Talent plus opportunity equals leap.
It's a simple formula that surfaces in every coming-of-age NBA story. It's incredible to watch a player advance through developmental levels and climb basketball's food chain.
But part of what makes it so exciting is that we know there's a flip side to that tale—not every player with raw talent and physical gifts puts it all together.
Where this gets tricky is that the first few chapters of both stories read fairly similar. If people are watching for a potential leap, that means the player has some skills (physical, basketball or both) and a logical path to playing time. These also obviously aren't first-year players (you can't leap without first establishing a baseline), so there's some degree of a track record behind them.
The following five players all entered the 2015-16 campaign with reasons for optimism. There's still time to transform that hope into a tangible reward, but the season's early returns have these purported rising talents heading the wrong direction.
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5 NBA Players Who Might Not Make the Leap Everyone Expects
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