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The NBA officially resumed the 2019-20 regular season on Thursday night with a pair of thrilling Western Conference matchups. First on the slate was the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans — two teams vying for playoff positioning. The Jazz pulled out a 106-104 victory after trailing by as much as 16 earlier in the […]

Of course, it comes down to Rudy Gobert. In the official start of the 2019-20 NBA season in Orlando, the man whose positive COVID-19 test prompted the league’s hiatus, hit two game-winning free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining to give the Utah Jazz a 106-104 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Utah started strong, but […]

The NBA restart is finally upon us. We are now just hours away before the coronavirus-shortened campaign returns from a four-month hiatus that honestly felt like a lifetime. Tipping things off will be the Utah Jazz taking on the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night, in what should be an exciting battle between two formidable teams […]

Speaking on the NBA restart and his team’s impending playoff run, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert speaks out on the importance of Mike Conley. Per Eric Woodyard of ESPN, Gobert believes that a large part of the Jazz’s play will depend on Conley’s performance. Jazz center Rudy Gobert says “we need this Mike Conley” if […]

The Utah Jazz hoped they were getting a key ingredient to the championship puzzle when they acquired former Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley in the offseason. Conley was coming off the best year of his career in 2018-19, one in which he averaged 21.1 points, 6.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds. With Conley joining Donovan […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will wear “I Am A Man” on the back of his jersey for the “bubble” games down in Orlando, Florida. The Jazz floor general told reporters on Monday he consulted with his family and thought it would be appropriate, given that it references the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. […]

The Utah Jazz are entering the season restart with quite a conundrum. Aside from the fact that the relationship between their two best players in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are not in a good place following their bouts with COVID-19, the season-ending wrist surgery of Bojan Bogdanovic has left the team with a huge […]

Mike Conley is hoping to be a difference-maker as the Utah Jazz prepare for the NBA restart in Orlando later this July. However, Conley is also preparing for the birth of another child. Conley’s wife, Mary, is due to give birth on Aug. 27, and he recently spoke about the challenges of leaving behind his […]

Mike Conley did not have the striking effect some Utah Jazz fans expected he could have upon leaving the Memphis Grizzlies for a chance to start anew in Salt Lake City. The lefty point guard was one of the best at scoring and playmaking during his time with Memphis, yet his poor performance in the […]

Some of the most versatile players in NBA history have suited up for the Memphis Grizzlies franchise over the years. For this piece, we highlighted and ranked the five best players in Grizzlies franchise history. The organization became an NBA club in 1995 and played in Vancouver for six years before moving to Memphis in […]

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic is set to undergo season-ending surgery on his right wrist Tuesday. With the 2019-20 NBA season on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the veteran opted to go under the knife to repair the scapholunate ligament in his wrist. Bogdanovic apparently hurt his wrist in late 2019 and had been […]

The Utah Jazz were in fourth place in the Western Conference standings before the 2019-20 season was suspended due to COVID-19. The team had a record of 41-23 and looked primed to go on a deep postseason run. Shooting guard Donovan Mitchell and center Rudy Gobert each made their first All-Star teams this season. However, […]

Watching Michael Jordan in his full glory in “The Last Dance” documentary series has stirred up some treasured memories for Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley. Appearing on the newest episode of the “Drive & Dish” podcast along with Jazz teammate Georges Niang, Conley recalled the first time he met His Airness. Per the 32-year-old facilitator, […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley Jr. was not thinking about himself when news broke out that his teammates Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell tested positive for the coronavirus last month. Instead, the 32-year-old floor general feared for the health of his two children and his wife, Mary Peluso, who is currently pregnant with their child. […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley says if there’s beef between Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, then they will have to handle it like grown men. Mitchell is reportedly upset at Gobert for how the Jazz center acted before his positive COVID-19 test. Multiple reports have said that Gobert was touching players’ belongings in the […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley says players around the league are feeling confident about the 2019-20 season resuming. This is pretty surprising to hear given COVID-19 continues to spread across the world. However, the Jazz star did acknowledge there are several things that need to be worked out before the NBA can resume play: “We’re […]

The NBA HORSE Challenge came to a close on Thursday as Mike Conley of the Utah Jazz took all contestants by surprise and snatched away the title of NBA HORSE champion. While the broadcast of this competition had its share of problems, these contestants showed a few tricks up their sleeves. Let’s hand out some […]

A champion has just emerged from the ESPN’s inaugural H-O-R-S-E Challenge: Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley. This was thanks to an amazing behind the backboard layup, which earned the 32-year-old the honor of being the first-ever H-O-R-S-E champ. Behind the backboard ftw!#TeamMike | @espn pic.twitter.com/U2Q4drwVWe — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) April 17, 2020 This one-of-a-kind […]

The NBA HORSE Challenge surprised plenty of fans, though mostly due to how ESPN chose to bring this quarantine edition of the beloved blacktop game to a primetime audience. The outcome was not what the league expected, as the footage was no better than the funny handheld clips shown on MTV’s Ridiculousness. However, it did […]

