Mike Conley Jr.
| Memphis Grizzlies | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 11, 1987 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Nationality | USA |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lawrence North, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| College | Ohio State |
| NBA draft | 2007: 1st round, 4th overall |
| Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Michael Alex Conley, Jr. (born October 11, 1987 in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is a basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.
Conley is the son of Olympic gold and silver medalist triple jumper Mike Conley, Sr. and the nephew of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Steve Conley.
Conley attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he played with friend and former Ohio State teammate Greg Oden.
On June 28, 2007, Conley was taken 4th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.
High school
Mike led Lawrence North to three straight state championships in high school and an amazing 103 wins and 7 losses in his four years as the starting point guard. His senior year, he dished out a total of 123 assists. Mike finished second in the voting of the Indiana Mr. Basketball to his teammate Greg Oden, who was the national player of the year. He was selected to the McDonald's All American team, which is the highest individual honor in high school basketball today. In that game, Conley led his team with a game-high 10 rebounds. He was later named a Parade magazine All-American in his senior year.
Conley shocked and upset many Indiana basketball fans when he turned down offers from in-state schools Indiana and Purdue, as well as Wake Forest, and chose to attend Ohio State University. He went to Ohio State with the number one recruiting class in the country that year with fellow AAU teammates Daequan Cook and Greg Oden.
College
Mike averaged 11.7 points and was the leader in the Big Ten Conference in assists with 6.1 per game. Conley led the Buckeyes to the Big Ten championship game, where they defeated Wisconsin to receive a number one seed into the NCAA tournament. He and fellow freshman star Greg Oden then led Ohio State to the national championship game.
On the road to the Final Four, the Buckeyes defeated Xavier, Tennessee, Memphis and Georgetown, only to lose in the championship game to the repeat national champions Florida.
Conley ended his season with 441 total points and 238 total assists.
Following his freshman season, Conley announced his intention to enter the 2007 NBA Draft along with Oden. Conley initially did not sign with an agent in order to preserve his eligibility should he decide to withdraw from the process and return to Ohio State,[1] but (as expected) signed with his father several weeks before the draft.
NBA Career
Conley was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies as the fourth pick in the 2007 NBA Draft after Oden, Kevin Durant, and Al Horford, the third player out of the top four draft picks that year who were freshmen in college prior to entering the draft.