The Basketball Section

Before the season started, I made two lists of players that I thought would break out this season. In hindsight, I should have called it "players who would improve big time this year" because I wouldn't say anyone I picked had a truly "breakout" season. Still, I wanted to go back and see just how much the players I said would improve actually did improve (or how much they didn't). Let's get right into this, these are the 13 players I thought would improve and how they did this past season. Deyonta Davis What I Said: "Davis is very young and has a lot of potential. It would be a good idea for the Grizzlies to capitalize on it this season." What Actually Happened: For starters, Davis did receive a much larger role in his sophomore season as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, doubling his minutes per game and playing in 62 games (26 more than he did as a rookie) with six starts. With that additional playing time, Davis saw jumps in...

Sometimes, all a player needs is a chance to show the NBA what they've got. Players like CJ McCollum, Jimmy Butler, and Jeremy Lin all played limited minutes at the beginning of their careers, only to get a shot to start and not look back. Butler is one of the best players in the NBA right now, McCollum is one-half of one of the best backcourts in the NBA, and Lin is an above-average, reliable starting point guard. Basically, some players just need a good amount of minutes to show what they can really do, and with all the moves this offseason, there are tons of unproven players who could get those minutes. With that being said, here are 7 players I think could breakout this season. Deyonta Davis The Memphis Grizzlies lost a big part of their team this off-season when Zach Randolph signed with the Sacramento Kings, leaving the starting power forward spot up for grabs between Brendan Wright, Jarell Martin, and Deyonta Davis. Martin is, if we're being honest, kind of trash...