Perhaps no player on the Orlando Magic roster needed to resuscitate his career during the 2014-15 season more than power forward Andrew Nicholson.
Nicholson spent most of the season out of the team’s playing rotation.
The additions of Channing Frye via free agency and Aaron Gordon through the draft cut into Nicholson’s playing time. Also, Tobias Harris, Kyle O’Quinn and Dewayne Dedmon beat out Nicholson for minutes when they played power forward.
But there was an additional element to all this: Nicholson’s drift away from the hoop on offense.
As a rookie in 2012-13, Nicholson took 54.