re: KOC: League sources "expect" Pelicans to be aggressive in trade market

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but he goes to every Pels game and he told me while Hawkins was on that run "He will get benched soon, he doesn't have a clue out there". I thought he was nuts.

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He was absolutely right, its a lot of spacing issues. Hawkins got lost on the court constantly on both sides. Did he run plays correctly yes, but he didn't know what to do with switches on defense, would run to the corner on offense with another player already cutting there, etc. He looked like Dyson a lot year one in that regard. It's going to take time and reps to get him right. This offseason I would expect to see a huge leap from him just from a spacing standpoint.