In 48 games this season, Jackson averaged 19.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.4 blocks per game. The Grizzlies are in 11th place in the Western Conference at 20-33, while the Jazz are in 13th place at 18-38 as one of the worst teams in the NBA.
Jackson was drafted No. 4 overall by Memphis in 2018. During his time with the Grizzlies, Jackson developed into one of the league’s best defenders and took home Defensive Player of the Year honors for the 2022-23 campaign.
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With the Grizzlies, Jackson was a three-time All-Defensive selection, two-time All-Star, two-time league leader in blocks and finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting in 2019. He also finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting last season.
The short program and the slightly longer free skate are the two performances that determine which figure skaters will go home with gold, silver or bronze at the Olympics. This year, Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito, known collectively as the “Blade Angels,” are representing Team USA in those events at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Though they also performed at the team event earlier in the competition (earning the gold medal), they’re taking part in the women’s singles competition, which starts Tuesday, Feb. 17, with the short program. You can watch it on Peacock, USA and NBC starting at 12:30 p.m. ET. The free skate is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19, and will determine the medalists.
For a complete schedule of every figure skating event at this year’s games, a rundown of who is on Team USA, and how to watch, keep scrolling. And if you want to learn even more about every event at this year’s Winter Games, here’s a guide to everything you need to know about the Milan Cortina Games.
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How to watch the women’s figure skating short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Where to stream the women’s figure skating short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The entire women’s short program will be available to stream on Peacock. You can also tune in at 10:20 a.m. to watch the women’s short program warm-ups.
For $17/month, you can upgrade to an ad-free subscription that includes live access to your local NBC affiliate (not just during designated sports and events) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline.
Where to watch the women’s figure skating short program on TV
The women’s short program figure skating competition will begin with a broadcast on USA at 12:30 p.m., then switch to NBC at 2:40 p.m. The short program will re-air on USA at 1:30 a.m. ET. You can stream both on DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and more.
How to watch Olympic Figure Skating without cable:
Who is on the Team USA Figure Skating team?
These are the sixteen skaters on Team USA’s figure skating team:
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Amber Glenn (Women’s Singles)
Isabeau Levito (Women’s Singles)
Alysa Liu (Women’s Singles)
Ilia Malinin (Men’s Singles)
Maxim Naumov (Men’s Singles)
Andrew Torgashev (Men’s Singles)
Madison Chock and Evan Bates (Ice Dance)
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko (Ice Dance)
As a busy offseason looms, many AFC teams enter with questions left unanswered. With changes coming in free agency, on draft day and throughout the summer, Yahoo analyst Joel Smyth goes over five key questions that can shape the 2026 fantasy football season from the AFC. Smyth also covered the NFC this week.
Who becomes the Jaguars top WR?
Entering 2025, the fantasy draft decision was between Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter. Many assumed the Jacksonville offense could be a force in fantasy football, but very few guessed both Jaguars WRs would bust, especially as the offense blossomed. The only Jaguar to hit a mere 17%+ target share was mid-season trade addition Jakobi Meyers.
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So, between Meyers, Thomas, Hunter and Parker Washington, who will be the top dog in 2026?
Over the final four games of the season, including Week 18 and the Wild Card matchup versus Buffalo, Washington was actually the (clear) No. 1 weapon in Jacksonville; four straight games of 9+ targets resulting in 19 fantasy PPG. The final two games, although immensely important, will likely be forgotten in the fantasy space, with fantasy points no longer counting at that point of the season. Washington played by far the most snaps in the slot when Hunter was off the field, making his potential intriguing with Hunter being rumored to play defense primarily once he returns from injury in 2026.
Thomas could be interesting as a case where injuries were more of a factor than first meets the eye, but if nothing changes, then nothing changes.
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Watch for Jacksonville’s potential additions at the cornerback position, as well as rumors surrounding Hunter’s playing time when it comes to Washington’s upside. Based on the Jaguars’ WRs projected fantasy draft position, I believe Washington is the top value entering the offseason.
