Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley had all the trick shots on display among a star-studded field to earn the honors of HORSE champion in April. The ambidextrous Jazz player bested Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine in the finals in front of a national audience, with impressive shots like a free throw with his eyes closed and spinning the ball on his finger and punching it off the glass.
Throughout his 13-year professional career, Conley has continued to use his influence as an NBA player to make an impact in the community. His HORSE victory was no different. With the win, a corporate partner made a large donation to various charities and Conley himself made a sizable donation to the Utah Food Bank.
The HORSE challenge provided some welcome relief during an unprecedented time around the globe and in the sports world.
“It helped a lot,” said Conley of the competition. “All of us guys are looking for something to do, for someone to compete against. There are only so many video games you can play before we really start to go crazy.”
However, just because he’s the newly minted HORSE champion, don’t automatically think that Conley would win handily in a similar competition among Jazz players.
“Bojan Bogdanovic would be my pick to dethrone me,” Conley said. “He’s got a lot of tricks. He’s a tricky dude. And obviously he can shoot way better than me.”