NBA: 15 Players Due for a Breakout Season in 2011-12

July 16th, 2011 by Jesse Dorsey Leave a reply »
Yes I know, speculating the future of the NBA is about as risky as biting into a pizza roll hot out of the oven, with the lockout that continues to hold fans hostage dragging us all down, but I have little else on my mind in my quiet time besides basketball.

The NBA will probably go into a lockout, and I will likely make like Punxsutawney Phil and hide in fear until it comes back, but until we have word that there are without a doubt games going to be missed, I'm going to keep on trucking like this is just any other offseason--just with way less player movement.

Right now, I have to say the season is in jeopardy, but I truly believe that we will have a version of the 1999 season (when they played 50 games) at the very worst, as I think neither side wants to lose an entire season after the successful season that just happened.

So in optimistic hope of an NBA season coming out of the ashes of this summer, I'm going to continue to speculate about how teams are going to play and how players are going to perform in the coming season, starting with my predictions for the 15 biggest breakout players of the 2011-12 season.

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