Will Conroy

Retired • Retired after 2014 season • PG • 3 years of NBA experience

Height6'2
Weight195 lbs
Born8th December 1982 (age 43)
Nationality🇺🇸USA/🇮🇹Italy
Pre-draft teamWashington
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Representative Teams
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2009 roster
Houston Rockets
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2008 roster
Cleveland Cavaliers
NBA Summer League - Orlando 2008 roster
New Jersey Nets
NBA Summer League - Rocky Mountain Revue 2008 roster
New Jersey Nets
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2007 roster
L.A. Clippers

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2005-06 D League Tulsa 66ers 47 31.1 12.9 4.7 9.5 48.9% 0.7 1.9 35.6% 2.9 4.5 64.8% 1.0 3.2 4.2 6.7 1.5 0.0 3.2 2.1
2006-07 D League Tulsa 66ers 42 39.2 15.0 5.0 11.6 43.4% 1.1 3.1 35.1% 3.8 5.3 71.9% 1.2 4.0 5.1 10.6 1.3 0.0 4.1 2.2
2006-07 NBA L.A. Clippers 4 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0% 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 1.0 0.0% 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
2006-07 NBA Memphis Grizzlies 3 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
2006-07 NBA Total (NBA) 7 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0% 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.6 0.0% 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0
2007-08 D League Albuquerque Thunderbirds 14 38.6 17.4 6.2 12.4 50.0% 2.1 5.1 40.8% 2.9 3.9 74.1% 1.4 3.4 4.8 8.2 1.4 0.0 3.6 2.6
2007-08 EuroLeague Fortitudo Bologna 5 28.4 7.8 2.8 7.8 35.9% 0.8 3.0 26.7% 1.4 1.8 77.8% 0.6 0.8 1.4 3.2 0.8 0.0 3.4 2.2
2007-08 Italy Olimpia Milano 6 11.0 1.0 0.5 1.3 37.5% 0.0 0.5 0.0% 0.0 0.3 0.0% 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.0
2007-08 Italy Virtus Bologna 11 27.5 7.4 2.4 6.6 35.6% 1.0 3.0 33.3% 1.6 2.5 66.7% 0.5 1.6 2.2 4.0 1.4 0.0 3.3 2.4
2008-09 D League Albuquerque Thunderbirds 49 44.9 26.5 9.0 18.7 48.1% 2.0 5.7 34.5% 6.6 9.4 70.2% 0.8 3.9 4.8 8.0 1.9 0.0 4.2 2.9
2009-10 D League Rio Grande Valley Vipers 29 38.0 16.4 5.7 10.9 51.7% 0.8 2.2 34.9% 4.4 5.6 78.4% 1.1 5.0 6.1 10.0 1.4 0.1 3.6 2.7
2009-10 NBA Houston Rockets 5 7.2 1.2 0.6 2.0 30.0% 0.0 0.6 0.0% 0.0 0.4 0.0% 0.0 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0
2011-12 D League Rio Grande Valley Vipers 23 32.0 12.6 4.0 10.7 37.2% 1.0 3.4 27.8% 3.7 5.1 71.8% 0.7 3.4 4.1 9.0 1.3 0.0 3.4 2.6
2012-13 NBA Minnesota Timberwolves 4 5.0 0.3 0.0 2.3 0.0% 0.0 0.8 0.0% 0.3 0.5 50.0% 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
2013-14 Germany Bayreuth 9 17.8 5.2 2.0 4.8 41.9% 0.4 1.6 28.6% 0.8 1.4 53.8% 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.3 0.2 0.0 2.1 1.3
2013-14 Germany Rasta Vechta 13 30.4 8.6 2.9 7.6 38.4% 1.0 2.9 34.2% 1.8 2.8 63.9% 1.5 3.3 4.8 5.1 1.2 0.0 3.3 2.6

