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 shooting 39.8 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from beyond the arc and 78.7 percent from the free-throw line:

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“Nobody is more frustrated than me,” Conley said on his first season with the Jazz, per Tony Jones of The Athletic. “Not the fans, not the media, not my teammates. I’m not a guy who runs from looking in the mirror. But, at this point, I have to control what I can control. I have to stay locked in. I have to focus on what I can handle. I know what’s being said. But in a big way, it’s not in my control what people may think.”

Conley signed a five-year, $152.6 million deal with the Grizzlies in the summer of 2016. The Jazz guard is making $32,511,623 this season and has a player option worth $34,502,130 for next season, an option he will surely pick up since he won’t make that type of money on the open market.

The Jazz lost to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs last season. Utah needs Mike Conley to play better as the season moves along. They will need the veteran to play at a near-All-Star level once the playoffs start so star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell doesn’t have to do everything on offense.