More than ever before, the NBA is driven by numbers. Field goal percentages and points scored are no longer the only standards by which efficiency is measured, and most basketball fans spend every season scrutinizing each and every player on their favorite team in every statistical category available to them. These days, any NBA fan has the means to learn which players are on the rise and which are regressing.
With that in mind, who can be expected to take a step backward this year? Every year we see players have breakout years, but which guys should be be concerned about in 2014-15? Excluding the obvious injury-prone players, and the guys already sidelined with injuries who will simply play less games this year, here’s a look at 10 players who will almost certainly regress to some degree this season.