Mike Conley reportedly agrees to one-year Celtics deal

Mike Conley has agreed to a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics, according to ESPN’s reporting based on sources. If completed, the move would extend the 38-year-old guard’s NBA career into a 20th season.

The milestone is notable, though the supplied ESPN materials contain an inconsistency: the title and excerpt describe a different ordinal ranking than the source body, which says Conley would be the 14th player in league history to reach 20 seasons. That point should be checked before publication.

Conley is coming off a reduced role with Minnesota, where he averaged 4.5 points and 18.4 minutes over 54 games. Even with those career-low numbers, the report describes him as valued for leadership and as a playoff depth option.

His past season also included a complicated transaction path: Minnesota moved him to Chicago, Chicago later sent him to Charlotte in a deal involving Coby White, and Charlotte released him before he returned to the Timberwolves. For Boston, the reported signing would be less about peak production and more about veteran steadiness at the end of the roster.