Preseason stats can be deceiving.
Blame a minuscule sample size and warped rotations for the numbers that surface.
Omri Casspi isn't going to shoot 77 percent from the field and 50 percent from deep this season. His career marks (42.1 and 35.3, respectively) are more likely to appear in his stat line by season's end. Anthony Morrow won't have another 26-point outing all season (he had two double-digit games in 2012-13).
But preseason production shouldn't be dismissed as easily as summer league stats.
These are (by and large) all NBA players competing against one another. Maybe not as feverishly or for as long as they will in the regular season, but these aren't glorified pickup games.
The preseason churns out storylines by the dozen, but I find the continuations more intriguing than the introductions. When players are expected to do great things, then actually go out and do them, that's when guaranteed breakout seasons are formed.
These are more than just optimistic, bold predictions. These are the 10 preseason stars guaranteed to soar in 2013-14.
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Preseason NBA Stars Guaranteed to Break out During 2013-14 Regular Season
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