One of Ohio State’s best NBA players ever added some hardware to his trophy case on Wednesday.
Former Buckeye turned Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Mike Conley was named the NBA's Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year.
The 2023-24 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year is... Mike Conley!
— NBA (@NBA) May 1, 2024
Conley receives the honor that recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on & off court leadership as a mentor & role model to other NBA players, & commitment & dedication to team. pic.twitter.com/jU0iPdKXAW
Playing in his 17th NBA season – each of which he's been a starter in – Conley has posted 11.4 points and a team-high 5.9 assists per game for the Timberwolves. Minnesota just completed a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the NBA playoffs with Conley running point, and he averaged 11.8 points and 6.3 assists across the quartet of contests.
It's Conley's leadership and selfless nature that landed him the Teammate of the Year Award, however. He's proved as much about his character in the past, winning the NBA's Sportsmanship Award a record four times. In terms of his play, Conley was named an All-Star in 2021.
At Ohio State, Conley was a member of one of the more legendary Buckeye teams of all time, the 2006-07 national runner-up squad led by three freshmen who were first-round picks in the 2007 NBA draft. Those freshmen included Conley, center Greg Oden and guard Daequan Cook. Conley averaged 11.3 points and a team-high 6.1 assists per game that season.
He and the third-seeded Timberwolves will meet the second-seeded Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals, a series that starts on Saturday.
