Conley hasn’t shown enough for me to merit that kind of trade. Sure, he and Oden will have lots of chemistry together but I still don’t know if that’s enough.

Plus, we’d have so many guards if we did a trade straight-up. That means, we’d likely give up a guard (Sergio? Bayless? Blake?) with Trout for Conley and another guy. Not sure how the numbers would work but that’s my guess.

Aside from that, however, I’ve got mixed feelings regarding Conley, Jr. Thus far into his career, Conley, Jr. has yet to develop sufficient efficiency on his mid-range jump shot or from beyond the arc; additionally, he doesn’t drive to the rack often enough and constantly plays matador defense along the perimeter.

Conley, Jr. isn’t too proficient of a playmaker, either. As it was, he averaged just 7.7 assists per 48 minutes and, according to 82games.com, had a measly passing rating of 9.2 last season — which caused the god-awful Jeff McInnis to be his closest comparison — thus, I’m not sold on him as a competent floor general.

sorry if I sound like a jerk for pointing this out.

I didn’t want us to trade for conley back during the draft. I didn’t think he would be worth the price we would have to pay to get him. I still am not convinced he will be that great in the end, but if it is just Trout for Conley, I think I may want to take the chance. If it pays off it could be huge for us. Do we not resign blake if this works out?

Mike B, Mike R, Brian Wheeler, and Henry Abbott laughed at this crazy proposal and said it’s bad speculation.

Shhhh Dwight, you retired.

So let’s ignore the fact that undersized almost never succeed in the NBA and Conley hasn’t done a thing to counter that fact.

Let’s go get him!