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Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:10 pm to Colonel Flagg
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You aren’t going to get better on defense in the G League.
?????
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:41 pm to GOP_Tiger
If you are a legit NBA player already then I think you would grow more on defense guarding other NBA players and building chemistry with your teammates.
Hawkins building chemistry with g league players isn’t doing anything. Additionally, Hawkins shooting 25 times clearly indicates the coaches aren’t focusing him on defense as he turned into the primary scorer. Also trying to learn team defense with a bunch of non-NBA players isn’t going to improve you.
If we are supposedly worried about Hawkins defense then have you go follow around CJ and Herb.
Hawkins building chemistry with g league players isn’t doing anything. Additionally, Hawkins shooting 25 times clearly indicates the coaches aren’t focusing him on defense as he turned into the primary scorer. Also trying to learn team defense with a bunch of non-NBA players isn’t going to improve you.
If we are supposedly worried about Hawkins defense then have you go follow around CJ and Herb.
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 5:56 pm to Colonel Flagg
quote:
If you are a legit NBA player already then I think you would grow more on defense guarding other NBA players and building chemistry with your teammates.
Hawkins building chemistry with g league players isn’t doing anything. Additionally, Hawkins shooting 25 times clearly indicates the coaches aren’t focusing him on defense as he turned into the primary scorer. Also trying to learn team defense with a bunch of non-NBA players isn’t going to improve you.
Good grief this is dumb. You learn defense from coaching. And the Pels have developmental coaches on the Squadron who can review film with him and help him improve. And "team defense" isn't nearly as big of a problem for Hawkins as "individual defense" (i.e. guarding his man).
And playing 35 minutes per game, with the benefit of Pelicans coaches who are working with him on specific skills, has the potential to improve his defense significantly.
What will not improve Hawk's defense is sitting on the bench in New Orleans or playing a few minutes of garbage time.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 6:08 pm to GOP_Tiger
I get where you’re coming from but realistically the best way to improve his defense is playing against NBA players in regular season games not in the gleague. I haven’t heard of many players go down in the gleague so their defense can be better. Most go down there either for conditioning or to get their offensive game going. Practicing defense against guys of extremely less caliber than NBA rotation players is nonsensical in regards to improving your defense. Its so why many of us roll our eyes when Willie says he was sent down so he could improve his defense.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 6:28 pm to GOP_Tiger
Hawkins is not so bad that he needs to go to G League unless they want him to get out of an offensive slump. I am sorry, but Willie has shown to not be great at coaching. His constant bs about being tough is just stupid. Physical basketball can be totally controlled and manipulated by the officiating. We see this constantly play out in the NBA.
Willie needs to have better rotations, scheme development, and time out/in game adjustments.
Willie needs to have better rotations, scheme development, and time out/in game adjustments.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 8:43 am to Colonel Flagg
He scores 32 points on his debut.
10/25 from the field
5/13 from 3
+/- -13
Whoof - that’s peak Allen Iverson type numbers
10/25 from the field
5/13 from 3
+/- -13
Whoof - that’s peak Allen Iverson type numbers
Posted on 12/31/23 at 10:38 am to BigPerm30
quote:That's an above average efficiency shooting night, fwiw.
10/25 from the field
5/13 from 3
+/- -13
Whoof - that’s peak Allen Iverson type numbers
Posted on 12/31/23 at 10:45 am to shel311
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That's an above average efficiency shooting night, fwiw.
Probably right. I didn’t take into consideration the volume of 3s when looking at his field goal percentage. I don’t give a frick if he shot 0% kid should be getting minutes on our NBA team.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 10:49 am to BigPerm30
Ray Allen career average is like 45%. Volume shooters who tend to shoot a lot from deep aren't going to have those Uber 50/40 type of percentages very frequently in their careers.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 11:19 am to supe12sta12z
Hawkins is back with Pels. I wonder with Trey questionable if he gets minutes tonight.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 11:27 am to Pels_Yaz
ha. And we were all bitching at each other for nothing lol
Posted on 12/31/23 at 11:38 am to BradleyBadd
Not really. He still didn’t deserve to go to gleague and is probably being called up only due to Trey being questionable.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 11:58 am to Pels_Yaz
Yea he may go back at some point...u gotta do more than be able to shoot the ball really get time on a deep team. Having the lowest fg% of all your gaurds in rotation don't help either. But I believe he'll get there soon
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:11 pm to BradleyBadd
Not sure if this has been brought up here, but Hawkins is basically on the exact same trajectory as Trey was as a rookie. Y’all need to relax.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:18 pm to BradleyBadd
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u gotta do more than be able to shoot the ball really get time on a deep team.
Im not getting into this argument with you. Hes our best movement shooter for a team that needs to shoot more. Lowest fg %- lol ok. We’re not as deep as you think. I think thats a misconception. We keep giving too many minutes to Naji/Dyson.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:32 pm to Pels_Yaz
Again...Hard to take minutes from guys that play much better defense and shoot at a slightly better%. No matter how u try to spin it
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:39 pm to BradleyBadd
Lol what percentage does Dyson shoot better???!! Try to spin that answer.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 1:16 pm to Pels_Yaz
Easy....dysons 40.7 is higher than Hawks 38.5
Posted on 12/31/23 at 1:17 pm to Pels_Yaz
Also less than Naji n Jose and herb
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