NBA: 10 candidates for bounce-back seasons in 2017-18

5. Omri Casspi

The 2016-17 campaign was a miserable one for Omri Casspi, who was traded from the Sacramento Kings, broke his thumb in his first game for the New Orleans Pelicans, was immediately waived after being ruled out for 4-6 weeks and wound up signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the rest of the season in late March.

As a free agent this summer, Casspi’s 3-point shot — which had topped 40 percent in the two seasons prior — figured to make him a low-key steal on the open market. Leave it to the defending champion Golden State Warriors to swoop in and somehow get even stronger.

In his 36 games last year, Casspi averaged only 5.2 points per game on 34.9 percent shooting from the field. His scoring numbers might not increase that much on a loaded team like the Dubs, but with all the open looks that offense is going to afford him, you can be guaranteed he’s going to eat from beyond the arc.

Even in a reduced role off the bench, shooting around 40 percent from downtown, playing 15-20 minutes a night and winning an NBA championship would definitely qualify as a bounce-back season.