Team: Boston Celtics · Guard · Age 38 · Base role: eight-minute backup point guard and locker-room organizer
Projection card
| GP | MPG | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .380 | .900 | 0.3 |
Correction 2026-07-18: base raised from 4.0 MPG / 40 GP to 8.0 / 52, and the "situational, many DNPs" caveat moved out of the base and into the risk row where it belongs. Four minutes was not a usable number for a healthy veteran-minimum signing who played 18.4 MPG in 54 games for Minnesota in 2025-26 and is the only natural backup point guard on the roster. Public projections put him at 15-20 MPG (SI, CelticsBlog); this file does not go that far, because those are per-appearance reads and the same sources say he will not get much run when Boston is healthy. With Pritchard and White both starting and both able to run the offense, eight simultaneous minutes is the honest full-strength number. The raise is funded out of Ron Harper Jr.'s minutes, not the starters'.
Nine-category: undraftable in standard formats; low-turnover assists are the only streaming path. Points: reserve-only. Dynasty: no meaningful asset value outside special veteran leadership or salary-cap formats.
Why the line looks like this
Conley played 54 games for Minnesota in 2025-26 and averaged 4.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 0.6 steals in 18.4 minutes. He shot 33.5% from the field and 33.7% from three, clear evidence that the late-career decline is no longer only a minutes story. His 0.6 turnovers and 90% FT remained fantasy-friendly, but neither matters at low usage.
Boston signed him to a one-year deal after moving into a Pritchard/White primary-guard structure. The base gives him eight simultaneous competitive minutes: enough to reflect a real second-unit organizing shift, short of the 15-20 that public projections quote, because both starters are lead guards. If either sits, his organizational value can produce 18-24 minutes even though younger wings absorb more scoring.
Sources: NBA report on Conley's Boston signing, StatMuse 2025-26 Conley query, 2025-26 highlight context.
Category shape
- Remaining strengths: assists per turnover, FT%, veteran steal anticipation.
- Costs: low points/rebounds/blocks and potentially damaging FG%.
- Role sensitivity: needs the ball, but Pritchard and White are clearly better offensive options.
- Build fit: emergency assists stream in very deep leagues, not a draft target.
Floor, base, ceiling
- Floor: effectively a player-coach who appears only in blowouts and rest games; the DNP-heavy branch is live at age 38 and is a risk, not the base.
- Base: 52 games at eight active-game minutes; no standard-league value, but a legible second-unit shift.
- Ceiling: a lead-guard injury produces 20-24 minutes and roughly 4-5 assists with low turnovers, a short-term deep-league stream.
Risk and confidence
| Component | Confidence | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Roster | High | Official one-year signing |
| Minutes | Low-medium | Backup point guard by default, but Pritchard and White are both lead guards; a DNP-heavy usage pattern on healthy nights is the main downside branch |
| Rates | Medium | Playmaking remains legible; shooting decline may continue |
| Availability | Medium-low | Age 38 and only 54 games in 2025-26 |
A healthy preseason does not by itself create value. Conley needs a visible second-unit ballhandling role or an injury ahead of him before the projection should move materially.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Ohio State, one season (2006-07): 11.3 PTS / 3.4 REB / 6.1 AST / 2.2 STL on .518 FG; led the Big Ten in assists, First-team All-Big Ten, reached the NCAA title game. McDonald's All-American (2006). Draft: 2007, Round 1, Pick 4, Memphis Grizzlies.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | 20 | MEM | 53 | 26.1 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .428 | .732 | 1.7 |
| 2008-09 | 21 | MEM | 82 | 30.6 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | .442 | .817 | 1.7 |
| 2009-10 | 22 | MEM | 80 | 32.1 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .445 | .743 | 2.1 |
| 2010-11 | 23 | MEM | 81 | 35.5 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .444 | .733 | 2.2 |
| 2011-12 | 24 | MEM | 62 | 35.1 | 12.7 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .433 | .861 | 2.0 |
| 2012-13 | 25 | MEM | 80 | 34.5 | 14.6 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .440 | .830 | 2.4 |
| 2013-14 | 26 | MEM | 73 | 33.5 | 17.2 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | .450 | .815 | 2.1 |
| 2014-15 | 27 | MEM | 70 | 31.8 | 15.8 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | .446 | .859 | 2.2 |
| 2015-16 | 28 | MEM | 56 | 31.4 | 15.3 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | .422 | .834 | 1.5 |
| 2016-17 | 29 | MEM | 69 | 33.2 | 20.5 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | .459 | .859 | 2.3 |
| 2017-18 | 30 | MEM | 12 | 31.1 | 17.1 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | .381 | .803 | 1.5 |
| 2018-19 | 31 | MEM | 70 | 33.5 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | .438 | .845 | 1.9 |
| 2019-20 | 32 | UTA | 47 | 29.0 | 14.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 | .409 | .827 | 2.0 |
| 2020-21 | 33 | UTA | 51 | 29.4 | 16.2 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.7 | .444 | .852 | 1.9 |
| 2021-22 | 34 | UTA | 72 | 28.6 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | .435 | .796 | 1.7 |
| 2022-23 | 35 | UTA | 43 | 29.7 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | .408 | .813 | 1.7 |
| 2022-23 | 35 | MIN | 24 | 31.4 | 14.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | .460 | .863 | 1.2 |
| 2023-24 | 36 | MIN | 67 | 30.3 | 11.9 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | .428 | .834 | 1.5 |
| 2024-25 | 37 | MIN | 76 | 28.9 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | .457 | .911 | 1.3 |
| 2025-26 | 38 | MIN | 54 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .335 | .900 | 0.6 |
| Career | — | — | 1226 | 30.7 | 13.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | .436 | .826 | 1.8 |
Durability: 1,226 games over 19 seasons, but the last decade is checkered: the 2017-18 season was lost at 12 games to Achilles/heel trouble, and Wikipedia's ledger also lists a fractured vertebra (2016) and playoff facial fractures. Sub-60-game seasons in 2015-16 (56), 2019-20 (47), 2020-21 (51), 2022-23 pre-trade (43) and 2025-26 (54). Age-38 availability should be treated as a per-week question, not a preseason one.
Trajectory: The record shows a genuine 12-year starter-grade point guard whose scoring peaked at 21.1 PPG in 2018-19 and whose 2025-26 (4.5 PTS on .335 FG in 18.4 MPG) was the first season where the rates collapsed along with the minutes. In 2026-27 he competes for Boston's second-unit organizing shift behind Pritchard and White — roughly eight honest minutes when everyone is healthy. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if one of the two lead guards misses multiple weeks, at which point his low-turnover assists and 90% FT make him a deep-league stream and nothing more.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia
Open questions
- Is Conley part of the regular ten-man rotation or reserved for matchup/injury nights?
- Can reduced volume stabilize his shooting efficiency?
- Will Boston rest him on most back-to-backs regardless of role?