Dalembert will be our Mutombo.

[Darren]

Preach

 

[kingsboi]

It's a start

 

[beb0p]

Was re-watching the Kings-Sixers game from 2009 just to get a second look at Daly vs. Hawes. Seems to me Hawes found Dalembert to be a rather accommodating defender. Hawes' line read 17 pts 11 rebs 9 asst and most of the pts were scored in the post. Daly's 4pts 4 rebs 2 blocks. Hawes was better than Dalembert at just about everything except for jumping and blocking shots, two things we need more than anything else. So there you have it. Hawes the skilled center who can't defend worth a damn against Dalembert the blue-collar guy who can defend a little bit better but sucks at everything else. I see Dalembert as a fort-holder until someone better, maybe Whiteside or JT finally takes that next step, comes along.

 

[mac]

Was re-watching the Kings-Sixers game from 2009 just to get a second look at Daly vs. Hawes. Seems to me Hawes found Dalembert to be a rather accommodating defender. Hawes' line read 17 pts 11 rebs 9 asst and most of the pts were scored in the post. Daly's 4pts 4 rebs 2 blocks. Hawes was better than Dalembert at just about everything except for jumping and blocking shots, two things we need more than anything else. So there you have it. Hawes the skilled center who can't defend worth a damn against Dalembert the blue-collar guy who can defend a little bit better but sucks at everything else. I see Dalembert as a fort-holder until someone better, maybe Whiteside or JT finally takes that next step, comes along.

There's no question that offensively and passing-wise Hawes is very skilled. The problem is, it's if he wants to be. I think Dalembert will benefit a lot from alley oops and ultimately we need defense from him since we've got Cousins and Landry for inside offence.

 

[ElRey]

Was re-watching the Kings-Sixers game from 2009 just to get a second look at Daly vs. Hawes. Seems to me Hawes found Dalembert to be a rather accommodating defender. Hawes' line read 17 pts 11 rebs 9 asst and most of the pts were scored in the post. Daly's 4pts 4 rebs 2 blocks. Hawes was better than Dalembert at just about everything except for jumping and blocking shots, two things we need more than anything else. So there you have it. Hawes the skilled center who can't defend worth a damn against Dalembert the blue-collar guy who can defend a little bit better but sucks at everything else. I see Dalembert as a fort-holder until someone better, maybe Whiteside or JT finally takes that next step, comes along.

that's one of his good games...how often does Hawes have those type of games. If he averaged those numbers, he wouldn't have been traded and we would have just lived with his defensive and rebounding deficiencies

 

[mr. moustache]

Was re-watching the Kings-Sixers game from 2009 just to get a second look at Daly vs. Hawes. Seems to me Hawes found Dalembert to be a rather accommodating defender. Hawes' line read 17 pts 11 rebs 9 asst and most of the pts were scored in the post. Daly's 4pts 4 rebs 2 blocks. Hawes was better than Dalembert at just about everything except for jumping and blocking shots, two things we need more than anything else. So there you have it. Hawes the skilled center who can't defend worth a damn against Dalembert the blue-collar guy who can defend a little bit better but sucks at everything else. I see Dalembert as a fort-holder until someone better, maybe Whiteside or JT finally takes that next step, comes along.

If he averaged those numbers we don't even draft Cousins. Hawes has a hall of fame game about 3 times a year. That was one of them. It also might have been part of why they were interested in the trade. I seem to recall us always going for scrubs that balled big-time against us. For some reason the Jazz is coming to mind.

 

[beb0p]

My opinion on Hawes is that by the time he's 26, he's going to be an above average to good starting center. At 20, 21, 22 years old, of course he's inconsistent, most seven footers are at that age. That doesn't mean I want to keep his pillow-soft game in Sacramento, but the man has talent, lots of it. It's a matter of landing in the right situation for him.