Will J.K. Dobbins return to Denver?
J.K. Dobbins has averaged 12.5 fantasy PPG over the last two seasons; he just hasn’t stayed healthy. Even with the injury, Dobbins was well worth the price tag for Denver, signing him to a cheap one-year deal last offseason. He handled 73% of the RB carries before his season-ending injury as the Broncos sparingly added in others, mainly as receiving threats. Although rookie RJ Harvey averaged 15.3 fantasy points after the injury, the ninth-highest among RBs, he struggled near the end of the season. When adding in Week 18 and Denver’s two playoff games, that dipped down to an average of 13.7, as Harvey failed to have over 50 rushing yards in each of his final five games.
The efficiency between the two backs was drastic. Dobbins’ average yards per carry sat at 5.0, the seventh-best in the NFL. Harvey, behind the same offensive line, had 3.7, good for 42nd out of 49 qualified backs. If Denver re-signs Dobbins, I wouldn’t be banking on the Harvey breakout to be automatic.
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Will the Chiefs draft an RB or sign a free agent?
The top landing spot in the RB market will get the first major answer in a few weeks. Does Kansas City choose to sign a free agent or wait and select an RB in the 2026 NFL Draft? In a forgettable year, the Chiefs ranked 29th in RB fantasy points as Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt failed to live up to expectations in an Andy Reid offense. In all other seasons with Patrick Mahomes starting, K.C. running backs are 10th in fantasy points (2018-2024). Whoever lands in Kansas City has immediate RB1 upside.
Does Aaron Rodgers return to Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh decided to move on from head coach Mike Tomlin for the 2026 season, but will they move on from Aaron Rodgers? It’s looking more likely that the 42-year-old QB will return and play for the Steelers after the team hired his former HC in Green Bay, Mike McCarthy. For fantasy purposes, I don’t believe that is ideal. Although the Steelers were middle of the pack in scoring offense, the production did not mean equal fantasy production. The running backs benefited, albeit in a committee, but the receivers were held back.
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After leaving Seattle last offseason, DK Metcalf had a career low in receiving yards in Year 1 with Pittsburgh. Rodgers wants to line up and sling it. There is not much versatility or easy completions available, rather a West Coast 7-on-7 style of play. It results in a top WR like Metcalf being pressed at the highest rate among WRs. Rodgers is no longer in his prime and wants a style of offense that results in a far more difficult path to get a top WR the ball. It forces more difficult passes, as shown in Rodgers’ 50% catchable target rate on throws of 15+ air yards, the second-lowest in the NFL. Metcalf has not finished as a top-20 fantasy WR since 2020.
How does Buffalo fix its WR problems?
No team with Josh Allen should be 21st in receiving yards per game, but when isolating only the WRs, Buffalo was just that. It’s the most obvious flaw in the NFL: the lack of playmakers in the receiver room for the Bills. Much like Kansas City with RBs, a true No. 1 WR in Buffalo would bring immediate WR1 fantasy upside. Stefon Diggs played four seasons at the end of his prime in Buffalo. In those four seasons, he ranked as the overall WR3, WR8, WR5 and WR13. Consistently dominant.
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Allen ranked fourth in catchable target rate and helped players like TE Dalton Kincaid lead his position in fantasy points per route run. With the potential of elite volume available, paired with the efficiency of Allen, Buffalo’s answer at receiver this offseason will make an impact in fantasy from the get-go.
Amid an offseason of retirement chatter, Mike Evans is running it back. He’s just not sure where he’ll play in 2026. Evans’ agents, Deryk Gilmore and Darren Jones, confirmed multiple reports Tuesday that Evans intends to play in 2026. The longtime Tampa Bay wide receiver is a free agent and may not play his 13th NFL season with the Buccaneers.
Mike Evans plans to play in 2026, just maybe not with the Buccaneers.
