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Point guard Mike Conley worked out on the court early Sunday to test the strength in his left ankle. Conley missed his second straight game with an ankle sprain, but the Grizzlies' starter said he expects to return Tuesday night against the Sacramento Kings. "I'm feeling better each day. Every morning I wake up I feel better," Conley said. "There's more mobility in my ankle. We're just trying to get the strength back more than anything. It can easily roll again and that's what the trainers are worried about more than anything. But you know me ...I'd rather be out there playing testing it out." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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What is it about this team and injuries in the home opener? Last year, it was Randolph going down on his keister. This time, a 7-year-old St. Jude patient named Ellen had barely finished the national anthem (she was brilliant) before Conley was rolling on the ground in pain. "Sprained ankle," said Hollins. "We don't know how bad it is." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Mike Conley: All this trade talk goin on is just crazy Twitter

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Pete Pranica: Z-Bo on Conley: "He can play with any point guard in the NBA." Twitter

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The point guard will meet this morning with National Basketball Players Association executive director Billy Hunter, union president Derek Fisher and 29 other player representatives to discuss the league's revised and final proposal for ending a 41/2 -month-old lockout. "There are some things as players we want to be done in order for the deal to be right," Conley said in a telephone interview. "Hopefully, this next proposal is close enough that we can live with it and be able to play." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Gasol said his first order of business will be to reconnect with his American colleagues now that he's fulfilled his national team duties. He's regularly talked or exchanged texts with O.J. Mayo, Mike Conley, Tony Allen and Zach Randolph. "The time change is a killer but we've talked," Gasol said, adding that he was proud to read the Grizzlies held a mini-camp after Labor Day. "I'm happy that Mike stepped up and organized the workout. That was really good. He's taking ownership of the team. He's growing and he's getting better as a leader. I miss the guys. I want to see them. I want to practice with them." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Mike Wells: Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, Eric Gordon, George Hill, Gordon Hayward, Lance Stephenson and JaJuan Johnson have committed to Indy team. Twitter

Zach Randolph, Gordon Hayward, Lance Stephenson, Mike Conley, Eric Gordon, George Hill, JaJuan Johnson 

The Grizzlies will practice together all week minus Darrell Arthur and their foreign teammates. Marc Gasol, Greivis Vasquez and Hamed Haddadi are playing with their national teams in Olympic-qualifying tournaments. "I've been prepared all summer to do this," Conley said. "It's my job as the point guard. I want to be one of the leaders on the team. And guys did a great job of keeping their word and coming in on time ready to work. "We found a good week when everybody could come back to Memphis and get some work in. We're going to do it again going forward. We're going to take weeks during the lockout to get together. It might be here. It might be in Las Vegas. Wherever we can get guys to meet and we can get a gym." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Conley said he called everyone on the roster, and then enlisted Gay to help with the players he couldn't reach. Gay, who is recovering from left shoulder surgery, hasn't been medically cleared to play with full contact. However, he can shoot and participate in conditioning drills. Local products Jeremy Hunt, Lester Hudson and Portland Trail Blazer Elliot Williams are also participating in the sessions. Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Granted, the Grizzlies haven't had much time to think about the plight of their city. Once you've stepped into the intense hurricane of the playoffs, it's hard to spend a few minutes of calm in the eye. "The city has gone through a lot when you see all the people who've had to relocate and move all their things," Memphis point guard Mike Conley said. "That's a tough situation, but this community has been on our side this whole roller-coaster season. We're trying to do this for them." CNN.com

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The Oklahoma City Thunder cruised in Game 5 and beat the Griz, 99-72, Wednesday night in Oklahoma City Arena. “We got embarrassed,” Griz point guard Mike Conley said. “They hit us and kept hitting us. We just weren’t fighting back.” Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Mike Conley 

The Grizzlies might as well be coal miners swinging pick-axes, longshoremen loading ships down on the docks, day laborers hauling sacks of concrete at a construction site. "It's the way we play," said Zach Randolph. "It's who we are," said Mike Conley. NBA.com

Memphis Grizzlies, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley 

Some NBA players do not believe an earlier date will change anybody’s mind. “Once I realized my opportunity and where I could possibly be drafted, I pretty much had made up my mind,” Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said Thursday. “I had an opportunity to go, and I was going to take it.” Conley left Ohio State after his freshman season. Howard, a senior and a two-time NCAA Elite 88 Award winner, doesn’t buy it. Howard won the award for having the highest GPA of any player at each of the past two Final Fours. “There’s a lot of guys who would not entertain it (leaving early) and a lot that would, if they do entertain it, are going to sign with an agent immediately,” he said. Yahoo! Sports

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“The plan on that last possession was just to play it out and deny the 3-point line,” said Mike Conley. They got the playing-it-out part right, at least. “I look up and I’m yelling because everyone is inside the 3-point line,” said Hollins. Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Mike Conley: Just made it back to Memphis . Tough way to lose but we had our chances. Focused... Twitter

Memphis Grizzlies, Mike Conley 

A 51.9 percent shooter in the regular season, Parker had made only 42.9 percent of his shots in the first four games. Though he had outscored his counterpart, Mike Conley, he also had committed 17 turnovers in the four games, six more than Conley. “We’ve been trying to figure out why he hasn’t been more aggressive, especially with his shot,” Popovich said. “He’s been hitting that mid-range shot all year long and doing a great job of it. “Tonight he did that, and it was a huge help for us. It kept us in a position to win because of what he did in that regard, but I thought he played well at the defensive end, also. This was his most aggressive game at both ends.” San Antonio Express-News

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Mike Conley: Very tough loss. About to watch the film on the plane ride back to Memphis, an get ready for game 3. Twitter

Memphis Grizzlies, Mike Conley 

Having already signed forward Rudy Gay to a five-year, $85 million deal last summer and point guard Mike Conley to a five-year, $45-million contract extension at the start of the season, getting Gasol on board for the future will enable the Grizzlies – who won for the first time in the postseason in franchise history in Game 1 – to take the next step in their development, according to Randolph. “The number one thing is to try to win a championship,” he said. “I feel like we’ve got a good enough core with me, Rudy, Marc and Mike to build around us and do something special. “I think it’s realistic. You’ve seen where we came from to now, where we’re at. This league is so up and down you can compete with anybody and anybody can get beat any given night.” NBA.com

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"He's clinically insane," guard Mike Conley said. "He's so loud, it can be obnoxious. It'll be 7 o'clock in the morning, and he'll be babbling about something." Wall Street Journal

Memphis Grizzlies, OJ Mayo, Tony Allen, Mike Conley 

Mike Conley hears the criticism. He knows that there are some who believe the Grizzlies made a mistake by signing him to his last contract. He hears people believe he is not worth the money. He hears comments that the Grizzlies maybe would be better off trading him. He also doesn't care. "I try my best to stay away from it and not read it," Conley told HOOPSWORLD, "but it still gets brought to my attention from different people. Eventually you find out what people are saying. It just motivates me more to stay in the gym and get better because I can't control what's going on off the court like what people say. What I can control is what I do on the court." HoopsWorld

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