The Basketball Section

The 2018-19 NBA season is about a month away, which means every player will get another full season to showcase what they can do. Whether they be young players looking to find their footing or veterans looking to show they still have what it takes to play at a high level, every one of them is looking to prove themselves this upcoming season. The players on this list, however, have the most to prove out of anyone. Whether it be a second-year player who had a rough rookie season, a player who's been injured frequently in his career, or a player looking to bounce back from a rough year, these are the 10 players with the most to prove in the 2018-19 season. Trae Young Out of all the players selected in the 2018 draft, the one who has received the most attention (outside of maybe DeAndre Ayton or Luka Doncic) is arguably Trae Young. Young first gained national attention during last year's college basketball season, during which he lead average a nation-best 27.4 points,...

Over 500 different players played in at least one game this past season, so you'd be forgiven for not knowing all of them. The players on this list, however, are all fairly well-known names in basketball who might have flown under the radar because of a lack of playing time, so much so that you might have forgotten they were still active in the NBA. Excluded from this list are players who I've already written on this blog, so don't expect to see Luol Deng, Joakim Noah , or Brandon Jennings here. And with that out of the way, here are 9 players you probably didn't know played last season. Kendrick Perkins While the success of the Boston Celtics in the late-2000s is obviously almost entirely thanks to the quartet of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo, to say that having Kendrick Perkins didn't provide anything beneficial is unfair. Drafted with the 27th pick in the 2003 draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, Perkins quickly found himself on the Ce...