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Evans, 32, is coming off an injury-riddled 12th NFL season that limited him to eight games, prompting speculation he would consider retiring. But Evans, who previously posted 11 consecutive 1,000-plus yard receiving seasons, remained productive when healthy and is ready to run it back for another season.
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Is Evans’ time with the Bucs done?
Evans has played his entire career with the Buccaneers as arguably the most reliably productive receiver in football. His 11 consecutive seasons with 1,000 receiving yards are tied with Jerry Rice for the most in NFL history.
He’s been a stalwart of the franchise while catching passes through the Jameis Winston/Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield eras as the team’s top target. He’s a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro and helped lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl title with Brady after the 2020 season.
Evans is free to sign wherever he can work out a deal as an unrestricted free agent. Whether he returns to the Bucs will come down to how much the two sides desire a reunion. He’ll surely be targeted by contenders in need of veteran receiving help.
Paris Saint Germain had to work for it, but the reigning Champions League winners earned their 3-2 win over Monaco in Tuesday’s first playoff leg.
USMNT striker Folarin Balogun got Monaco off to a quick start, scoring 55 seconds into the match. He added to the host’s lead with another goal in the 18th minute to pass Christian Pulisic for goals (5) by an American in a single Champions League season.
Those good times wouldn’t last very long. After being subbed in for an injured Ousmane Dembélé in the 27th minute, PSG’s Désiré Doué scored two minutes later and Achraf Hakimi equalized in the 41st minute.
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Three minutes into the second half, Aleksandr Golovin put Monaco into a hole after getting a straight red card following a challenge on Vitinha. Doué, who hadn’t scored in the Champions League since October before Tuesday, recorded his brace with the go-ahead goal in the 67th minute.
Fellow title contenders Real Madrid topped Benfica 1-0 thanks to a beautiful Vinícius Júnior goal in the 50th minute.
There was a delay following the goal after Benfica players took exception to Vini Jr.’s goal celebration. During the skirmish, the Real Madrid forward notified referee François Letexier that an alleged racist remark was directed his way by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni. The game resumed 10 minutes later.
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Benfica manager and former Real Madrid boss José Mourinho was sent off late in the match and will miss the second leg at the Bernabéu.
Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund dispatched Atalanta 2-0 as Serhou Guirassy scored in the third minute and Maximilian Beier doubled the lead just before halftime. Galatasaray scored four times in the second half, including two from Noa Lang, during a 5-2 win over Juventus.
Despite the losing effort, USMNT’s Weston McKennie picked up his third assist in four days on Teun Koopmeiners’ second goal of the match.
Galatasaray has not reached the Champions League Round of 16 since 2014.
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Wednesday’s Champions League fixtures 12:45 p.m. ET: Qarabağ vs. Newcastle 3 p.m. ET: Bodø/Glimt vs. Inter Milan 3 p.m. ET: Club Brugge vs. Atlético Madrid 3 p.m. ET: Olympiacos vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Here’s how Tuesday’s knockout phase playoff action played out live:
12:45 p.m. ET: Qarabağ vs. Newcastle 3 p.m. ET: Bodø/Glimt vs. Inter Milan 3 p.m. ET: Club Brugge vs. Atlético Madrid 3 p.m. ET: Olympiacos vs. Bayer Leverkusen
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The referee had a conversation with Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica and play will now resume in the 60th minute following a 10-minute delay.
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Vinícius Júnior appears to have told the match official that a racist remark was directed his way. He immediately ran to the referee and that has brought players and both benches on to the field as things are sorted out.
Vini Jr. remains seated on the Real Madrid bench as everyone tries to get the game in order.
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Vini cut in from the left side and curled a beautiful shot around Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin to break the deadlock.
The Real Madrid star would pick up a yellow card for excessive celebration following the goal.
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A VAR review determined that Aleksandr Golovin was worthy of a straight red card after catching Vitinha up high with his cleat.
