Spencer Hawes

Spencer Hawes

Hawes at the Rip City Basketball Classic in Portland, Oregon in 2011.
No. 00   Philadelphia 76ers
Center
Personal information
Born	April 28, 1988 (1988-04-28) Seattle, Washington
Nationality	American
High school	Seattle Preparatory
Listed height	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College	Washington (2006–2007)
NBA Draft	2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Pro career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2010	Sacramento Kings
2010–present	Philadelphia 76ers
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Spencer Mason Hawes (born April 28, 1988) is an American basketball player who is currently playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. He was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA Draft and is the nephew of Steve Hawes, a retired NBA player.

High school

Hawes played center at Seattle Prep, an elite college-prep school in Seattle, WA. The team won the state championship for the 2005–2006 season and Hawes was named the tournament MVP. He might have entered the 2006 NBA Draft had the NBA not enacted a new rule requiring players to wait a year after their class graduates from high school.

• Following the 2005–2006 season, Hawes was selected as an Associated Press All-American, McDonald's All-American, Parade Magazine All-American, and USA Today All-American.

• Named 2006 Gatorade Boys Basketball Washington Player of the Year and Seattle Times player of the year.

USA Basketball

Medal record
Men’s basketball
Competitor for United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Gold	2006 San Antonio	Team competition

Spencer Hawes debuted for USA Basketball in April 2006 as a member of the 2006 USA Junior National Select Team that defeated the World Select Team 109–91 at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis, Tenn.

In the Summer of 2006, Hawes led all scorers with 24 points and added 10 rebounds, contributing to a United States men's team victory over Argentina in the gold medal game of the FIBA Americas under-18 Championship by a score of 104–82. Overall, Hawes averaged 12.0 points and 7.5 rebounds during the tournament. The U.S. team was coached by Hawes' eventual college coach, Lorenzo Romar.

College

Hawes led the Washington Huskies in scoring with 14.9 points per game, ranked 10th in the Pac-10. Hawes also ranked second on the Huskies with 6.4 rebounds per game, ninth in the Pac-10. Spencer Hawes set a school record for freshmen with 461 points, despite missing one game due to a left ankle sprain. This record was later broken by Isaiah Thomas.

Hawes scored 20 or more points nine times, while posting three double-doubles. He was also named to the Pac-10 all-freshman team.

NBA career

Hawes was projected to go as high as fifth overall to the Celtics to as low as twelfth overall to the 76ers. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 10th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.

Hawes played sparingly in his rookie season of 2007/2008. Although appearing in 71 games, he averaged 13.1 minutes and started only 8. He averaged a modest 4.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and .6 blocks per game with a .459 field goal percentage.

In his second season as a pro, opportunities opened up for Hawes when the starting center Brad Miller was traded to the Chicago Bulls. Hawes' numbers went up in every major statistical category, at 11.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game with a .466 field goal percentage in 29.3 minutes per game. Hawes also started in 51 games, but missed the final game of the season due to an injury that occurred from a flagrant foul assessed to Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets. The foul would result in controversy as Kings co-owner, Joe Maloof, would later state, "That (the hard foul) was thuggery, and you can quote me on that."

On June 17, 2010 he was traded along with Andres Nocioni to the Philadelphia 76ers for center Samuel Dalembert. Hawes ended the 2010-11 NBA season with a second-best career high season in points averaging 7.2 points per game. With the season coming to an end, he also became a restricted free agent.

Personal

Hawes is a conservative Republican and a critic of Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth. ESPN reported on draft night that he loves to debate politics and has a "God Bless George W. Bush" bumper sticker on his automobile. Hawes has appeared on the Lars Larson Show, a conservative radio talk show.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Sacramento	71	8	13.1	.459	.190	.655	3.2	.6	.2	.6	4.7
2008–09	Sacramento	77	51	29.3	.466	.348	.662	7.1	1.9	.6	1.2	11.4
2009–10	Sacramento	72	59	26.4	.468	.299	.689	6.1	2.2	.4	1.2	10.0
2010-11	Philadelphia	81	81	21.2	.465	.243	.534	5.7	1.5	.4	.9	7.2
Career		301	199	22.6	.466	.304	.639	5.6	1.6	.4	1.0	8.4

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010-11	Philadelphia	5	5	19.6	.364	.000	.500	3.8	1.8	.0	.4	5.2
Career		5	5	19.6	.364	.000	.500	3.8	1.8	.0	.4	5.2

See also

• 2006 high school boys basketball All-Americans

External links

• Spencer Hawes at NBA.com
• USA Basketball bio
• Profile