The participants for the NBA Horse Challenge have been announced, as ESPN is set to broadcast the quarterfinals of the isolation-set event on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. The semifinals and the championship game will air on Thursday, April 16, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. These are the list of participants, separated into two groups: […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is best known as one of the most fearsome lockdown defenders in the league today. On Friday night against the Utah Jazz, the 26-year-old showcased some nice moves from his offensive repertoire. At the 9:39 mark of the third quarter of the Celtics-Jazz match-up at the TD Garden, Smart figured […]

The 2019-20 season has not been kind to Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley and New York Knicks floor general general Elfrid Payton made things even worse for the lefty on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Payton crossed Conley over and finished the highlight play with a nice layup to get the Knicks players off […]

Mike Conley’s first season with the Utah Jazz has been a disaster. When the Jazz acquired Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies, no one expected the lefty to struggle like this, get benched and re-inserted back in the starting lineup. Conley is averaging just 13.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists on the season for Utah. He’s […]

Did you live the Mike Conley experience on Wednesday? The Utah Jazz point guard began the day as the team’s starting point guard, was then reportedly moved to the bench, and a couple hours afterwards the Jazz had a change of mind, leaving him in the starting five while subbing out Joe Ingles for Royce […]

The Utah Jazz have been determined to change things around in the midst of a losing skid. The team reportedly initially decided to bench veteran newcomer Mike Conley Jr. in favor of Royce O’Neale, yet the 13-year veteran soon found out his place in the lineup was safe, like if it was all a dream. […]

Early on Wednesday, it was announced that the Utah Jazz would move point guard Mike Conley to the bench swapping him out for Royce O’Neale. Later in the day, the Jazz announced that small forward Joe Ingles would move to the bench instead of Conley. The mix up confused fans and media and Utah head […]

The Utah Jazz are reversing course and keeping point guard Mike Conley in the starting lineup. The team will instead bench sharpshooter Joe Ingles, according to The Athletic. After telling players that they were making a starting lineup change, by removing Mike Conley Jr. from the starting five, the Utah Jazz have now decided to […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley wishes he could pinpoint exactly why the Jazz are struggling lately. However, the veteran guard can’t at the moment. The Jazz have lost three straight games and are going to move Conley to the bench, replacing him with Royce O’Neale: Mike Conley seemed to be in normal even keeled […]

The Utah Jazz have looked for ways to shake out of a slumpy stretch of the season, having lost five in a row, won four straight, and then lost in their last three games, slipping to fifth place behind the Houston Rockets in the process. In efforts to shuffle up the lineup, the Jazz will […]

Believe it or not, there are only two months left in the 2019-20 NBA regular season. By this point, we have a large enough sample size to gather some legitimate information. We pretty much know which teams are good, which teams are meh and which teams just stink at this stage, and the same goes […]

Mike Conley will return to the Utah Jazz’s starting lineup on Saturday against Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. Conley will replace small forward Royce O’Neale in the Jazz’s starting five: Filed to ESPN — Per league sources, Mike Conley will return to the Jazz’s starting lineup tonight […]

The Utah Jazz are gearing up for Mike Conley’s return to the starting lineup, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. Conley was out of commission earlier this season due to a hamstring strain. He’s back in action now, but he’s come off the bench in his last six games. The Jazz, […]

The Utah Jazz will be without point guard Mike Conley on Thursday when they take on the Denver Nuggets. Conley is out as part of the injury management of his right knee: Mike Conley is OUT tonight vs. the Nuggets as part of the injury management of his right knee. — tribjazz (@tribjazz) January 30, […]

Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley returned from a 14-game absence on Saturday night in their 123-101 win over the Sacramento Kings. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert expressed their happiness on having their veteran point guard back, who has been out the past month with a hamstring injury. Both also echoed the same sentiments of how […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley Jr. is finally off the injured list and will make his return against the Sacramento Kings after missing the team’s last 14 games due to a hamstring injury. Dubbed as “Iron Mike” for his toughness and durability throughout his 12-year NBA career, the now 32-year-old Conley was in unfamiliar […]

Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will return to action on Saturday against the Sacramento Kings after missing the last 13 games (and 18 of the last 19) due to a hamstring injury. The Jazz have been rolling in Conley’s absence. Utah has won 10 in a row and 15 of its last 16, so […]

After missing 14 consecutive games because of a hamstring injury, Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley will play against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, according to Shams Charania of Stadium. The Jazz will bring Conley off the bench: Just in: Jazz guard Mike Conley Jr. will return from monthlong absence Saturday vs. Kings, NBA Insider […]

The Utah Jazz are playing great basketball at the moment, but the momentum they’re building may be put at risk as Mike Conley is set to return to the team after battling through injury. Andrew Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune released an update on the current condition of the star guard. Depending on the […]

Although he’s listed as “out” against the Pelicans, Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley was spotted getting some shots up with his teammates during Thursday morning’s practice session. Mike Conley was shooting with his teammates after shootaround today, training staff is putting him through a physical workout now. He is still listed as out for […]