{"id":75818,"date":"2024-05-01T13:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=75818"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:53:29","slug":"2024-nba-teammate-of-the-year-award-winner-announced-minnesota-timberwolves-mike-conley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/01\/2024-nba-teammate-of-the-year-award-winner-announced-minnesota-timberwolves-mike-conley\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 NBA Teammate of the Year Award Winner Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/conlemi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Conley<\/a> has been named the 2024 NBA Teammate of the Year. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/history-teammate-of-the-year-winners\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBA.com staff<\/a>, &#8220;the award recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 2023-24 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year is&#8230; Mike Conley!<\/p>\n<p>Conley receives the honor that recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on &amp; off court leadership as a mentor &amp; role model to other NBA players, &amp; commitment &amp; dedication to team.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jU0iPdKXAW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jU0iPdKXAW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1785704775100649551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time in his career that Conley has received the honor. Additionally, the guard was voted the NBA Teammate of the Year in 2019, his final season with the Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pr.nba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/2023-24-Twyman-Stokes-Award-Voting-Results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full voting results<\/a>, Conley won the award by a relatively slim margin. The 17-year NBA veteran received 51 first-place votes, just four more above Brooklyn Nets wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a>, the runner-up. Conley received 1,172 total points, whereas Bridges received 1,041.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> (New York Knicks), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccontj01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.J. McConnell<\/a> (Indiana Pacers), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/niangge01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georges Niang<\/a> (Cleveland Cavaliers) rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<h2>2024 NBA Teammate of the Year Award Winner Announced<\/h2>\n<h3>Mike Conley&#8217;s 2023-24 Season<\/h3>\n<p>This season, Conley averaged 11.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. Conley also shot a career-high 44.2% from beyond the arc. Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allengr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grayson Allen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kennalu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke Kennard<\/a> shot the ball more efficiently from the three-point line. Furthermore, as one of the better defensive guards in the league, Conley helped lead the Timberwolves to the best team defensive rating in basketball.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/19\/nba-news-timberwolves-agree-to-extension-with-veteran-guard\/\" target=\"_self\">Conley signed a two-year contract extension<\/a> to remain in Minnesota. Before the signing, head coach Chris Finch talked about how important Conley was to the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He\u2019s everybody\u2019s big brother. Calm, steady. Not super vocal in any rah-rah way but when he talks, everyone is listening. \u2026 Whether he wanted to be the leader of this team or not, our guys look to him, and he\u2019s taken it and run with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Minnesota Timberwolves Roster Loves Mike Conley<\/h3>\n<p>Conley is not a two-time NBA Teammate of the Year recipient for no reason. The Arkansas native has built a reputation for his work ethic, leadership, and humility. Recently, teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alexani01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a> spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2765541\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conley&#8217;s impact on him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think he\u2019s taught me how to be a level-headed player, and he\u2019s taught me how to be more consistent in the way I do things on and off the floor,\u201d Minnesota guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker said. \u201cI\u2019m aspiring to be a lead guard full time, and when I look at Mike, he\u2019s always even-keeled. That\u2019s just so helpful to us. He has this ability to control his emotions and control the game when frustrations get high. \u201cWhen everyone is kind of running around, Mike is calm and telling us what we need to do to get back on track. He\u2019s just very important to us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, Conley himself talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/sports\/2024\/03\/20\/mike-conley-providing-valuable-leadership-to-minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his impact on the team<\/a> as a leader.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe guys trust me, both players and coaches,\u201d Conley said. \u201cI\u2019ve got all those guys\u2019 best interest at heart and I think I put myself aside for the betterment of the team and they know that. So anything I say or do or have a message to speak on, they know it\u2019s coming from a good place and that I don\u2019t have any other agendas behind it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Timberwolves Mike Conley has been named the 2024 NBA Teammate of the Year. According to the NBA.com staff, &#8220;the award recognizes the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team.&#8221; The 2023-24 Twyman-Stokes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":47632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,6,9,2,11,21,62,12,3],"tags":[34352,487,1417,769,1484,208,947,2200],"class_list":["post-75818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nets","category-cavaliers","category-featured","category-pacers","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-knicks","category-news","tag-georges-niang","tag-grayson-allen","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-luke-kennard","tag-mikal-bridges","tag-mike-conley","tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","tag-t-j-mcconnell"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}