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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    ThomasFremont said:

    Doogles said:

    Spencer Hawes was picked in the lottery. I would take Upshaw over Hawes any day.

    Hawes has skills Upshaw can't touch.

    Let's not get carried away here.
    Wait, passing and dribbling and shooting from outside of 5 ft is good for the nba?

    I wonder if spado has a new lottery pick after JJ went down in spectacular flames.
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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    ThomasFremont said:

    Doogles said:

    Spencer Hawes was picked in the lottery. I would take Upshaw over Hawes any day.

    Hawes has skills Upshaw can't touch.

    Let's not get carried away here.
    He's the next Benoit Benjamin.
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  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    FreeChavez said:

    ThomasFremont said:

    Doogles said:

    Spencer Hawes was picked in the lottery. I would take Upshaw over Hawes any day.

    Hawes has skills Upshaw can't touch.

    Let's not get carried away here.
    Wait, passing and dribbling and shooting from outside of 5 ft is good for the nba?

    I wonder if spado has a new lottery pick after JJ went down in spectacular flames.
    That's what I am hearing.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Doogles said:

    FreeChavez said:

    Doogles said:

    Spencer Hawes was picked in the lottery. I would take Upshaw over Hawes any day.

    and after 10 years people still don't appreciate what hawes brings to the floor. wow
    I know he's a five star seattle boy, but his career at U-dub was disappointing to say the least (i know, i know he got sick!) and Sacramento really wished they had their pick back (GASOL!). He wasn't worth the number 10 pick.

    He's a decent NBA player, but he's not a difference maker for a championship. Upshaw has that shot blocking interior defense that can alter a series. I take him over Hawes for that alone. Plus Upshaw looks surprisingly smooth in the post, with a little bit of polish, he is going to be a monster.
    His guards were a massive disappointment. Hawes was damn good.
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  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    dnc said:

    Doogles said:

    FreeChavez said:

    Doogles said:

    Spencer Hawes was picked in the lottery. I would take Upshaw over Hawes any day.

    and after 10 years people still don't appreciate what hawes brings to the floor. wow
    I know he's a five star seattle boy, but his career at U-dub was disappointing to say the least (i know, i know he got sick!) and Sacramento really wished they had their pick back (GASOL!). He wasn't worth the number 10 pick.

    He's a decent NBA player, but he's not a difference maker for a championship. Upshaw has that shot blocking interior defense that can alter a series. I take him over Hawes for that alone. Plus Upshaw looks surprisingly smooth in the post, with a little bit of polish, he is going to be a monster.
    His guards were a massive disappointment. Hawes was damn good.
    Fucking THIS.

    The one year we were stacked in the front court (Hawes/Brockman) coincides with the worst guards Romar has ever had. Damn shame.
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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,425
    Selfish version of JD and Ryan Appleby. Gods!
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    JJ was horrible last night ... as in shouldn't have been on the court horrible. Looked absolutely lost on the court.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,865 Founders Club
    3s and layups. That's all that matters in basketball.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    Doogles said:

    3s and layups. That's all that matters in basketball.

    sarcasm?


    i hope
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,604 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited December 2014
    I can't believe so many are disagreeing with @Doogles. Hawes was a very good center and he did play with horrible guards. That said, Upshaw is a game changer defensively. Hawes was not and has always been a skilled, finesse big. Completely different games, but Upshaw is more of a difference maker.

    Doogles is right about Hawes. He will never be a difference maker in the NBA. He's a role player. Hawes does have skills than Upshaw. He always will. Upshaw will never be the shooter or passer Hawes is. Hawes has more skills than DeAndre Jordan or Roy Hibbert, but who is the better NBA player? Why does Jordan start over him and get the majority of the playing time? If given a choice, both Hibbert and Jordan are easily taken before Hawes by NBA GM's. It's not even close.

    Saying Upshaw couldn't get minutes in the NBA right now is crazy. If you watch a lot of NBA, you would know that isn't true. Of course he needs a lot of work and has a long way to go. That's true for most centers in the NBA. Steven Adams starts. Both Plumlee's get solid playing time, the one of Phoenix starting. Ryan Hollins has had a 10 year career and started in the NBA. Jason Collins was on a team last year. There is and always will be a dearth of quality bigs in the NBA.

    Unless Upshaw's play this year is a mirage, he's an NBA player right now. On almost any team, he's a back up center with his defense and shot blocking alone. He could start on some of the worst teams in the league.
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