Now in his 19th NBA season, Mike Conley of the Timberwolves turned 38 years old a little over two months ago. Including Chris Paul, he is the eighth-oldest active player (and some ahead of him, like Kyle Lowry, Garrett Temple, Jeff Green, and his teammate Joe Ingles, aren’t rotation players for their team).
For the first time in his career, Conley is mostly being utilized off the bench. There was much chatter around his struggles in last season’s playoffs, and he is clearly not near the player we saw in previous years. As a reserve playing around 20 minutes, though, Conley still provides value, and that was on display in Sunday’s come-from-behind victory over the Bucks.