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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:30 am to
Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:30 am to
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I dont get why yall think he sucks.


I don't get how Hawkins could be that bad either, but here's a reminder of Cecil’s tweet from a few weeks ago that suggested walk-on Sam Okauru would get into the game before Hawkins.

Posted by Tide or Die87
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:55 am to
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Hawkins couldn’t get playing time over Galin Smith. The En


Doesnt mean anything. Could be lazy and not know the plays. Thats simple.
Posted by phil4bama
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 12:16 pm to
You can't fix lazy or stupid. It's up to the player. If he was either one of those and unwilling to do anything about it, you have no choice but to cut him loose.
Posted by Tide or Die87
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 4:07 pm to
Nobody is arguing that. Im saying that he is a skilled big just was lazy or its something else. Thats why he is gone not because he isnt skilled.
Posted by BigBird09
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 5:04 pm to
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Im saying that he is a skilled big


No part of his tape in HS led me to believe that. There was nothing but dunks and 2 foot shots over a small defender. I was low on him when we landed him and saw a very high chance of this coming in his future. If I’m being honest, I thought Oats should have let him go to Buffalo.
Posted by Tide or Die87
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 5:27 pm to
He is dribbling the ball on fast breaks and making correct passes lol
Posted by mistaken4193
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 5:35 pm to
Did we watch the same Film?? He looked very skilled to me
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 5:38 pm to
He looked skilled to me. Very good ball handler for his size.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 5:39 pm
Posted by rcbama
birmingham
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 6:31 pm to
You must hqve seen something i didn't. Never thought he would play much here.
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 6:41 pm to
I watched all his highlights that are available.
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:14 pm to
Here are some highlights that show he can do more than just "catch it two feet from the basket and dunk it."

linked certain plays from different videos.


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This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 7:15 pm
Posted by Cobrasize
Birmingham
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:24 pm to
Let’s see where he transfers and what kind of career he has and then we’ll know.
Posted by saban n bear
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:30 pm to
He doesn’t look great in any of those videos
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:43 pm to
Well 247 had him ranked the 109th player in last years class, so obviously they thought he looked pretty good and Hawkins had offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi State, and Kansas State, not just Buffalo.


It's convenient for people to come in here now and say "He has no talent and I knew it from day one." I don't remember any of you saying that when he committed.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 7:58 pm
Posted by Cobrasize
Birmingham
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 8:35 pm to
I don’t know what issues Hawkins had here. I never watched any of his highlights, so I didn’t have an opinion on him. I figured he was good because of Oats wanting him. Midway through the season, I had the feeling he wasn’t very good because he wasn’t playing. Maybe it was a miss, maybe he was a bad fit, maybe he was lazy. I don’t know and it really doesn’t matter. I just hope we get a guy that can do something positive on the court next season
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 9:21 pm to
Well whether he is untalented, which his offers and ranking say otherwise, or lazy/bad attitude, he is probably gonna fail at whatever school he closes next as well unless something changes. I am glad we are getting rid of him too, whatever the reason.

I wish we would get rid of Smith but I understand we have to see how many players we can get to sign first before we go kicking everyone off. Wouldn't be good to lose 7 players and only be able to sign 4.

This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 9:39 pm
Posted by LovetheLord
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 9:27 pm to
Yep, everybody is a genius coach or world leader in hindsight.
Posted by rcbama
birmingham
Member since Sep 2017
285 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:00 pm to
Crimson was just invested in him being a stud next year. I tried to tell him.

Anybody can say he has all those offers but he was going to sign with Buffalo but ya'll can continue to believe what you want.
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:05 pm to
Buffalo was ranked in the top 15 most of the year in 2019 and went 32 and 4. In 2018 they went 27 and 9. You act like Buffalo was some no name school.


Go on and push your narrative that a player who was a borderline top 100 recruit in his class on 247 has no talent though and had to settle.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 11:16 pm
Posted by CrimsonFever
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:21 pm to
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Josh Primo. Smooth operator. Was masterful in what was his best game of the year. 33pts 5rbs 3ast in a win vs Dynasty.



Highlights of the game in the link



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