We talk about the rookie phenoms and the sophomore slumpers, but the third season tends not to be treated as a distinctive entity. It’s simply another year in the career of a player who is no longer new. But it’s worth looking at the junior campaigns, if you want to call them that. The rookie season can provide glimpses of a player’s true potential but lacks context; the sophomore season can be tilted by narrative, with every hiccup warily eyed for signs of the dreaded slump. But by the time the third season is underway, we ought to have a clearer view of what’s going on.
For Stott, third time’s not the charm
