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re: How does Willie justify dropping Hawk from the rotation?
Posted on 12/13/23 at 6:41 pm to LSUPilot07
Posted on 12/13/23 at 6:41 pm to LSUPilot07
I think he is. Hes just small. He rebounds and stays in position but hes so small it doesn’t matter. Hopefully he puts on weight this offseason.
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Posted on 12/13/23 at 7:11 pm to LSUPilot07
It doesn't matter if you score 20 points if you're giving up 21.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 7:13 pm to M3From225
It sort of does when you play guys like Dyson at times who may give up only 10 points but score 2.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 7:24 pm to TheGhostOfBigLee
quote:
Dyson, Jose, and Naji should be the ones losing minutes, not Hawk
quote:The 1st quarter is a pretty perfect representation of the answer.
How does Willie justify dropping Hawk from the rotation?
Posted on 12/13/23 at 7:55 pm to shel311
The simple answer is Hawk falls for fakes and vet moves horribly late in the shot clock and bails out the opposing teams WAY too often. It wouldn’t even be too bad if he gave the effort he gave in preseason and and early in the season. He lowered his defensive intensity over the course of the season
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:34 pm to shel311
But it was Hawk CJ Trey Naji JV lineup that did amazing. Hawkins was a plus 15 tonight. If anything maybe I was wrong in saying Jose and Naji but I can definitely see him stealing minutes from Dyson especially if hes that effective in the lineup.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:41 pm to Pels_Yaz
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I can definitely see him stealing minutes from Dyson
yeah, Dyson can be somewhat of a black hole offensively from time to time... you'd expect that offensive output to increase at this point in his career, but not so much
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:35 pm to TheGhostOfBigLee
Hawkins needs to and also deserves to get some minutes based on his play and role in the future of this team.
With that being said, I don’t think he should get a lot of minutes at the moment. 7-10 min a game. However, as we all know, an 82 game season is a marathon. Hawk will get a lot of minutes for stretches, just like he did earlier while CJ, Naji, and Jose were out. Guys will be out again this year and he’ll play. He needs to take advantage of those spots and work his arse off in getting stronger in the meantime.
If he barely plays again this year (worst case scenario for him); based on the significant playing time he had already and opportunity to continue to play in spurts while building his body up, I think it would be a valuable rookie season.
With that being said, I don’t think he should get a lot of minutes at the moment. 7-10 min a game. However, as we all know, an 82 game season is a marathon. Hawk will get a lot of minutes for stretches, just like he did earlier while CJ, Naji, and Jose were out. Guys will be out again this year and he’ll play. He needs to take advantage of those spots and work his arse off in getting stronger in the meantime.
If he barely plays again this year (worst case scenario for him); based on the significant playing time he had already and opportunity to continue to play in spurts while building his body up, I think it would be a valuable rookie season.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:31 am to TigerinATL
Hawk’s time will come. In the meantime, as long as we win, I’m chill.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 7:29 am to chRxis
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Hawk
quote:
Dyson
If you could combine these two, you'd have the next superstar
Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:44 am to TigerinATL
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played less than 20 minutes, including DNPs, the Pels are 5-1
Posted on 12/15/23 at 8:55 am to goatmilker
Yea It sucks for the rookie but if we keep winning and continue to shoot at a good level, hard to argue with the results.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 9:16 am to jrobic4
quote:Question of the day...Would you prefer
If you could combine these two, you'd have the next superstar
1. Hawkins/Dyson as they are now
or
2. You get to choose to snap a finger and combine the offense/defense of each player to make 1 player but you don't get to choose which combo you end up with. So basically, it's 50/50 whether you get Hawk offense/Dyson defense or Hawk defense/Dyson offense.
This post was edited on 12/15/23 at 9:17 am
Posted on 12/15/23 at 11:47 am to shel311
Well hawk offense and dyson d is an All star. I'd take my chances and go for it
Posted on 12/15/23 at 11:55 am to ghost2most
quote:Same
Well hawk offense and dyson d is an All star. I'd take my chances and go for it
Downside is 50/50 you basically lose both players, but agree that it's worth the risk.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 11:59 am to shel311
Or you could bank on Dyson becoming an average offensive player and Hawk an average defender, then you'd have two really good players you don't have to break the bank for.
I'd ride it out unless you told me they have no shot at improving their weaknesses.
I'd ride it out unless you told me they have no shot at improving their weaknesses.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 12:23 pm to Pels_Yaz
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The fact that Willie thinks Dyson and Trey should battle for minutes is strange to me. Trey is by far the more superior player despite some defensive lapses.
I think that Trey's minutes have been gradually increased as he's gotten more comfortable and puts the injury further in the rearview mirror.
I'd actually bet that Trey starts tonight.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 12:26 pm to GOP_Tiger
Zion is probably going to play so I doubt Trey is starting tonight.
Posted on 12/15/23 at 12:37 pm to supe12sta12z
Did Willie say something? I thought he was still questionable?
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