Former Ohio State basketball player snubbed from All-Star Game

The former Ohio State basketball player was snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game and is still waiting for his first All-Star selection.

Mike Conley was the fourth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft after playing one year of college basketball for the Ohio State basketball program. Conley has been an effective NBA point guard for years and has been waiting to be selected to his first All-Star Game.

Conley was an instrumental part of the Memphis Grizzlies’ “Grit and Grind” that ultimately made the Western Conference Finals back in 2013. He was the point guard that ran the show and made Memphis a contender for several years in a row.

Now he’s in Utah and is the leader of the best team in the NBA. At the age of 33, he is averaging 16.4 points and 5.6 assists per game while shooting 45% from the field and 41% from three. Despite all of these great numbers, he was snubbed from the All-Star Game again.

This might be Conley’s last best chance to make an All-Star team. The competition in the Western Conference for those guard spots has been very tough over the years. This was the year that the competition wasn’t quite as robust. Conley is also the most important player on the best team.

It’s truly a shame that Conley didn’t make it this year. Conley has been the best player to never make an All-Star team. He was really good at Ohio State and I have enjoyed following his career in the NBA. He deserves some recognition for how good of a player he has been.

Who knows? Maybe he’ll end up getting his first NBA title at the end of the year. I’m sure he’d rather have that than go to an All-Star Game during a global pandemic.