Player potential

[Seazyceaz]

I’ve noticed player potential’s changing each year. I was wondering if anyone could provide for insight on what to look for in a player that might achieve a higher potential, or what exactly goes into this/what it means as I’ve noticed some players never hit that potential. Thanks

[Wayne23]

Work ethic helps a lot. And a player won't get better sitting the bench.

[frankinho]

coaching is also a big part of a player reaching out his full potential. Namely player development rating of the coach responsible for running practices, and as Wayne said, play time. To maximize the devlopment years redhirting a player to give him an extra year of development time helps - i think

[Wayne23]

Red shirting helps, sometimes a lot eventually, but if you're at a top team, and the player is top 20 or so, he may go pro if you red shirt him.

[frankinho]

Red shirting helps, sometimes a lot eventually, but if you're at a top team, and the player is top 20 or so, he may go pro if you red shirt him.

yeah thats a good point. i think if you also redshirt a player that highly values playing time he might transfer if you redshirt him, so you have to be careful redshirting players

[PointGuard]

Potential will change not only because of player development (or atrophy), but also because the coaches re-evaluate players, correcting their initial impressions.