2025-26 Season
MIKE CONLEY
2025-26 Season
MIKE CONLEY
PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology
TEAM COMPARISON
of 13 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Father Time finally caught up to Mike Conley during a brutal opening stretch defined by vanishing rim pressure and an inability to stay in front of younger assignments. The physical decline was glaring on 10/24 vs LAL, where opposing guards ruthlessly blew past him at the point of attack to saddle him with a disastrous -11.7 impact score in just 9 scoreless minutes. Yet, the savvy veteran can still manipulate a game with pure basketball IQ. During a spot start on 10/27 vs DEN, Conley orchestrated the offense with masterful tempo control to post a +3.1 impact score despite shooting just 3-for-8 from the floor. Those vintage performances were rare. Even when his box score looked respectable, hidden costs often dragged down his value. On 11/01 vs CHA, he tallied 10 points and 6 assists on pristine 3-for-6 shooting, but still bled value to finish with a -1.8 impact score due to uncharacteristic errors that disrupted the team's overall rhythm.
This brutal twenty-game stretch felt like watching Father Time finally catch up to a seasoned floor general. His declining burst routinely stalled the half-court offense, bottoming out completely on 01/17 vs SAS with a disastrous -17.4 impact score. He went completely scoreless in that shift, failing to penetrate the paint or hit open looks while the defense comfortably suffocated his teammates. Yet, the veteran still found fleeting moments of brilliance when he leaned fully into his cerebral game management, like on 12/21 vs MIL. Despite scoring just six points, he generated a stellar +8.1 impact by orchestrating the offense flawlessly and delivering highly disruptive perimeter defense. Conversely, simply hitting shots no longer guaranteed a positive return. When he dropped a stretch-high nine points on 01/13 vs MIL, he still posted a -2.5 impact because underlying struggles with ball security and offensive stagnation dragged down the entire unit.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Conley has posted negative impact in 91% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 29% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Average defender. Conley doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.
In a rough stretch — 4 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 25 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 66 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
55 games played
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