NBA Preview: Predicting Each Team’s 2014-15 Breakout Player

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Oct 7, 2014; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings head coach

Keith Smart

instructs guard Nik Stauskas (10) during a break in play in the first quarter of the game against the Toronto Raptors at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports

Sacramento Kings

Returning Goods: DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay

2014-15 Breakout Player: Nik Stauskas

Word: The Sacramento Kings were 28th in the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage last season. They needed to address that issue this offseason. They did that in the form of Nik Stauskas at the 2014 NBA draft. He’ll produce from day one, and prove that he isn’t the NBA draft bust that many believe that he will be.