Veteran point guard Mike Conley had an atrocious start to his tenure as a member of the Utah Jazz. The former Memphis Grizzlies floor general shot 4-of-27 (14.8%) from the field in his first two games with the Jazz in the 2019-20 NBA season.

However, Conley found his groove in the team's home win against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, shooting 5-for-11 for 12 points and dishing out eight assists.

Conley, 32, explained what got him out of his shooting funk, per The Salt Lake Tribune's Eric Walden.

“We moved the ball a lot better. The last few games, we got a bit stagnant and the guy with the ball kind of had to make plays,” Conley said. “[Saturday], we really just moved it around the horn, got to the paint, started the blender, and everybody was really unselfish.”

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Conley was Utah's biggest move in the offseason, trading multiple picks and players like Jae Crowder and Grayson Allen for the experience point guard to be paired with dynamic third-year shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. Conley is a solid two-way player, too; he can more-than-adequately defend opposing guards while setting up a team's offense.

His poor shooting performance through the Jazz's first two games, however, had people already souring on the deal, but Conley bounced back in Utah's blowout home victory over the Kings.

Conley should be a great fit next to the undersized Mitchell while providing stout on-ball defense at the front lines while Defensive Player of the Year center Rudy Gobert mans the paint searching for intruders.