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Down 2-0 after 18 minutes, PSG is now level with Monaco after goals from Désiré Doué and Achraf Hakimi.
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Ousmane Dembélé left the match after picking up an injury. Doué wasted no time making an impact on the match.
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PSG had a chance to get on the board, but it wasn’t meant to be in the 22nd minute.
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The black and yellow needed only three minutes to grab the league against the Italian side thanks to Serhou Guirassy
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It’s been all Monaco in the first half against PSG, and that’s thanks to Folarin Balogun.
The USMNT striker opened the scoring 55 seconds into the match. He has added to that in the 18th minute to put the reigning champions against the ropes in the first leg.
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The USMNT striker netted his fourth Champions League goal this season 55 seconds in against the Ligue 1 side.
Balogun now has three goals in his last five games against PSG.
Borussia Dortmund-Atalanta has been delayed 15 minutes after Dortmund arrived late to the stadium.
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The Turkish side is control and has one foot in the Round of 16 following a 5-2 win in Tuesday’s first leg. Noa Lang recorded a brace as Galatasary scored four times in the second half.
The two sides will meet again next Wednesday at Allianz Stadium in Torino, Italy.
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Minutes after Juan Cabal was shown a second yellow card, Noa Lang added his second goal of the match to put Galatasaray up 4-2 over Juventus.
The Duke court-storming incident has reached a local district attorney, and Jon Scheyer isn’t happy about it.
Scheyer hit back hard at the Orange County district attorney after the Blue Devils’ blowout win over Syracuse on Monday night, just hours after the DA said there was “zero evidence” to support Scheyer’s claim that a Duke staffer was punched in the face after North Carolina fans stormed the court earlier this month.
“I would like to focus on Syracuse, but I’ll tell you that I know what I saw and I know what happened with our staff after the game — and that’s the bottom line,” Scheyer said, via ESPN. “I’m not going to circle back or get into — I don’t know what was said or wasn’t said or what people want to claim.
“But I know what happened, and I’m always going to support our staff in those situations and, again, I could have even said more, but I’m not going to do that.”
North Carolina rallied out of a double-digit hole earlier this month to knock off Duke in the latest edition of their rivalry at the Dean Smith Center. Tar Heels fans rushed their home court to celebrate twice, once prematurely. That led to a $50,000 fine from the ACC.
But after that game, Scheyer revealed a Duke staff member was punched in the face during the scene on the court. He said he got to the locker room and saw the staff member with a bloody lip and disheveled, and that he “got trampled on the floor.” It’s unclear who the staff member is, but Scheyer said days later that he was doing fine.
“It was not a good situation,” Scheyer said last week. “But he’s doing better, he’s fine. Ready to move on. I don’t have anything more to say other than that was a very unsafe situation for him, our staff, our families, our players.”
But on Monday, a local politician got involved.
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The district attorney for Orange County, which includes Chapel Hill, spoke out on social media. Jeff Nieman, who is a North Carolina graduate, said there was “zero evidence” anyone was hit in the face and actually blamed Scheyer’s comments for making the situation worse.
“A week has passed, and what seemed likely is now patently obvious. There is zero evidence that anyone from Duke’s basketball program was ‘punched in the face’ at the Smith Center last week,” Nieman wrote. “Nor is there any evidence that a staffer was ‘trampled on the floor’ or ‘in a complete brawl,’ for that matter. Some have asked why I’m talking about this. It’s certainly not because of a sports rivalry. That’s no business of the DA’s Office.
“But I’ve seen firsthand how reckless accusations of violence incite more violence, and that is my business. Someone with the power and influence of a major men’s basketball coach should exercise more discretion before just saying things that can have real-world consequences.”
Duke has won three straight since that loss, and now sits at 24-2. The Blue Devils will take on top-ranked Michigan on Saturday. They’ll host North Carolina again in the final game of the regular season next month, too.
