A 6-foot-1 point guard, Mike Conley joined the Utah Jazz in July 2019 after spending the first 12 years of his NBA career with the Memphis Grizzlies. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, Conley led the Grizzlies to six playoff appearances during his time in Memphis, averaging 16.5 points and 6.7 assists over 56 career playoff games. During the 2018-19 season, Conley averaged 21.1 points (a new career high), 6.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.2 3-pointers per game, and on March 28, 2019, he passed Marc Gasol to become the Grizzlies' all-time leading scorer. Conley has won the NBA Sportsmanship Award three different times (in 2014, 2016 and 2019), and he also won the 2019 NBA Teammate of the Year Award. In 2013, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Conley's father, Mike Conley Sr., was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in track and field. Conley and his wife, Mary Peluso, have one son, Myles.

Conley played high school basketball in Indiana, where he finished second in Indiana Mr. Basketball voting behind teammate Greg Oden, who was the national player of the year. Conley was selected to the McDonald's All American Team and named to the Parade All-American Third Team. Conley played collegiately for one season at Ohio State, where he was named First Team All-Big Ten.