Eric Walden: Mike Conley deserves to be an All-Star — which doesn’t mean he was robbed

With only 12 spots per conference and the Utah Jazz guard among a litany of deserving but not definitive candidates, his exclusion is disappointing but not some egregious miscarriage of justice.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10)j as the Utah Jazz host the Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020.