This is huge news. Over the past 2 years, Washington had been HEAVILY recruiting Connelly to come back home where he's from and have final say and just as much power running their org (without the equity though). That followed 2 years of heavy recruiting Majiri and offering him the same AND tying in some international perks to their recruiting pitch for him. They struck out both times and many expected Connelly to stay pat after rebuffing his hometown org.
This says alot to me in that:
1: He finally agreed to leave Denver(To me, what 2 summers ago looked like a surefire future perennial contender now looks like a team clouded in injuries to 2 of their top 3 core and the potential that MPJ will be a perennial question mark going forward with his bad back.)
2. That he feels Minnesota is a good investment not just to get that equity (big difference over Minny and Denver/Washington pitches, it's the Pat Riley special) but also we've got to consider that he already has moves in mind for them despite them being locked in to their core with KAT, Ant and DLo on max's, but all of their future firsts after loosing this year's pick GSW, are their very own and only a couple 2nds are owed but the same amount are coming back.
Keep an eye on both Minny AND Denver making moves now that both have changes in front offices. Denver needs to get healthy but then they probably also need to prepare for Jokic being eligible for that super max next offseason with three other max contracts on the books for the next 4 years not including Jokics new deal and Minny is in the tax already for next season with very little wiggle room until DLo comes off in 23-24 with Ant Edwards eligible for his max extension that very same summer and two supporting guys in McDaniels and Vanderbilt due at the same time.
Great get by Minny.