As for the incident, Scheyer is again insisting that he just wants to get it behind them.
“We’re moving on, and I’m really grateful for tonight’s win,” he said Monday.
There were so many coaching changes this past month we decided to split our annual coaches show in two parts. Nate Tice joins Matt Harmon to breakdown every single head coach and offensive coordinator change in the AFC. Harmon and Tice identify which changes they like, they’re fine with and the one’s they are most skeptical of for fantasy purposes in 2026.
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(1:30) – AFC coaching hires we like: Ravens HC Jesse Minter + OC Declean Doyle, Bills HC Joe Brady
(27:30) – AFC coaching hires we like: Raiders HC Klink Kubiak, Chargers OC Mike McDaniel
(47:05) – AFC coaching hires that are fine: Browns HC Todd Monken, Dolphins OC Bobby Slowik, Titans OC Brian Daboll
(1:13:15) – AFC coaching hires that we are skeptical of: Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy, Steelers HC Mike McCarthy, Jets OC Frank Reich
There were so many coaching changes this past month we decided to split our annual coaches show in two parts. Nate Tice joins Matt Harmon to breakdown every single head coach and offensive coordinator change in the AFC. Harmon and Tice identify which changes they like, they’re fine with and the one’s they are most skeptical of for fantasy purposes in 2026.
MILAN — The Blade Angels have arrived in Milan. And after the short program, Alysa Liu is very much in gold medal contention, while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn are not.
Liu led Team USA’s much-heralded trio of skating women on the ice for Tuesday night’s short program. The two-time Olympian and reigning world champion skated a graceful, near-flawless program to Laufey’s “Promise,” recording a score of 76.59.
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“I kind of liked it,” she said as she skated off the ice to a standing ovation from the Assago Ice Skating Arena crowd.
“I felt super grounded,” Liu said afterward, “and I connected with my program on another level, compared to the rest of the season.”
Only a minor under rotation on a triple axel kept her from going to the top of the leaderboard. After the short program, Liu sits third behind only the Japanese duo of Ami Nakai (78.71) and Kaori Sakamoto (77.23).
On the other end, Glenn stumbled in her quest for gold. The reigning U.S. national champion failed to complete a combination jump midway through her routine that torpedoed her chances. Glenn was disheartened as her routine ended, in tears by the time she left the ice. It was only one missed jump, but it left her with a score of 67.39 — in 13th place overall.
Levito, skating to selections from movies starring Milan’s own Sophia Loren, began her routine with a triple flip into a triple toe loop. She executed the remainder of her routine with characteristic controlled, elegant precision. Levito earned a score of 70.84 to place her eighth.
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Glenn, Liu and Levito — who collectively have dubbed themselves the “Blade Angels” — rolled into the Milan Cortina Olympics with as much star power and medal pedigree as any figure-skating American women in recent memory.
No American woman has won an individual figure skating medal since Sasha Cohen’s silver in 2006. Sarah Hughes won gold and Michelle Kwan claimed bronze four years before that. The Blade Angels have only one combined Olympic appearance between them — Liu in 2022 — but together, they’ve amassed an impressive array of world and national championships.
“It’s very special that there’s a woman from figure skating representing each section of the country,” said Johnny Weir, Olympian and NBC commentator. “Isabeau Levito is from South Jersey to southside Philly. Amber Glenn is from Texas, and Alysa Liu from California, and I think it’s cool that there’s those three different perspectives and three different styles in each of those women.”
Amber Glenn reacts in the kiss and cry area after competing in the figure skating women’s single skating short program. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP via Getty Images)
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At the Olympics, they’ve had substantial downtime between events — or, in Levito’s case, before skating any events at all. Liu skated the short program element of Team USA’s gold medal-winning team competition, and Glenn the free skate element. But that competition ended more than a week ago, meaning they’ve been riding the rollercoaster of Olympic excitement and comedown.
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They’ve been preparing for this moment, individually and as a group, for years. They know what needs to be said, know what needs to be done.
