Kingster
Hall of Famer
The sooner, the better. If Petrie drafts someone or trades for someone, he should be thinking how that player complements Hawes. If Theus thinks about tinkering with his offense, he better think about the hub of the wheel before he thinks about the spokes. HAWES is the guy who makes players better on the floor. Nobody else on this team has the potential to come close to Hawes in that regard in my opinion. Not Beno, Miller, Martin, Garcia, you name it. He's the Anit-Artest, Anti-Salmons - those guys who make players worse on the offensive end because of their inability or disinterest in passing the ball or make plays for others. I saw a center last night who penetrated to the basket and dished off to the power forward. You don't see that everyday...Personally, I'm sick of hearing about his rebounding deficiencies at age 19. Big freaking deal. He's not going to be a Rodman. So what? Go out and get a complementary superior rebounder/defender who has an OK offensive game. Hawes will make his offensive game much better, and he, whoever he is will help out rebounding. How many centers are rebounding juggernaughts anyway? Petrie lucked out. He was hoping for someone else at #10. WE lucked out bigtime.