his two big fellers. Thats why his team loves him to and want him to get that contract. Without having to dump the ball to lane clogging bigs, Conley on any other stretch 4 team would put up numbers around the ball park of 24/5/8 no worries.

[scott0326]

Conley is a top 3 pointguard. Thats why Griz have been as successful as any other western conference team these past 5 years. They have beaten clippers multiple times, beaten the spurs, beaten portland trailblazers, beaten OKC etc etc. Conley deserves to get paid for the sh1t he has done to keep Grizzlies contenders for five damn years. He has done the same job for Grizzlies and given them as much success if not more than CP3 has done with the Clippers or Westbrook with OKC. Guy has put in work and sacrificed huge stats by running traditional plays for his two big fellers. Thats why his team loves him to and want him to get that contract. Without having to dump the ball to lane clogging bigs, Conley on any other stretch 4 team would put up numbers around the ball park of 24/5/8 no worries.
Lol

[Nick Young]

If Mike Conley didn't get injured all the time, this contract would have almost been worth it. When healthy he is one of the elite two way point guards in the league. The reason this is a dumb contract is because Mike Conley is never healthy.

[DirkNowitzki41]

Can someone explain WTF the Grizzlies are doing?

Way too much money tied into 3 injury prone slighty above average players in Parsons, Conley, Gasol.

[imdaman99]

Makes sense. They overpaid Gasol last offseason, and overpaying Conley and Parsons this summer :lol

Maybe in retrospect, they didn't overpay Gasol seeing how everyone is raking now :pimp:

[Smoke117]

:roll: :roll:

[Goofsta Knicca]

Big Country Reeves says keep gettin' dem checks homie.

[Sarcastic]

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Damn Kobe really copies every single mannerism that Jordan ever did :facepalm

[TheImmortal]

:biggums: Not that it means anything.. but dude never made an All-Star team yet is getting 30mil a year.. :biggums: :biggums: :biggums:

[WallIn]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[CarlosBoozer]

Wtf :biggums:

[ai9]

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:roll:

To be fair, the salary cap is apparently jumping from 70 to 94 million.

[Andrei89]

:roll:

To be fair, the salary cap is apparently jumping from 70 to 94 million.


and the year after is going to be 110 million

[PJR]

Goran Dragic's 5 year 85 million looks absolutely great value now.

[Jasper]

Conley is a very good player , but Griz over paid.

BUT--- He and Gasol are the glue that makes the team stick to gether as a team ...

That is under estimated in most franchises.

[ninephive]

A career 13.6/5.6 player who shoots 44% and has never won a game past the 2nd round of the playoffs is making more than twice what Tony Parker will ever make. Grizz stay losing, lol.

[Draz]

Dam. Might just be the dumbest thing in the world.

[Draz]

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[Fire Colangelo]

Ridiculous...

Even with the cap increase to 107 million in 2018 (~50% increase from 70 million), that means they're giving Conley 20mil/yr under the old salary cap. Which is fking ridiculous considering he's NEVER made and all star team and is nothing more than an average starter for his position.

The Grizzlies are just terrible at giving contracts... Remember that 80mil/5yr contract given to Rudy Gay? At least Gay was only 24 year old with sky high potential at the time.... Conley is 28 and most likely won't get any better :facepalm

[Kiddlovesnets]

The Grizzlies are so desperate, oh my this is insane.
:roll:

[Bond007]

$373,171: Mike Conley's PER GAME salary over the next five seasons

bargain:applause:

[catzhernandez]

lol I don't even think he's a Top-10 player at his position.


I'd rank all these Point Guards as better.

Westbrook
Curry
Irving
Lillard
Paul
Wall
Lowry
Thomas
Walker
Jackson
Bledsoe


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yes, do that.

[deja vu]

Damn if he's 30 million, then LeBron is 60 million easily.

[madmax]

Mike Conley the all time great superstar!:bowdown: :applause:
Get dat cash dude:pimp:

[NumberSix]

Am I think of a different Mike Conley?

[GINOBILI!]

Damn, $30m per? These contracts are huge.

