The drought is over.
It took 14 seasons, but former Buckeye guard and current Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley Jr. has finally made his first NBA All-Star team. He'll join Team Durant as the replacement for Devin Booker who will sit out with a left knee sprain after earning an All-Star bid himself in place of Anthony Davis who's missing the game due to a right calf strain.
Mike Conley: #NBAAllStar
Congratulations, @MCONLEY10!!! pic.twitter.com/aXzMNgY1Da — utahjazz (@utahjazz) March 6, 2021For years, Conley has earned a reputation as one of the best players ever not to play in the All-Star Game despite a career spanning nearly a decade and a half during which he has averaged 14.