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Conley's Promising Rookie Season Paused
Authored by Christopher Reina - 24th November, 2007 - 9:58 pm

Mike Conley is out indefinitely due to a shoulder injury during a loss to Dallas, but he will fortunately not need surgery. This is yet another run of bad luck for Ohio State rookies. Of course Greg Oden out for the entire season and Daequan Cook has seen Pat Riley give him highly inconsistent playing time despite showing he can be an efficient scorer (58.6 TS%).

Conley was seeing just 14.4 minutes per game, playing behind Damon Stoudamire and Kyle Lowry, but despite effective performances from those other two six-foot point guards, the rookie was playing better. His overall per-minute production at the point guard position was only surpassed by Steve Nash, Chris Paul, Chauncey Billups, Jose Calderon, Baron Davis and Jason Kidd.

"He's eventually going to be a starter in this league,? fellow Ohio State alum Michael Redd said recently. ?He's talented enough, gifted enough. He's still young. But he's got a good attitude. He's going to be just fine."

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