[SCdac]

I would have never guessed that Mike "14 ppg" Conley would get the largest NBA contract in history. Man, I remember when I thought Gilbert Arenas' contract was outrageous, and (in his prime) he'd had games where he looked like a superstar. I don't understand this contract at all.

[DMAVS41]

I would have never guessed that Mike "14 ppg" Conley would get the largest NBA contract in history. Man, I remember when I thought Gilbert Arenas' contract was outrageous, and (in his prime) he'd had games where he looked like a superstar. I don't understand this contract at all.

You have to look at the situation the Grizzlies are in.

They have Gasol locked in long term and they have made a decision to try and win over the coming years.

Signing Conley to this contract makes perfect sense given the cap space they had and the situation the team is in.

You can't look at the money without looking at the cap situation this year and next...and looking at the specific circumstance this team is in.

So given the amount of cap space they had...and with Gasol on the books. The Conley and Parsons signing make perfect sense given the goal of the team.

In addition to the above...the Conley max shows other players around the league that they are willing to pay their own guys and take care of them. This actually matters to players/agents.

[SCdac]

They have Gasol locked in long term and they have made a decision to try and win over the coming years.

Unfortunate for the Grizz though, I doubt they're going to win anything with Lebron/Irving and Curry/Thompson still shining for the next few years. unfortunate they felt compelled to throw the largest contract ever at a player who's never pushed them over the edge or close to it. Not even an AS. Parsons isn't all that either. I like Gasol but he's 32 next January and always injured

[Cap'n Obvious]

That is a lot of money.

[DMAVS41]

Unfortunate for the Grizz though, I doubt they're going to win anything with Lebron/Irving and Curry/Thompson still shining for the next few years. unfortunate they felt compelled to throw the largest contract ever at a player who's never pushed them over the edge or close to it. Not even an AS. Parsons isn't all that either. I like Gasol but he's 32 next January and always injured

Agreed.

It's just that rebuilding and blowing it up probably isn't a real option for them for a variety of reasons.

So it was either blow it up or max Conley. I think maxing Conley/Parsons with Gasol on the books makes way more sense than blowing it up in a vacuum...even more sense when you consider that this is Memphis.

It's the tough positions franchises are in when you don't have that true championship caliber first option.

[tamaraw08]

That is a lot of money.

A ton of money on playerS with history of lingering injuries.
Parsons missed a ton of games 2 years ago.
I can't remember Conley playing many games in the playoffs, and Marc Gasol?...:eek:

[NZStreetBaller]

With conley secured the grizz are in for 5 straight chips :bowdown:

[rmt]

Never thought I'd see the day when Parker at $14.4 million seems like a good deal. Not to mention Leonard at $17.6 mil seems like a dirt, cheap bargain.

$30 mil for Mike Conley - YIKES!

[Draz]

Grizzlies are the dumbest franchise in history

[ninephive]

Never thought I'd see the day when Parker at $14.4 million seems like a good deal. Not to mention Leonard at $17.6 mil seems like a dirt, cheap bargain.

$30 mil for Mike Conley - YIKES!
To think Parker will never in his career make half of what Mike Conley does is just insanity. Parker is a HOF top-50 player of all time and never has and never will be a top-30 paid player in any season of his career. Most underrated and underpaid PG in the history of the game.

[DOUBLE DRIBBLE]

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yes, do that.yea you're right... I forgot about Tony Parker. Parker is definitely a better PG than Conley also... My bad I should have listed him. Conley is a third tier PG at best. Career averages of 13.6 pts and 5.6 asts over 9 years. lol

Tell me how he's a top-10 point guard please? No All-Star selections, no All-NBA Team selections, oh except for 1 defensive 2nd team selection couple years ago. His stats aren't even really comparable to the players I listed. Okay you got me... He's pretty much on par as Goran Dragic... Except Dragic makes about $60 million less. :roll: Grizzlies stay losing. $150 million for an average PG?! Good grief! lol

[shawbryant]

Actually,thats a tactic, now all PG else from other teams are upset by Conlys case, has no mood to play for their own teams next season.

[StephHamann]

So many average players getting paid because of Marc Cuban