Teams
DateTeam
2001 - 2005 Washington (NCAA)
July 2005 L.A. Lakers (Summer League)
September 2005 - October 2005 L.A. Lakers (NBA)
November 2005 - June 2006 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
September 2006 - October 2006 Charlotte Bobcats (NBA)
November 2006 - January 2007 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
January 2007 - February 2007 L.A. Clippers (NBA)
February 2007 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
February 2007 - March 2007 L.A. Clippers (NBA)
March 2007 - April 2007 Tulsa 66ers (D League)
April 2007 - August 2007 L.A. Clippers (NBA)
August 2007 - November 2007 Virtus Bologna (Italy)
November 2007 - February 2008 Olimpia Milano (Italy)
March 2008 - June 2008 Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D League)
July 2008 Cleveland Cavaliers (Summer League)
November 2008 - June 2009 Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D League)
July 2009 Houston Rockets (Summer League)
September 2009 - October 2009 Houston Rockets (NBA)
December 2009 - January 2010 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D League)
January 2010 - February 2010 Houston Rockets (NBA)
February 2010 - March 2010 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D League)
March 2010 Houston Rockets (NBA)
March 2010 - June 2010 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D League)
November 2010 Liaoning (China)
January 2011 - June 2011 Oyak Bursa (Turkey)
December 2011 Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
January 2012 - April 2012 Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D League)
April 2012 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D League)
September 2012 - November 2012 Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
December 2013 - February 2014 Bayreuth (Germany)
February 2014 - June 2014 Rasta Vechta (Germany)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
16th September 2005 NBA Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with L.A. Lakers.
18th October 2005 NBA Waived by L.A. Lakers.
3rd November 2005 D League Drafted 47th overall in the 2005 D League Draft by Tulsa 66ers.
25th September 2006 NBA Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Charlotte.
20th October 2006 NBA Waived by Charlotte.
1st November 2006 D League Designated as a returning player by Tulsa 66ers.
30th January 2007 NBA Signed a ten-day contract with Memphis Grizzlies.
9th February 2007 D League Designated as a returning player by Tulsa 66ers.
28th February 2007 NBA Signed a ten-day contract with L.A. Clippers.
5th March 2007 NBA L.A. Clippers terminated ten-day contract early.
6th March 2007 D League Designated as a returning player by Tulsa 66ers.
6th April 2007 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2008 with L.A. Clippers.
20th August 2007 NBA Waived by L.A. Clippers.
20th August 2007 Italy Signed a one-year contract with Virtus Bologna.
5th September 2007 D League Drafted 4th overall in the 2007 D League Expansion Draft by Iowa Energy.
28th November 2007 Italy Left Virtus Bologna.
30th November 2007 Italy Signed for the remainder of the season with Milano.
22nd February 2008 Italy Released by Milano.
11th March 2008 D League Designated as a returning player by Iowa Energy.
11th March 2008 D League Traded by Iowa Energy to Albuquerque Thunderbirds in exchange for Josh Gross.
1st November 2008 D League Designated as a returning player by Albuquerque Thunderbirds.
22nd September 2009 NBA Signed an unguaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Houston Rockets.
22nd October 2009 NBA Waived by Houston Rockets.
30th December 2009 D League Designated as a returning player by Albuquerque Thunderbirds.
30th December 2009 D League Traded by Albuquerque Thunderbirds to Rio Grande Valley Vipers in exchange for Kurt Looby.
29th January 2010 NBA Signed a ten-day contract with Houston Rockets.
8th February 2010 D League Designated as a returning player by Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
2nd March 2010 NBA Signed a second ten-day contract with Houston Rockets.
11th March 2010 D League Designated as a returning player by Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
12th November 2010 China Signed a two-week tryout with Liaoning.
4th January 2011 Turkey Signed for the remainder of the season with Oyak Bursa.
13th December 2011 NBA Signed an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Minnesota Timberwolves.
14th December 2011 NBA Waived by Minnesota Timberwolves.
24th January 2012 D League Designated as a returning player by Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
2nd April 2012 D League Waived by Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
4th April 2012 D League Acquired by Los Angeles D-Fenders.
5th April 2012 D League Left Los Angeles D-Fenders.
7th September 2012 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Minnesota Timberwolves.
15th November 2012 NBA Waived by Minnesota Timberwolves.
8th December 2013 Germany Signed for the remainder of the season with Bayreuth.
9th February 2014 Germany Left Bayreuth.
11th February 2014 Germany Signed for the remainder of the season with Rasta Vechta.

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Chinese Basketball Association Imports, 2010/11

It is not a surefire thing that any ex-NBA talent can just bowl up and play there. Some, like Chris Hunter, don't want to, declining the big Chinese monies in favour of a tiny D-League one on the presumption and/or gamble that a midseason NBA call-up might be forthcoming. And a good many more tried and failed - players to have tried out for a spot in China this summer include, but are not limited to, Eddie Gill, Patrick O'Bryant, Will Conroy, Ronald Murray, Rashad McCants and Rafer Alston. In recent years, the CBA has become an even more attractive place to play, and thus has been able to become pickier.
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The best of what's left after what was the best of what's left has gone and is no longer left

- Will Conroy - Contrastly, Will Conroy has long been on the cusp of the NBA, without ever quite getting into it. Conroy appeared in 5 games and 36 minutes for the Rockets this season, taking his career totals to 12 games and 88 minutes; he also scored his first six NBA points. Yet that's all the NBA time Conroy has to show for a career constantly on the cusp. Conroy turns 28 later this year, and thus is in his prime; it seems inevitable that he will once again do a training camp dance somewhere. But will he stick? History suggests not.
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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 14

- Will Conroy

Apart from very short stints in the NBA and Italy, Conroy has been in the D-League since leaving the University of Washington in 2005. This means he probably still has a mortgage, because the D-League does not pay well. Conroy has done this for the simple reason that he knows he's on the cusp of the NBA, and the best way to get in it when you're that close is to be in the D-League and wait for opportune 10 day deals. However, despite averaging 27/8/5/2 down there last year, Conroy still couldn't get any guaranteed money in training camp this year, and went to the Rockets camp in October on a completely unguaranteed deal. Then, in spite of the Rockets having only two point guards, Conroy lost out on a roster spot to Brian Cook, because Cook's expiring salary can't be traded if he's not on the roster. And trading that remains a possibility, however small. So it was no joy for Will.

The guards to have been called up from the D-League to the NBA so far this season are Sundiata Gaines, Mario West, Cedric Jackson and JamesOn Curry. While Gaines's story has been quite cool, what else does Conroy have to do? No one in the NBA really needs Conroy right now, not even the Rockets, but he's being passed over for lesser players and has been for a while. If teams need a point guard to call up as injury cover, Conroy is ready and waiting, but they're not doing so. Worse still for Conroy; he just turned 27, and the window is closing.

Conroy went to China to start this season, but lost out in the crush that saw basically every former NBA player vying for spots there. He has since rejoined the D-League and is averaging 14.3 points, 8.4 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
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