Mike Conley PG MIN Mon 10/15/12 4:43 AM
Mike Conley
PG MIN
Mike Conley hit all five of his 3-point attempts in Sunday's exhibition win over the Hawks, finishing with 18 points on 5-of-9 shooting with five assists and a steal in 25 minutes.
Surely he's not going to get loose quite so easily when the games begin to count, but increased 3-point shooting is one way for Conley's stable year-to-year production to take a big step forward. A late-second round value last season, the only concern we have is whether or not his free throw shooting regresses after a 13 percent increase last season. If Conley jumps from 1.0 threes to even 1.5 threes per game, he could crack first round value this season, and he's going much later than that in drafts.