The NBA recently announced Mike Conley as a finalist for the 2015-16 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by Kaiser Permanente. Fan voting commenced May 9, and continues through Wednesday, May 18 for the league-wide award. This is Conley’s first nomination for the Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award after previously winning the monthly NBA Cares Community Assist Award in January 2016 for his Jr. NBA work in the Memphis community and fundraising efforts for Methodist Healthcare Foundation, namely the Methodist Sickle Cell Center. A visual recap of Conley’s 2015-16 community work is available here.
Voting is now closed.
Conley is being considered for the award after a breakout year in his local philanthropic efforts, where he routinely expressed his passion in supporting the health and wellness of Memphis’ youth. In the 2015-16 season he stepped up as Ambassador of NBA FIT and Jr. NBA and hosted more than two dozen basketball clinics, and multiple Shoe UP! events where he provided underprivileged youth with Under Armour basketball shoes. Continuing tradition, he hosted his Seventh Annual Mike Conley Bowl N’ Bash benefitting Methodist Sickle Cell Center and continued his work as a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Ambassador.