Hawes Cracks the Rookie Top 10

by Ziller on Mar 12, 2008 8:18 PM PDT in Links

ESPN's David Thorpe slips Spencer Hawes into his rookie Top 10 for the first time, and offers the following analysis in his Rookie Watch column:

All season, Spencer Hawes has shown the ability to score, but his recent set of explosive dunks (and offensive tips) as well as his 12 blocked shots in the past four games suggests that he might be more of an above-the-rim player than we thought. Hawes turns 20 in April, and he has the look of a "late bloomer," meaning that his body and athleticism are probably still years away from peaking.

Consider me as geeked as Rivers Cuomo.

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Congrats to the Shaw

of I Slam. May there be many more honors to follow.

by Rhondda Nunes on Mar 12, 2008 8:42 PM PDT 0 recs

And he's only 19

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

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by section214 on Mar 12, 2008 9:37 PM PDT 0 recs

Wow

I looked at this last night and he was #18.

Looks like The Shaw might have been picked at the appropriate place in the draft.

God bless you, Corliss. You always played as though you knew how expensive my tickets were. -section214

by KK on Mar 12, 2008 9:57 PM PDT 0 recs

The Politician!!

He's gaining ground in the race!

...an easy slam dunk layup. -clippers announcer

by kingsfaninjapan on Mar 12, 2008 10:05 PM PDT 0 recs

Hawes for ROY!

R...O...Y! Start the chants during FTs!

by Saifullah on Mar 12, 2008 10:11 PM PDT 0 recs

ROY

Republican Of The Year?

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by section214 on Mar 12, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Why?hat

would you deface him with that?

Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal

by 27freethrows on Mar 12, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Why Not?

He's the most popular Republican in Sacramento already...

by Saifullah on Mar 13, 2008 12:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

I love the nickname

The Politician. What an awesome nickname. There are infinite "one liners" that can accompany that. I hope it sticks.

Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal

by 27freethrows on Mar 12, 2008 10:51 PM PDT 0 recs

The politician

just vetoed your bill to raise the score. (after blocked shot)

just rejected your defensive policy, and approved a baby-hook in every rim social-welfare plan.

just filibustered your legislation, next time get some Senate support.

just impeached you. (after steal)

Wow.... those suck.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Mar 12, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

these need

to be adapted into every day conversation

by kingsTV on Mar 12, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

Themed commentary

The Politician just tied you up in committee (jump ball).

The Politician gets a big contribution from Udrih (assist).

This Politician is a moderate-- he can go left or right!

Great spin by the Politician!

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 13, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

We've got The Landlord and

The Politician. If we can pickup The Corporate Exec, The Lawyer and The Used Car Salesman, we can have an all negative connotation team. ;p Then we can bring The Real Estate Agent, The Godfather, The Drug Dealer, The Hooker and The Rapist off the bench.

by Kfan in Korea on Mar 12, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

Erm...

Secretary of Offense.

by Ziller on Mar 13, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

well if we got

the rapist, he would probably be a starter considering he might be the MVP this year

by kingsTV on Mar 12, 2008 11:40 PM PDT 0 recs

Wohoo

I've always wanted Shaw over Noah. Keep it up!

by kingme on Mar 13, 2008 4:19 AM PDT 0 recs

Consider me

the only person who knows who rivers cuomo is. By the way, what happend after pinkerton? Ok, that's for another blog. The Politician should convince his running mate K9 (wolf) to cut his campaign spending.

by Travis Mays Hayes on Mar 13, 2008 6:46 AM PDT 0 recs

Rivers Cuomo

Lead singer for Weezer, right? And I'm old!

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by section214 on Mar 13, 2008 7:51 AM PDT up 0 recs

Old? Nah.

You're only as old as the music you listen to and the technology you use makes you seem.

If you listen to Weezer and have a blog, that puts you at about 24.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 13, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Are you saying...

... I act younger than I am?!

(Cuomo's recent B-sides/rarities solo album has some good stuff, for those who moved on after Pinkerton or Green.)

by Ziller on Mar 13, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sure

Don't all men? ;-p

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 13, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey

It's a proven fact that women mature earlier so it's really not our fault. What's wrong with acting like a kid anyway? :P

by kingme on Mar 13, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

Absolutely Nothing!

Especially considering I've never thought of myself as any older than 22.

And that my vacation of choice involves mice and monorails.

And that I listen to the same music as my kids.

And that I can kick butt on anyone at Wii boxing.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 13, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ummm

Does that mean you hit 22 & haven't had a birthday since?

Disneyland is stupid for any age over 5.

Musical choice is a choice of specific taste. It's not your kid's fault that most musical taste sucks.

Wii? What the hell is a Wii?

