Mike Conley and the NBA’s Top 10 Most-Injured Stars

With Mike Conley now shelved for the season, where does the Grizzlies’ PG rank among the NBA’s most-injured stars?

There’s a long-held notion that landing star talent is the key to victory in the NBA. While that may be true of any sport – particularly one as individually-oriented as basketball – it’s also only half the battle.

Once a star has been acquired, his health thus becomes a gamble of varying degrees and extraordinary outcomes. Franchises have seen everything from title hopes to rebuilding projects crippled by failing bodies.

The Memphis Grizzlies are one such team, with Mike Conley’s heel now sidelining him for the season. While Conley’s absence might actually do the lottery-bound Grizzlies a favor, his health is an uncomfortable reality given his price tag.

With a rash of star injuries breaking out across the NBA, now might be a good time to examine which NBA stars are the greatest liabilities. Where does Conley rank among the league’s upper echelon of the walking wounded?

We’re going to try to break it down with a ranking of the Top 10 Most Injured Stars.

Players will be ranked quasi-abstractly, based not only on frequency and severity of injuries, but the resulting impact on their franchise. Let’s get into it: