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Message: [QUOTE="Nameless, post: 5347018, member: 14132"] I do realize he's a specialist, and at this point he has shown little to make anyone think he's more than that. I know the 33% is bad. But he was at 36.6% the year before, which isn't. It was still on over 4 attempts per game too which isn't a small sample size and only 1 less attempt than this past season. I think Hawkins is a good shooter, but even elite shooters have down seasons (Lillard was over 40% for 2 seasons combined then shot 32% out of nowhere one season in Portland) so I can see this past season being a "sophomore slump" if you will. I was more making the point he seems to be the type of guy that needs minutes and shots to be effective. It's why I mentioned him having poor shooting games here that he shot himself out of as the game went on. Case in point, his first 7 games last year he played over 31mpg and averaged about 17.6ppg on 37.5% from deep. His minutes fell off after that and his shooting percentages followed. IIRC, the same thing happened his rookie season when some vets returned from injuries early in the year. A counterpoint to all of this is his minutes did increase again towards the end of the season, but overall the numbers didn't climb back up to where they were early in the year (10.7ppg, 33.7% in about 25mpg.) I just think some people are too hard on him. He can play, just think he needs to keep developing and for that he needs consistent minutes. I still think his floor is having a long career as a shooter off the bench, and he has the potential to grow into a starter on a good team. My comment had nothing to do with you and 611's argument, so unsure why you included the second part. [/QUOTE]

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