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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 4662077, member: 974"] Three point shooting has become the most valuable resource in the NBA. You win with it. You lose without it. Hawkins will help an NBA team day one. He is not just a very good three point shooter. He shot is so quick, he turns contested threes into open threes. That is, or should be, the most sought after skill in the pro game. And when he Hawkins learns to use his size and athleticism to get to rim against NBA players, as he becomes, over the years, a complete player, his ceiling goes up and up. Any NBA GM who looks at last night's Celtics game and doesn't understand the potential that Hawkins brings to the league, will miss out on a great player. Life is uncertain. Injuries and circumstances make the draft much less than certain. But I expect Hawkins to be a great player. And if he drops out of the lottery, it's because no one was watching. [/QUOTE]