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Michael Alex Conley Jr. (born October 11, 1987) is an American professional
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player for the
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of the
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(NBA). He was drafted as the fourth pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the
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. Conley spent 12 seasons with the Grizzlies and became the team's all time leading scorer before being traded to the Jazz in 2019. His father, Mike Conley Sr., was an
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gold and silver medalist in
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.


High school career

Conley attended
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in
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, where he led the basketball team to three consecutive state championships and an overall record of in his four years as the starting
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. Over his senior year, he recorded a total of 123 assists. He finished second in
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voting behind teammate
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, who was the national player of the year. Among other accolades, Conley was selected to the McDonald's All American Team and named to the ''Parade'' All-American Third Team. Considered a five-star recruit by
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, Conley was listed as the No. 3 point guard and the No. 18 player in the nation in 2006. He committed to
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as one part of the number two recruiting class in the country that year, along with fellow AAU teammates
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,
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, and
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.


College career

In his freshman year at Ohio State, Conley averaged 11.3 points and led the
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in assists with 6.1 per game. Conley, together with fellow freshman star
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, led the Buckeyes to a Big Ten conference championship and a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament. On the road to the championship game, the Buckeyes defeated
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, Xavier,
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,
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, and Georgetown, only to lose in the championship game to the repeat national champions
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. Conley's best performance in the tournament came in the contest against Xavier. He recorded 21 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks as Ohio State defeated the Musketeers in
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. Greg Oden fouled out in regulation, and Conley scored 11 of his 21 points in the extra period to lead the Buckeyes to a victory. Ending the season with totals of 441 points and 238 assists, Conley was named to the All-Big Ten First Team. Following his freshman season, Conley announced his intention to enter the 2007 NBA draft along with Oden. He initially did not sign with an
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in order to preserve his eligibility to withdraw from the draft but ended up signing with his father several weeks before the draft.


Professional career


Memphis Grizzlies (2007–2019)


Early years (2007–2010)

Conley joined fellow Buckeyes
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and
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in declaring for the 2007 NBA draft; both Conley and Oden were represented by Conley's father, whom the NBA certified as an agent earlier in the year. Conley was drafted by the
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as the fourth overall pick after Greg Oden,
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, and
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. Conley had his first major appearances in January 2008. In Conley's first five career games, he scored 5, 10, 11, 11, and 15 points, respectively. He scored a season-high 20 points with 7 assists in a 134–124 loss to the
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. Conley finished his rookie year with averages of 9.4 points and 4.2 assists per game. Conley started his sophomore campaign competing with
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for minutes. On January 25, 2009, the Grizzlies made
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the head coach after the firing of
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. On February 19, 2009, Lowry was traded to the
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, which put Conley in the starting lineup. He averaged 10.8 points and 4.3 assists per game for the year. Conley cemented his role as a full-time starter for the Grizzlies in 2009. He posted a season-high of 25 points on March 31, 2010, during a 102–106 loss to the
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. He averaged 12.0 points and 5.3 assists on the season.


2010–11 season

On November 30, Conley put up a season-high 28 points in a 98–96 victory over the
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. Conley averaged 13.7 and 6.5 assists on the year to help the Grizzlies make the playoffs for the first time in five years. Entering with the eighth seed in the Western Conference, they were matched up in the first round with the top-seeded
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. Conley and the Grizzlies went on to defeat the Spurs in six games and make NBA history as only the second eighth-seeded team to defeat a first seed in a seven-game series. They then lost to the
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in the Semifinals after seven games.


2011–12 season

In the shortened lockout season, Conley played 62 of the Grizzlies' 66 games, during which he averaged 12.7 points and 6.5 assists. Conley and the Grizzlies would make the playoffs but fell in the first round to the
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in seven games.


2012–13 season

On the year, Conley averaged 14.6 points, 6.1 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game as the Grizzlies made the playoffs once again. They eliminated the
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and the
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to reach the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. However, they then lost to the
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in four games. It was in this season that Conley was named to the
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for the first time.


2013–14 season

Conley averaged a career-high 17.2 points, 6.0 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game on the year as the Grizzles made the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They were then eliminated in the first round by the
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in a seven game series. Conley was the recipient of the
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.


2014–15 season

On December 13, 2014, Conley scored a career-high 36 points to help the Grizzlies defeat the
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, 120–115, in overtime. The Grizzlies finished the season as the fifth seed in the Western Conference, making the playoffs once again. They then faced the
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in the first round and defeated them in five games. Near the end of Game Three of the series, Conley suffered a facial fracture, which forced him to miss the rest of the first round. He also missed Game One of the Semifinals against the
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. But Conley returned in Game Two of the series; and, while donning a protective mask, he scored 21 points to lead Memphis to a victory. However, Memphis eventually lost to the Warriors in six games. In 2014, Conley received what would have been the first
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of his NBA career, but it was overturned by league officials the following day; as of January 2020 he has yet to record a technical, having by far the longest streak without one of any NBA player.


2015–16 season

On October 31, 2015, Conley surpassed
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(7,801) for third on the Grizzlies' career scoring list. He scored 22 points against the Brooklyn Nets to finish the game with 7,821 career points. On January 18, 2016, Conley returned to the lineup after missing six games with a sore left Achilles and recorded his third double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 assists, helping the Grizzlies defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 101–99. Earlier that day, he was named one of the 30 finalists for the 2016 U.S. Olympic team. On March 12, he was ruled out for three to four weeks with a left foot injury. He was later ruled out for the rest of the season on April 4 following a re-evaluation by team doctors, and hoping to return during playoffs. The injury-riddled Grizzlies finished seventh in the Western Conference, and without Conley and
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, they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. On April 23, Conley was awarded the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the second time.


