Each NBA team's top breakout candidate for 2021-22, including Lakers' Talen Horton-Tucker, Hawks' Cam Reddish
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Every team has at least one player who seems poised for a career season
One of the most fascinating aspects of being a sports fan is the sense of attachment, usually inexplicable, that you develop toward certain players. You know little about them when they first enter the league, but over the course of a few years they start to feel like a close friend, maybe even family, and gradually you find yourself deeply invested in their success.
That's why it's so rewarding when a player you love starts to make the proverbial leap -- from a solid, complementary fan favorite to a household name, an All-Star, maybe even a budding franchise legend. Just last season we saw three first-time All-Stars -- Zach LaVine, Julius Randle and Jaylen Brown -- who made it to the brightest of all international stages due to a time-old sports phenomenon:
The breakout season.
