Spencer Hawes
| Sacramento Kings | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 28, 1988 Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | USA |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Seattle Prep, Seattle, Washington |
| College | Washington |
| NBA draft | 2007: 10th overall |
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 2007 Pac-10 First team | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Spencer Hawes (born April 28 1988, in Seattle, Washington) is an American basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA Draft. He is the nephew of Steve Hawes, a retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
High school
Hawes played center at Seattle Prep, where he led his team to win the state championship for the 2005-2006 season and 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. He and Martell Webster were teammates at Seattle Preparatory School.
NBA career
He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 10th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.
College
Coach Romar has said he expects Hawes to play a major role for the Washington team during his freshman year, with plenty of minutes available after the departure of four seniors from the 2005-2006 team, including NBA guards Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blazers) and Bobby Jones (Philadelphia 76ers). NBA draft projection services stated he would be a lottery pick when he goes pro following his freshman year.[1]
- 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[2].
- Named 2006 Gatorade Boys Basketball Washington Player of the Year and Seattle Times player of the year.
- In the summer of 2006, he played for the USA Basketball Under-18 team (coached by Washington's Lorenzo Romar) which defeated Argentina to win the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. In the final game, he scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds.
Personal
Hawes is a conservative Republican and critic of Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth. [3] ESPN reported on draft night that he loves to debate politics and has a "God Bless George W. Bush" bumper sticker on his automobile.