2016–17 season

On July 14, 2016, Conley re-signed with the Grizzlies. His reported five-year, $153 million deal was the greatest contract by total value in NBA history at that point in time. On November 16, 2016, he scored 30 points and hit a career-high-tying seven three-pointers in a 111–107 win over the
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. On November 29, he was ruled out for six to eight weeks with a fractured vertebrae. He returned to action on December 16 after missing nine games. In the Grizzlies' 96–92 loss to the
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, Conley passed
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to become the all-time leading scorer in Grizzlies franchise history. On January 30, 2017, he scored 38 points in a 115–98 win over the
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. Conley matched his career best with seven three-pointers (in 10 attempts) and made 12 of 18 shots overall in his fourth 30-point game of the season—he previously had just five over his entire career. On February 15 against New Orleans, Conley passed Mike Miller for the most three-pointers in franchise history with 845. On March 29, he matched his career-high with seven three-pointers on his way to 36 points, helping the Grizzlies rout the
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110–97. On April 22, 2017, Conley scored a franchise postseason record 35 points in a 110–108 overtime win over the
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. The win tied the first-round series at 2–2.


2017–18 season

Conley appeared in 12 of the Grizzlies' first 13 games of the 2017–18 season before suffering a left Achilles injury. On January 27, 2018, he was ruled out for the rest of the season after requiring surgery to smooth a small bone protrusion in his left heel.


2018–19 season

In the Grizzlies' season opener on October 17, 2018, Conley made his first regular season appearance since November 2017 after missing 70 games in 2017–18. He played nearly 29 minutes, scored 11 points and had three assists and one steal in a 111–83 loss to the
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. On November 2, he scored a season-high 28 points in a 110–100 win over the
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. On November 10, he set a new season-high with 32 points in a 112–106 overtime win over the
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. On November 30, Conley improved his season-high scoring to 37 points and also made 10 assists in a 131–125 double-overtime win over the
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. On March 5, 2019, Conley scored a career-high 40 points in a Grizzlies' 120–111 win over the
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. He was scoreless in the first quarter, Conley scored 19 of his career-high 40 points in the fourth quarter. On March 11, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from March 4 to March 10. It marked his first career Player of the Week award. On March 27, in a 118–103 loss to the
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, Conley passed Marc Gasol to become the Grizzlies' all-time leader in career points.


Utah Jazz (2019–present)

On July 6, 2019, the Grizzlies announced that they had traded Conley to the
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in exchange for
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,
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,
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, the draft rights to
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, and a protected first round pick. After the 2019–20 season, Conley declined to exercise the early termination option on his contract, and he was owed $34.5 million in the fifth and final year of his contract in 2020–21. In 2020, due to the suspension of the NBA season because of the
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, the NBA produced a televised event in which NBA and WNBA players participated in a virtual H–O–R–S–E competition while quarantining at their respective homes. The NBA raised $200,000 for charities while Conley of the Utah Jazz won the first virtual NBA H–O–R–S–E Competition, to become the inaugural "H.O.R.S.E Champion". On January 1, 2021, Conley scored 33 points and added seven assists, two rebounds, and one steal in a 106–100 win against the
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. On August 2, 2021, it was announced that Conley re-signed with the
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on a three-year deal. In his 14th NBA season, Conley was named an All-Star for the first time in his career as it was announced that he would be a reserve for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, replacing the injured
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. His 14-year wait is the longest ever for a first time All-Star. He recorded three points, one rebound, and two assists in 12 minutes in the game. Conley was also announced as Booker's replacement in the
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, where he competed against teammate
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. Conley lost in the final round to
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, 28–27.


Career statistics


NBA


Regular season

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Playoffs

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
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, 7 , , 7 , , 39.6 , , .421 , , .500 , , .750 , , 3.3 , , 7.1 , , .9 , , .0 , , 14.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
, style="text-align:left;",
Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp ...
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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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, 7 , , 7 , , 38.1 , , .431 , , .111 , , .769 , , 4.6 , , 7.9 , , 2.0 , , .1 , , 15.9 , - , style="text-align:left;",
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
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, 8 , , 8 , , 30.4 , , .427 , , .303 , , .821 , , 1.1 , , 5.0 , , 1.4 , , .0 , , 14.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",
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, 6 , , 6 , , 37.3 , , .485 , , .447 , , .838 , , 3.3 , , 7.0 , , 1.7 , , .5 , , 24.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
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College

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Ohio State The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
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Personal life

Conley is a
Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
and has spoken about his faith, saying, "
Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
means the world. Jesus means everything." Conley's father is Mike Conley Sr., an
Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
gold and silver medalist in the
triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
. He is also the nephew of former
American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
linebacker
Steve Conley Steve Conley may refer to: *Steve Conley (running back), American football player born in 1949 who played running back and linebacker in the 1970s *Steve Conley (linebacker) Donald Steven Conley (born January 18, 1972) is a former American foo ...
. On July 5, 2014, Conley married his girlfriend Mary Peluso, whom he met at Ohio State. The couple have three sons together.


See also

*
2006 high school boys basketball All-Americans An All-American team is an honorary sports team that is generally composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American ath ...
*
List of National Basketball Association franchise career scoring leaders The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America (29 in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Assoc ...


References


External links

*
Ohio State Buckeyes bio
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