I like Hawkins. Looks like he is a decent athlete and has some gravity with that shooting. A little worried he might become a chucker, but I think he could fill JC’s role on the team pretty damn well if the Jazz pick him.
A lot of gravity. And even with that, dude gets open enough to get off and hit tough shot after tough shot.
ton of gravity and i don't think he has a chucker bone in his body at least at this point in his career. i've seen probably 75% of his games and he is extremely patient, doesn't settle for long jumers unless he's open/it's a designed play (honestly to a fault for as good a shooter as he is), doesn't take forced shots and is extremely unselfish - again, possibly to a fault on both counts. when you shoot it as well as he does, maybe you should force some offense and bit a tad more selfish.
The UConn system makes it basically impossible for him to be a "chucker". It's a ton of off-ball action and cutting, not a lot of on-ball screens. He's rarely taking more than 2 dribbles if he touches the ball. If he's open they want him to shoot every time since they spend about 20 seconds of running around just to get him open every possession.
that's a bit of an overstatement as he definitely has opportunities to chuck, but i agree 100% with the way you described their offense. fun af to watch him running around trying to get open, the defenders always trying to deny him the ball - such a fun game of cat and mouse and dude never stops.
I just mean it in the sense that when he gets the ball, a **** ton of work was put into making sure he got the ball in that position. When I think "chucker" I think of a guy who is just walking the ball up the court, no pass possessions, and taking contested off the dribble shots.
