Mike Conley: Delivers 24 points on 8-for-14 shooting

With first-year coach David Fizdale running essentially an eight-man rotation Wednesday with Deyonta Davis playing only six minutes, Conley likely would have been in line for an even larger workload had he not ran into some foul trouble over the course of the evening. Even so, Conley still churned out a team-leading scoring total while carrying over his preseason success from long range into the season opener. After re-signing with the Grizzlies in July on the richest deal in NBA history — a five-year, $153 million pact — Conley has plenty to prove this season, but if health prevails, he should reestablish himself as an above-average fantasy option at the position after taking a step back during an injury-plagued 2015-16.