The Commercial Appeal

Kanye West called Mike Conley in the middle of the night, basically to tell him he was awesome.

At least, that's how the Grizzlies point guard relays the conversation.

“He said 'I admire you. I really like what you do. I hate that you’re underrated,'" Conley said during the Grizzlies Media Day Monday. The call from the rapper/producer came after midnight, he said.

"He’s going through all of these things like he really watches me play,” Conley said with laughter. “He was like ‘You can be up here and they don’t see you like that.’

"I was like 'I’m 100 percent with you. What can we do? Help me. I’m looking for a feature. Put me in the background of some of music or something like that.'”

Conley had some more serious comments to make during Media Day, including his thoughts on President Trump's criticism of players who protested during the national anthem.

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And he shared his thoughts on teammate Chandler Parsons, who's struggled with injury.

“I was very encouraged when he came down the middle of the lane and dunked on two people. I don’t know if he was doing that before the injury.”

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