The whispers started a few years ago.
It was 2013, and Mike Conley had just averaged 14.6 points and 6.1 assists per game for the Grizzlies.
Then they grew louder. Bleacher Report published an article calling Conley the “most underrated point guard in the NBA,” and Conley’s hype continued to grow.
Soon he was the NBA’s “underrated” poster boy, the player that every basketball analyst, every “in-the-know” basketball fan could call underrated and be applauded for insightfulness. 2014 ended with Conley averaging 17.2 points per game, and the whispers turned to shouts.