Marreese Speights shot a career-low 44.1 percent from the field in 2013-14 and scored a career-high 10.4 points per game in 2014-15.
That stark contrast was enough to make the Warriors’ reserve big man completely reconsider his offseason process.
A free agent worried about getting an injury before getting a contract, Speights didn’t work out much in the summer of 2013, reported to Warriors camp overweight and didn’t find his groove. But in the summer of 2014, Speights — contract in hand and no longer having to worry about getting hurt and not being paid — reported to camp as a sleek, shot-making machine who became one of the team’s most consistent scorers off the bench.