Mike Conley thinks this could be the year.
After more than a decade as one of the NBA’s premier point guards, the 33-year-old who is often called the league’s best player to never make an All-Star game hopes this is the year he finally sheds that distinction.
“That would mean the world to me obviously,” Conley said Friday. “It would say a lot about me as a person. After the year I had last year, to come back and compete at the level I’m competing at—I do feel like I’ve played well enough to be in that conversation and, quite frankly, be one of those reserves.