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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 4120634, member: 93"] Hawkins is a freshman. I expect great things from him but he needs to be given at least a little bit of time to develop the parts of his game that need improvement. I have never seen our fanbase turn on a player more quickly than what I saw in the chat room last night about Hawkins. I am still very bullish on him; I would also like to see us run some plays for him, especially to have him come off screens. He was open a lot last night and calling for the ball and his teammates largely ignored him. I don't know what's up with that; maybe they don't trust his handle, either, but at least a few times he was camped outside the three-point line (a la Ray) and calling for the ball, but no one passed to him. Maybe we could afford him 1/10th the playing time and patience that AJ has had before we declare him a bust? [/QUOTE]