1.   But he says, and history testifies, that junior-college players blossom in their second season.

2.   Finally, they hope, their younger players are blossoming.

3.   Kittles is in his second National Basketball Association season, a time when a player can blossom, or wither.

4.   Van Gundy has furiously defended Ewing, while some, even anonymously in the Knicks locker room, believe that other players will blossom without Ewing dominating the ball.