Do players develop?

[Nivek]

It's so tough to say since all we see is game action. That said, best guesses... I agree with you on Booker and Crawford. Booker's mentality seems to be "you might get me now, but payback is a bitch." And payback might not be in the form of outplaying the guy taking him to school -- it might just be a forearm to the throat. I think Singleton probably belongs in this category.

I agree on McGee.

I think Wall is more in the first group.

Seraphin and Vesely feel more like "safe environment" guys. Mack more of a force-feed him -- he might get schooled, but he seems mature enough to not internalize failure.

So tough to say based only on watching games.

[pancakes3]

Crawford is not short on confidence in the least. He'll shoot as long as you give him a chance to. Mack on the other hand gets down on himself real quick and clams up if he's starting to miss. McGee is interesting because i don't think consciously when he misses assignments, misses dunks, and lets opposing C's dominate him, that it affects him at all. however subconsciously, when he starts screwing up it's like quicksand for him. one mistake begets another and another until the coach inevitably pulls him, but in his mind he's done no wrong.