Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 at 10:30 am  |  14 responses

Mike Conley Handed Keys to the Offense

It’s his show now in Memphis: What Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley has in front of him now is a new coach dangling a floor general’s favorite carrot: Freedom. One of Griz coach Lionel Hollins’ first acts as Marc Iavaroni’s successor was to pull aside Conley before practice for a short and snappy sidebar. ‘He told me how much freedom I’ll have and what he’s expecting,’ Conley said, smiling. ‘He wants me to put the jets on and push the ball.’ Conley kept smiling. He couldn’t stop, actually.”

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  • niQ Posted: Jan.27 at 10:48 am
    i don’t think this will change much.

  • carter Posted: Jan.27 at 10:53 am
    it worked for devin harris. I hope the grizz improve, good squad

  • ENDS Posted: Jan.27 at 11:02 am
    who cares

  • Mendel Posted: Jan.27 at 11:05 am
    Good Luck

  • underdog Posted: Jan.27 at 11:30 am
    I would start Lowry.

  • Collin Posted: Jan.27 at 11:40 am
    when he was given the keys, he threw them right back. he don’t know what to do with them.

  • G-O Posted: Jan.27 at 12:01 pm
    Not right to bench kyle after his bif game

  • G-O Posted: Jan.27 at 12:02 pm
    Big*

  • [...] Mike Conley’s going to get full-reigns on the Grizzlies [...]

  • Doc Funk Posted: Jan.27 at 12:32 pm
    Who the funk is Lionel Hollins and what is he doing near Mike Conley?

  • Boing Dynasty Posted: Jan.27 at 1:40 pm
    Coaching.

  • mr. carter Posted: Jan.27 at 2:50 pm
    @underdog, are u moran?

  • Dacre Posted: Jan.27 at 7:43 pm
    A young PG with free reigns over tempo and running the show… not a bad thing to wake up to each morning.
    I had that for a while…

  • Hursty Posted: Jan.28 at 1:32 am
    lmao @ mr. carter. Fool.

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