Connelly on Conley
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• 2/5/2026Tim Connelly reacts to the news that Charlotte declined to waive Mike Conley.
| 00:00 - 00:03 | Sir, I have news to report. As you instructed, we traded Conley to Chicago. |
| 00:04 - 00:07 | The Bulls immedately rerouted him to Charlotte as part of a secondary transaction. |
| 00:08 - 00:11 | Conley is currently with the Hornets and his contract remains intact. |
| 00:12 - 00:15 | The expectation around the league was that they would waive him. |
| 00:17 - 00:21 | Good. That's exactly how the plan was designed. |
| 00:24 - 00:28 | My Leader... Charlotte... |
| 00:31 - 00:35 | Charlotte has informed us they do not intend to waive Conley. They plan to keep him on the roster. |
| 00:53 - 00:59 | Everyone who still believes Charlotte will waive him remain in the room. Everyone else leave. |
| 01:13 - 01:17 | So that's it?! That's the end of the fucking plan?! |
| 01:19 - 01:23 | I moved a starting point guard for nothing because I was told Charlotte would waive him! |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | Why do I put up with you fucking idiots? |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | Do you know what this was supposed to be?! |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | Ten million dollars erased! Cap flexibility restored! |
| 01:34 - 01:38 | Instead, I've gifted Conley to the Charlotte fucking Hornets! |
| 01:38 - 01:40 | Do you have any idea how insane this makes me look?! |
| 01:40 - 01:43 | My Leader, they say they value his leadership. |
| 01:43 - 01:46 | Leadership?! He was supposed to lead us to the promised land! |
| 01:46 - 01:49 | My Leader, there's no mechanism to force a waiver. |
| 01:49 - 01:52 | Of course there isn't. Because the entire plan depended on another team doing us a favor! |
| 01:53 - 01:55 | Now we have no leverage! |
| 01:56 - 02:03 | I told A-Lore to trust the process. What am I supposed to do with Rob fucking Dillingham! |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | Do you know how many times I told them we'd get Conley back?! |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | I said it on calls! I told Shams and Windhurst! I said it like it was a done deal! |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | Other executives would have praised me for this move if it worked. |
| 02:17 - 02:22 | But now suddenly I'm "reckless." Now it's "Oh, he traded a point guard for cash considerations."! |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | Now what do we do? Tell the locker room this was intentional? |
| 02:30 - 02:36 | Charlotte wasn't supposed to think. They exist so smarter teams can maneuver around them! |
| 02:41 - 02:48 | I bet another GM tipped them off. They're doing this just to spite me! |
| 02:48 - 02:52 | I'm supposed to be the clever one! The loophole guy! |
| 02:54 - 02:59 | All this effort. All this explanation. And for what?! To save money and still get worse! |
| 03:00 - 03:03 | This was supposed to be elegant! Instead it's embarrassing! |
| 03:05 - 03:07 | It's okay. He's just blowing off a little steam. |
| 03:14 - 03:17 | Fuck it, my contract is up in a year anyway. |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | I'll find a job somewhere else. Someone will take me. |
| 03:25 - 03:28 | I'll always have Jokic. |
| 03:31 - 03:34 | You'll always be remembered for that pick, sir. |
| 03:40 - 03:49 | I told my wife they'd put a statue of me outside Ball Arena. I built that fucking team. |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | Leave me to look at my Jokic painting. |
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