Milwaukee Bucks: What To Expect From Roy Hibbert, Spencer Hawes

Hawes’ History

Spencer Hawes lacks the past highlights that Roy Hibbert has on his resume. Hawes has never been an All-Star, and really hasn’t been a starter for much of his career thus far. After being drafted 10th overall by the Sacramento Kings in 2007, Hawes spent three years in Sacramento.

His biggest strength is supposedly that he can function as a stretch-five, a big man who can play center while being able to knock down threes. He’s only broken 30 percent from three-point range in five of his ten NBA seasons, although Hawes’ is a career 35 percent three-point shooter.

After departing Sacramento, Hawes spent three and a half years with the Philadelphia 76ers and half a year with the Cleveland Cavaliers after the Sixers traded him there in 2014 for Earl Clark and a pair of second-round draft picks.

After that Hawes was signed by the Los Angeles Clippers. He played a single season in L.A. before being traded once more, this time to the Charlotte Hornets in the Lance Stephenson trade. He played sparingly for the Hornets for a year and a half before being moved once more, this time for Plumlee.

Hawes’ best season was unquestionably 2013-14, when he was dealt to the Cavs mid season. He scored a career-high 13.2 points and grabbed 8.3 rebounds per game that season, and hit 45.6 percent of his field goals and 41.6 percent of his threes.

Since that season Hawes has been unable to return to form. The next year he hit less than 32 percent of his threes, followed by a surge to 37.3 percent last season. This season that number has fallen all the way down to 29.1 percent, as Hawes has seen his role disappear in Charlotte.