Ball Don’t Five: Top 5 players entering a make-or-break season (Ball Don't Lie)

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As we continue to work our way through the endless summer between the Finals and Opening Night, we'll pause each Friday to briefly consider and count down some NBA-related topic of note. We like starting lineups and round numbers, so we'll run through a handful of items each week. With a nod to our friends at Dr. Saturday , welcome to Ball Don't Five . This week's installment: The Top Five Players Entering a Make-or-Break Season. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] NOTE : I considered Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, two injury-plagued superstars closer to the end of their careers than the onset, but their legacies are firmly intact. Derrick Rose came to mind, but he’s owed $21.3 million next year, and while this season is important, he could only be broken, not made. Likewise, Anthony Bennett, who along with the rest of the 2013 NBA draft class remains under contract through 2016-17, could be made but not broken. So, instead I focused on the five players with the greatest discrepancy between what they stand to gain or lose in 2015-16.

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