Fri 10/19/12 2:08 AM

Mike Conley scored 20 points on 5-of-13 shooting (1-of-2 3PTs, 9-of-9 FTs) with five rebounds, six assists, and a block in 36 minutes of Thursday's preseason win. Conley has had as good of a preseason as anybody in the NBA, and he should certainly be moving up draft boards, but keep in mind that preseason stats are often useless. Don't go overboard projecting results from the silly season in either direction. Rudy Gay added 20 points, four rebounds, six assists, four steals, and a block, and Marreese Speights had 16 and 11 with three blocks in a start for Zach Randolph (rest), illustrating our point.