If you look up "most improved" in the (basketball) dictionary, you may well find a picture of C.J. McCollum—and not just because he won the NBA's award for that last season. His rise to stardom for the Portland Trail Blazers was nothing if not a textbook breakout.
While the Lehigh had previously product piled up double-digit scoring games down the 2014-15 season stretch with Wesley Matthews and Arron Afflalo sidelined by injuries, those two, along with three other Blazers stalwarts (LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum and Robin Lopez), departed in one way or another the following summer.
In their stead, McCollum stepped up to become an everyday 20-point-per-game scorer, a deadeye shooter and Damian Lillard's backcourt sidekick last season. McCollum both followed and laid out a blueprint for rising success.
The NBA, with its wealth of young talent, is primed to see many more up-and-comers tread in those same footsteps during 2016-17. But sometimes, even a veteran just has to land in the right spot and the right role for everything to break right.
These 15—three at each position—are well suited to break out into more ...
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