“As long as we do our programs to the best of our abilities, we cannot control the outcome,” Glenn said recently. “But I think the U.S. ladies have come so, so far in the last two decades, that if we do our jobs in Milan … then more than likely someone’s going to be up there.”
Unfortunately for Glenn, it’s unlikely it will be her. As her scores were announced Tuesday night, she was almost inconsolable, knowing her climb to the top is probably too steep of a challenge. It’s likely too steep for Levito, too.
But it isn’t for Liu. Six years ago, she was the youngest ever U.S. champion at 13. Four years ago in Beijing, she finished seventh. Then she walked away from the sport entirely, retiring as a teenager, only to return two years later and win the world championship.
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Now at 20, she’s one brilliant routine from draping a gold medal around her neck.
Asked whether she had begun thinking about a medal, Liu just laughed. “I don’t need a medal,” she said. “I just need to be here and I just need to be present. And I need people to see what I do next.”
Robert Woods is calling it a career after nearly a decade and a half in the NFL.
The veteran wide receiver announced his retirement Tuesday via Instagram, following a season he spent out of the league after the Pittsburgh Steelers released him in August.
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“It’s time for me to step away from playing the sport that has given me everything,” Woods said. “Football has never just been a game to me — it has been my passion, my purpose, and my lifelong dream. I cherished every moment my cleats touched the grass. Every time I stepped onto the field, I was determined to leave a piece of myself in every snap.”
Woods entered the NFL as a second-round pick of the Buffalo Bills after an All-American career at USC. He spent the early stage of his career as a starter on a run-heavy offense, then found his greatest success when he signed with the Rams in 2017.
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By receiving yards, Woods posted the four best seasons of his career in his first four seasons with Sean McVay, working as a dangerous No. 2 receiver behind Cooper Kupp. He was on his way to another strong season in 2021 when he tore his ACL, leaving a hole that was filled by Odell Beckham Jr. during the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI run.
The Rams traded Woods a month after winning the championship and he spent the remainder of his career with a diminishing role on the Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans and Steelers. Despite two career 1,000-yard seasons, he was never selected to the Pro Bowl.
Mike Conley Jr. is returning to Minnesota after a trade deadline pinball trip through the league.
After being traded twice ahead of the NBA trade deadline (and subsequently waived), the longtime NBA veteran has signed with the Timberwolves, the team confirmed Tuesday.
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Conley, 38, was first dealt from the Wolves to the Chicago Bulls as part of a three-team trade that sent Kevin Huerter and Dario Šarić to the Detroit Pistons. Detroit also received a 2026 protected first-round swap with Minnesota. Also in the deal, Jaden Ivey went from the Pistons to the Bulls.
A day later, Conley was on his way to the Charlotte Hornets with Coby White in exchange for Collin Sexton and three second-round picks. The Bulls also acquired Ousmane Dieng from Charlotte in a deal in which the Oklahoma City Thunder got Mason Plumlee.
Yet neither the Bulls nor the Hornets intended to keep Conley and his $10.7 million salary for the 2025-26 campaign. He can be a free agent after the season.
The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement says teams are not allowed to trade a player and then re-sign him if he’s waived. However, Conley was able to return to Minnesota since he was traded a second time before he was let go.
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Following the brief interruption to his stay, Conley will resume his fourth season with the Timberwolves. He returns to a Minnesota team that added Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips in another deadline deal that sent Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks to Chicago.
Before being dealt, Conley was averaging 4.4 points, 2.9 assists and 1.8 rebounds while limited to 44 games with back spasms and tendinopathy in his right Achilles.
Overall, Conley has played 19 seasons in the NBA, 12 for the Memphis Grizzlies and four with the Utah Jazz. During his career, he has averaged 13.7 points and 5.6 assists while shooting 39% on 3-pointers.
Minnesota is 34-22 and in sixth place in the West.