(Bitter cynical old man rant over.)

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Mar 13, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wii = alternative to exercise LOL

by kingme on Mar 14, 2008 12:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

Maybe

I kick butt at Wii boxing because I go to the gym every day.

And Disneyland is only stupid for the cynical. <cough/pookey/cough>(Kidding. you know I'm the founding member of the cynical drunken old man ranting fan club, right?)

And my music taste is wildly eclectic. But I do like some of the current stuff.

As far as birthdays, I know how old I am (which will NOT be revealed on this site) but I FEEL 22 because the people I know who are my age seem...older.

Except you, SavageBeast. Meet me after school and I'll buy you a slurpee.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 14, 2008 7:31 AM PDT up 0 recs

Wii boxing

Kicks my ass. Great game, but you'd better rehydrate after.

I agree with LPA on Disneyland, I hadn't been there in 30 years or so, and the thought of going again made my stomach turn. But I took my little girl last year and, besides being much nicer (and cleaner) now than it was back then, it's a completely different experience when you go with your little ones.

Beers at the ESPNZone afterwards didn't hurt either.

Pau Gasol - serial killer or drunkard?

by otis29 on Mar 14, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

I don't take offense

especially when I start the crap in the first place. That would be one way of defining a hypocrite.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Mar 14, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

Good

Because I think your cynicism is what makes you so very pookey.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 14, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Or

it could just be this.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Mar 14, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Cool

Profane, but very funny. Don't worry, I don't want to make you a slave.That's what kids are for. Slave labor and entertainment.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 14, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's profane

but would it be me if it wasn't? (And the 2nd part of that post is actually true. That's how the name did come about. I really didn't make that part up.)

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Mar 15, 2008 2:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Can you be my dad? :)

by kingme on Mar 14, 2008 12:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

oops

this is for LeaguePassAddict

by kingme on Mar 14, 2008 12:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

You do know LPA is a woman right?

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Mar 14, 2008 12:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

You're a woman?

:o damn. My bad. I should start patronizing this blog again. I blame it on the Kings lackadaisical season

by kingme on Mar 14, 2008 4:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

Very.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 14, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up 0 recs

I suspect

not a mini van soccer mom, however.

I'm thinking Porsche Cayenne, with the extra large cup holders that hold the big slurpee's.

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by section214 on Mar 14, 2008 7:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

Now THAT

is an image I'd like to live up to.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 14, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

Make that 26

Us Weezer fans are getting up there.

by sactown on Mar 13, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

"what happend after pinkerton?"

Matt Sharp left the band, and Rivers forgot how to write good songs

by joeytothelimit on Mar 13, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

the rentals are sweet, they supplanted weezer in my book

by Travis Mays Hayes on Mar 13, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

Meh

I never got into The Rentals. And ever since learning about Sharp's attitude during the Pinkerton creation process (basically being an ass), I'm over him.

I like some post-Pinkerton songs. Actually, many of the raw Green demos are nifty, and some of the pre-release Maladroit rawk junk is cool.

But nothing will compare to Blue or Pinkerton, of course. Masterpieces.

by Ziller on Mar 14, 2008 7:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think

"Politico" rolls off the tongue better.

The wise man tells you Where you have fallen And where you yet may fall - Invaluable secrets! The world may hate him. But good men love him.

by Psychrates on Mar 13, 2008 1:07 PM PDT 0 recs

i think

the politician sounds smoother, which also fits the style of his game. i think politico would be good for francisco if he were involved in politics. but not for an all american republican like hawes.

...an easy slam dunk layup. -clippers announcer

by kingsfaninjapan on Mar 13, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey

don't be getting all foreign languagy on us. Are you one of those illegals that are ruining everything? ;p

by Kfan in Korea on Mar 13, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

I like" The Politician"...

But it sounds kind of smarmy and sneaky. I think for someone of his size and stature, we need to go with something more along the lines of...

Spencer "Big Government" Hawes.

by The Ghost of Dick Bavetta on Mar 13, 2008 2:03 PM PDT 0 recs

his post moves

are pretty sneaky! i'll meet you half way and say the big politican! big fundamental stuck with tim duncan, right?

...an easy slam dunk layup. -clippers announcer

by kingsfaninjapan on Mar 13, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

OK

I liked "The Politician," but there's something about "Big Government" that just resonates with me. As long as he doesn't play like "Big Country."

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by section214 on Mar 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

You mean: Spencer "No Government" Hawes

Remember:
"Lassiez-faire, dude!"

How about The Baron? The Duke? The Minister? With that ruddy face of his he deserves a name more aristocratic. Plus, who else but aristocrats and professional athletes have that kind of money at 19?

by NYCFan on Mar 13, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up 0 recs