Blockbuster Trades Help the Mike Conley-to-Dallas Chances

With a set of blockbuster trades taking place on Wednesday, could the chances of Mike Conley coming to Dallas have increased?

Mike Conley is top free agent point guard on the market when free agency opens up on July 1st as he weighs his options on leaving the city of Memphis. With the Grizzlies being able to offer a 5th year on a max contract, the decision will be difficult for Conley on choosing his next home.

A few states to the West, sits the Dallas Mavericks, who just received news that Deron Williams will be opting out of his contract and will hit free agency also. But this doesn’t really affect their presumed interest in the top free agent point guard on the market.

Besides Kevin Durant and LeBron James, you could make the case for Mike Conley being the top free agent on the market and the only franchise changing point guard available. Numerous sites and “insiders” have had different opinions on Mike Conley’s chances of ending up in Dallas, but after today, the chances have increased.

Two of the top teams that was expected to chase Conley in free agency over the summer both executed blockbuster trades to land their starting point guards. Jeff Teague found himself being traded to Mike Conley’s hometown (Indianapolis, Indiana) and the New York Knicks pulled off a trade for Derrick Rose.

Now Conley sits back with two outcomes marked off the list.

Then ESPN’s Tim MacMahon sent out a tweet about two teams Conley will have interest in…

“A source said the Spurs and Mavericks are among the other teams that would interest Conley, who intends to explore his options in free agency. The Spurs would have to answer questions about how Conley would fit with Tony Parker, according to the source, who said that Conley has great respect for Dallas coach Rick Carlisle.”

Now if any fan base in the NBA knows not to get excited about a free agent, it’s the Dallas Mavericks’ fan base. Before it’s all done with Conley, expect the list of teams to continue to grow, but at least Dallas is being mentioned in the initial rumors surrounding Conley.

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I wouldn’t say the needle was pushed completely in the Mavs favor today, but it would be stupid to say that the needle didn’t move at all towards the Mavs.