NBA training camps are already open for business, heralding new dawns for more than 450 players across the league.
The task at hand for all of them—from LeBron James to the last man on the Philadelphia 76ers bench (whoever that is)—is simple: Get better.
The fresh start that attends a new season means everyone has a chance to improve. To work on deficiencies and emphasize strengths. To climb the individual NBA hierarchy.
So it's only right for us to lay out where we think everyone stands heading into the 2015-16 season.
Think of it this way: You're drafting players for only the upcoming year, so you're factoring in age, potential games missed due to injury or rest and the possibility of improvement or decline. Long-term concerns aren't an issue, so you have to make selections based on what these players have done to this point and what you think they'll do this season.
That means there are subjective and objective components at work. Statistics such as player efficiency rating and win shares matter, but so does the harder-to-quantify value of defensive versatility and something even more esoteric—such as ...
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