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Huskybass said:
Hawkins and Bouknight are perfect examples of how to and how not to conduct yourself. Jordan is so pointed in the right direction. Maybe I overestimate Bouk's natural ability, but he seems to be wasting his potential, whereas Jordan maximizes his. Pretty cool to see him go from a kid to a likely role model.
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It's almost like Bouk left college a year too soon....

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Hawkins defensive assignments were Moody, Payton, & Podziemski. He was switched on to steph a few times, and was as good as anyone on him (that is to say, defense against steph is basically a wasted endevour).

Side note: Watching McCollum go 1 on 1 so often is really annoying. Hawk must have been open more than a dozen times while CJ does a poor MJ impression. I remember thinking the same about Billups 20 years ago, while Rip was open for shots. Obviously my view is colored by love for our guys, but CJ is not nearly good enough to take as many mid range jumpers as he does.
 
ibleedhuskyblue said:
Hawkins defensive assignments were Moody, Payton, & Podziemski. He was switched on to steph a few times, and was as good as anyone on him (that is to say, defense against steph is basically a wasted endevour).

Side note: Watching McCollum go 1 on 1 so often is really annoying. Hawk must have been open more than a dozen times while CJ does a poor MJ impression. I remember thinking the same about Billups 20 years ago, while Rip was open for shots. Obviously my view is colored by love for our guys, but CJ is not nearly good enough to take as many mid range jumpers as he does.
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I love the situation for Hawkins in that the Pelicans need shooting and Hawk has the green light but they have no real point guard. McCollum ain't it and Alvarado is a bench guy and another iso type player Too much 1 on 1 from McCollum, Zion, and Ingram and Zion is basically a black hole.
 
I only watched a little. But I thought Hawkins looked at home on defense. He is going to have a very nice all around game as he settles into the league.
 
CL82 said:
It's almost like Bouk left college a year too soon....

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I disagree. Physical ability and talent aren't the problem and that's what you're trying to improve when staying in school. While Bouk's career so far has definitely been a disappointment, I've always felt that by young adulthood, people are who they are personality-wise for the most part.

Not saying that we can't mature and make better decisions as we get older but that usually happens over many years/decades. Clearly, Bouk has some serious knucklehead tendencies. Do you really believe Hurley was going to root those out in one more year?
 
whosurdaddy2720 said:
I disagree. Physical ability and talent aren't the problem and that's what you're trying to improve when staying in school. While Bouk's career so far has definitely been a disappointment, I've always felt that by young adulthood, people are who they are personality-wise for the most part.

Not saying that we can't mature and make better decisions as we get older but that usually happens over many years/decades. Clearly, Bouk has some serious knucklehead tendencies. Do you really believe Hurley was going to root those out in one more year?
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No actually, but I wouldn't mind him having had that chance, because we know how things worked out for him without it.

At the time, the discussion was whether or not he was "ready to go to the NBA". As you point out he was physically, but wasn't ready emotionally. I don't know that that extra year would've changed anything. But, like all of us, I'm rooting for Bouk to figure it out.
 
He has all the parts to be an All-Star. He can hit 3s from anywhere, contested or not, his mid range game is solid, moves very well without the ball and plays solid defense. He’s only going to get better. So happy for Hawk!
 
husky429 said:
To be fair, Hawkins just had a much more translatable skillset. Mental issues aside
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I thought Bouknight would be a walking bucket in the NBA with his breakdown and finishing ability. I didn't factor in how tiny he would look in the NBA, how he wasn't all that good an outside shooter at UConn, and his mental state. I still think most of his problems are between the ears because even though his body isn't ideal for the league he has the explosive athleticism and scoring ability.
 
Hawk looked good. In my opinion, he passed the ball a little too much when he could have taken the shot but then again he is a rookie. He seemed comfortable with his teammates.
 
gtcam said:
Dan Hurley knew what he had in Bouk when he recruited him yet he did very little to help Bouk keep on the straight and narrow during his stay in Storrs and then laughed off the incredibly immature and ridiculous display Bouk and his cohort performed at the game in Gampel two seasons ago. He knew at that time of the Gampel fiasco what kind of personal issues Bouk faced in S Carolina and N Carolina with the law. My best friend that was a huge Dan Hurley fan lost all respect for him after that Gampel incident for his post game reactions and actions. We watched it from our seats and spoke with CV (also visiting Gampel that afternoon) after the game - all CV could do is shake his head and said - that's Bouk.
Bouk could stay at Storrs for 6 years and he wouldn't change because nobody on the staff or the ADept was openly concerned - he's a step away from disaster.
Someday all the stories will come out...................
Bouk didn't need college basketball - he needed a lifestyle and common-sense mentor. I hope he decides to take corrective
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You don’t think your pal was a bit overreacted? How was Dan Hurley’s response any different from CV’s? In your own words, Dan Hurley is hired as BB coach, not as Life style and common sense mentor. Let’s be frank here, head doctor. Not privy to the stories you mentioned, but to claim that Dan Hurley did not help at all is hard to believe to many of us for Hurley we know.
 
Zion looks like he is being really inconvenienced by having to play in this game. Don’t know if it’s him being tired with getting hacked but his energy and body language is brutal.

Hawk otoh looks great other than his shot being somewhat off.
 
BGesus4 said:
Zion looks like he is being really inconvenienced by having to play in this game. Don’t know if it’s him being tired with getting hacked but his energy and body language is brutal.

Hawk otoh looks great other than his shot being somewhat off.
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It’s tiring watching him face up and go head down bull to the rim every possession…NOP ball movement is awful
 
BGesus4 said:
Zion looks like he is being really inconvenienced by having to play in this game. Don’t know if it’s him being tired with getting hacked but his energy and body language is brutal.

Hawk otoh looks great other than his shot being somewhat off.
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Hawkins is making the right basketball plays but his shot is way off. He's wide open on all these threes and they're not even close.

Zion looks awful.
 
Hawk has gotten taken on D a couple of times and 1-8 from 3
 
Entire Pelicans team mostly looks disinterested, no resistance to these drives at the rim. Only 3 games played and one of Ingram/Zion is already out, neither of those dudes can stay healthy.
 
This is some of the worst NBA basketball I've ever seen. Pelicans are 1-22 on threes and none of the shots are even close. When they're not bricking threes they're turning it over and playing matador defense.
 
aceboon said:
Entire Pelicans team mostly looks disinterested, no resistance to these drives at the rim. Only 3 games played and one of Ingram/Zion is already out, neither of those dudes can stay healthy.
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