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Individual player goals

No matter if a player is young or old, chasing awards or chasing minutes, starting or coming off the bench, contending for championships or just trying to make it to free agency, every player in the league should have certain goals entering the 2017-18 NBA season.

Though we didn’t get to cover them all, our staff took a look at a few prominent players within their own beat and laid out specific goals for the upcoming season.

Whether it’s shooting a certain percentage from 3-point range, earning a starting role, winning an award, reaching the playoffs or simply earning more minutes, these individual goals lay out five expectations for the new NBA campaign for each player:

• Atlanta Hawks: 5 goals for Kent Bazemore in 2017-18
• Atlanta Hawks: 5 goals for Dewayne Dedmon in 2017-18
• Atlanta Hawks: 5 goals for Taurean Prince in 2017-18
• Atlanta Hawks: 5 goals for Dennis Schroder in 2017-18
• Boston Celtics: 5 goals for Jaylen Brown in 2017-18
• Boston Celtics: 5 goals for Kyrie Irving in 2017-18
• Boston Celtics: 5 goals for Gordon Hayward in 2017-18
• Boston Celtics: 5 goals for Al Horford in 2017-18
• Boston Celtics: 5 goals for Marcus Smart in 2017-18
• Brooklyn Nets: 5 goals for Jeremy Lin in 2017-18
• Brooklyn Nets: 5 goals for D’Angelo Russell in 2017-18
• Charlotte Hornets: 5 goals for Dwight Howard in 2017-18
• Charlotte Hornets: 5 goals for Kemba Walker in 2017-18
• Chicago Bulls: 5 goals for Kris Dunn in 2017-18
• Chicago Bulls: 5 goals for Bobby Portis in 2017-18
• Chicago Bulls: 5 goals for Denzel Valentine in 2017-18
• Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 goals for Isaiah Thomas in 2017-18
• Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 goals for LeBron James in 2017-18
• Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 goals for Kevin Love in 2017-18
• Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 goals for Derrick Rose in 2017-18
• Dallas Mavericks: 5 goals for Nerlens Noel in 2017-18
• Dallas Mavericks: 5 goals for Yogi Ferrell in 2017-18
• Denver Nuggets: 5 goals for Gary Harris in 2017-18
• Denver Nuggets: 5 goals for Nikola Jokic in 2017-18
• Denver Nuggets: 5 goals for Paul Millsap in 2017-18
• Detroit Pistons: 5 goals for Andre Drummond in 2017-18
• Golden State Warriors: 5 goals for Kevin Durant in 2017-18
• Golden State Warriors: 5 goals for Patrick McCaw in 2017-18
• Houston Rockets: 5 goals for Ryan Anderson in 2017-18
• Houston Rockets: 5 goals for Clint Capela in 2017-18
• Houston Rockets: 5 goals for Eric Gordon in 2017-18
• Houston Rockets: 5 goals for Chris Paul in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Bojan Bogdanovic in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Cory Joseph in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Victor Oladipo in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Domantas Sabonis in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Lance Stephenson in 2017-18
• Indiana Pacers: 5 goals for Myles Turner in 2017-18
• Los Angeles Clippers: 5 goals for Patrick Beverley in 2017-18
• Los Angeles Clippers: 5 goals for Blake Griffin in 2017-18
• Los Angeles Clippers: 5 goals for DeAndre Jordan in 2017-18
• Los Angeles Clippers: 5 goals for Milos Teodosic in 2017-18
• Memphis Grizzlies: 5 goals for Mike Conley in 2017-18
• Memphis Grizzlies: 5 goals for Tyreke Evans in 2017-18
• Memphis Grizzlies: 5 goals for Marc Gasol in 2017-18
• Memphis Grizzlies: 5 goals for Ben McLemore in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Goran Dragic in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for James Johnson in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Tyler Johnson in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Kelly Olynyk in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Josh Richardson in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Dion Waiters in 2017-18
• Miami Heat: 5 goals for Hassan Whiteside in 2017-18
• Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 goals for Jimmy Butler in 2017-18
• Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 goals for Andrew Wiggins in 2017-18
• New Orleans Pelicans: 5 goals for DeMarcus Cousins in 2017-18
• New Orleans Pelicans: 5 goals for Anthony Davis in 2017-18
• New Orleans Pelicans: 5 goals for Rajon Rondo in 2017-18
• New York Knicks: 5 goals for Tim Hardaway Jr. in 2017-18
• New York Knicks: 5 goals for Kristaps Porzingis in 2017-18
• Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 goals for Steven Adams in 2017-18
• Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 goals for Paul George in 2017-18
• Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 goals for Patrick Patterson in 2017-18
• Orlando Magic: 5 goals for Jonathon Simmons in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for Joel Embiid in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for Robert Covington in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for Jahlil Okafor in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for J.J. Redick in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for Dario Saric in 2017-18
• Philadelphia 76ers: 5 goals for Ben Simmons in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Dragan Bender in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Eric Bledsoe in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Devin Booker in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Marquese Chriss in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Alex Len in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for Tyler Ulis in 2017-18
• Phoenix Suns: 5 goals for T.J. Warren in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for Maurice Harkless in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for Meyers Leonard in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for Damian Lillard in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for C.J. McCollum in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for Jusuf Nurkic in 2017-18
• Portland Trail Blazers: 5 goals for Noah Vonleh in 2017-18
• Sacramento Kings: 5 goals for Bogdan Bogdanovic in 2017-18
• Sacramento Kings: 5 goals for Willie Cauley-Stein in 2017-18
• San Antonio Spurs: 5 goals for Kawhi Leonard in 2017-18
• San Antonio Spurs: 5 goals for LaMarcus Aldridge in 2017-18
• San Antonio Spurs: 5 goals for Rudy Gay in 2017-18
• San Antonio Spurs: 5 goals for Dejounte Murray in 2017-18
• Toronto Raptors: 5 goals for DeMar DeRozan in 2017-18
• Toronto Raptors: 5 goals for Serge Ibaka in 2017-18
• Toronto Raptors: 5 goals for Kyle Lowry in 2017-18
• Toronto Raptors: 5 goals for Jonas Valanciunas in 2017-18
• Utah Jazz: 5 goals for Rudy Gobert in 2017-18
• Utah Jazz: 5 goals for Rodney Hood in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for Bradley Beal in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for Ian Mahinmi in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for Markieff Morris in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for Kelly Oubre Jr. in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for Otto Porter Jr. in 2017-18
• Washington Wizards: 5 goals for John Wall in 2017-18