Can UNC coax Coleman Hawkins out of the NBA Draft? | More suited for 4 or 5 at North Carolina?

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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. North Carolina GPE is still searching for front court help. Can they coax Coleman Hawkins out of the NBA ORG draft?

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Hey there, what's up? It's Thursday, May 9th, 2024. Welcome in to the Locked on Tar Heels WORK_OF_ART podcast. The only daily North Carolina GPE show out there. I'm your host, Isaac Shade, and you're joining us at the place to get your Tar Heels content every single day. Thanks for making us your first listen or watch. A special shout out to all of you every dayers out there, as well as all the members of the Locked on Tar Heels WORK_OF_ART Discord community. This episode is brought to you by Fanduel.Make every moment more. Right now, new customers get $150 in bonus bets with any winning $5 money line bet. That's $150 with any winning $5 bet. Visit Fandual.com slash Locked On to get started. Well, we've got a dual show Thursday. Right now, I'll introduce our guest in just a second.We're talking about Coleman Hawkins today on our other main show. Coach Rob will be joining me as he does every Thursday. That'll be a lot of fun as well. Big thanks to all of you again for reaching out who have been praying for our family in the midst of some crazy weather. In fact, Cameron, the guest today and I had to push back about half an hourfrom when we were going to record because tornado sirens were going off and I had to go to my safe space. So it's a whole thing. Anyway, thank you for sticking with us, folks. Joining us today, Cameron Salerno, college basketball writer, amongst other things at CBS Sports ORG. Been doing that about a year now, right, Cam PERSON?

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If I'm thinking about time, that's correct. Join last May. So it has been a that about a year now, right, Cam? If I'm thinking about time, I'm going to last May, so it has been a little over a year. It's pretty surreal. And it is weird, I will say, not watching live games after,you know, the grind in March Madness and conference tournament week and everything else in between and the first week of the transfer portal. It's weird to not have to kind of keep up with everything that's going on.I mean, obviously stuff is going on. NBA Draft Combine EVENT is coming up and, you know, stay or go decision is going to be the next kind of big step in college basketball. But for the most part, it's kind of too quiet right now. And it's kind of weird. Honestly.Honestly.

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Well, here in Carolina ORG land, it's not too quiet because the tar heels need help in the front court. So it's cool. Cam's joining us today from his hometown bedroom in Sacramento, California, gracious enough to join us even while he's out on vacay. If you're not familiar with Cameron PERSON's work, he's a real up-and-comer on the national scene, does great stuff already is a stud, but it's going to be even more so. So make sure you check out all his great work on CBS Sports ORG.But also critically, for today's conversation, grew up about 15 minutes from Illinois' Coleman Hawkins PERSON. And so I reached out and I said, Cam PERSON, look, I need you to come on the show because the Carolina fan base is all up in arms about Coleman Hawkins PERSON. There's hope that he could be the guy, but some people are like, I don't know, do we wantor do we not? So we got to have a whole big conversation today. Cameron, let's start off with just some words that your colleague at CBS, Matt Norlander PERSON, said recently on a CBS sports eye on college basketball podcast, quote, Coleman Hawkins PERSON, it sounds like, is Arkansas, Carolina, Louisville, Kansas State ORG,there could be others. He will command a very, very high NIL price if he really does, though, want to go the NBA ORG route. But I'd say the buzz on Hawkins PERSON at this stage is more likely than not that he would return to college, although, as with all things, it's no sure thing.So, Cameron PERSON, here's where I want to start out with you. Right now, Coleman Hawkins is in the NBA ORG draft, but right at the, basically, the transfer portal deadline entered into the transfer portal as well. So my question to you, do you think Carolina or anybody will be able to coax him out of the NBA ORG draft? Carolina or anybody will be able to coax him out of the NBA ORG draft.

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I say, you know, if this was five, six, seven years ago, I would say absolutely not. But with NIL ORG and, you know, teams, you know, boosters be able to offer, you know, X amount of money to players, there's a very, very realistic chance that Coleman could make more money in college next year than he would in the NBA ORG. I mean, when you get drafted in the second round, you most likely get a two-way contract, and there's no guarantee that you get playing time in the NBA ORG. Those are obviously non-guaranteed deals, or at least some of them aren't.And it's kind of risky business. And if Coleman PERSON does return to college, he would be one of the best players in the country. He'd make a lot of money at NIL ORG. And plus, you'd get another chance to chase the national championship. So I think he's a very interesting player. I mean, obviously I've known him for a few years now. I mean, he went to Antelope High School for the first two years of his college, or college, high school, rather. And I went to Wood Creek, which is like 10 minutes away.It's in the same school district. Really good family, great person. Then he went to public prep and Napa GPE, which I also know those people really well. And so just really good family, really good person. And I think whatever he decides is going to be good for him and his family.

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So we're going to watch all that. And I mean, part of the issue, Cameron PERSON, and this is the weird thing about roster construction that you and I both know so well. The potential problem is the waiting game that Carolina ORG would have to do with him. The deadline for early entrance to pull out of the NBA draft isn't until May 29th. As we record, that's literally three weeks away still, 21 days at 1159 p.m. Eastern time.Now, obviously, he could pull out and come back to school before that if the price or the landing spot is right. But Carolina ORG right now needs bigs and you don't want to have to wait. But if he's your guy, you wait. How do you deal with that?

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It's really tricky because it's kind of like the same situation. I mean, it's obviously not the same and obviously Kentucky ORG never went through with it. But it's kind of the same dilemma as do you wait for Billy Donovan PERSON to finish up his season if he is the guy, which obviously he probably wasn't because they hired Mark Pope. But in the same sense, if Coleman Hawkins PERSON is the guy who they want to, you know, play the four,play the five, and kind of be that Armando Baycock PERSON filler, then you do wait. And, you know, there is a chance that he, you know, I'm not saying like him in particular, but a lot of guys after the NBA Combine next week will pull out of the draft because they got the feedback. They were looking for, maybe we weren't looking for as far as far as you know you probably would be a late second round pick you probably would go undrafted it's smarter return to school so who knows what kind of feedback he's going to get i was very convinced last year that he was going to go through with NBA ORG draft um ironically i was back homein sacramento last summer and ironically i ran into him at an ice cream shop in Sacramento, and I was talking about him, like, to my friends, like, yeah, this guy might go to the draft. He's from Sacramento. And I kid you not, literally a minute later, he walked into the place, and then we talked for a little bit,and I think the next day he was going to work out for the Warriors ORG, then obviously he ended up going back to school. But I was really surprised last cycle he went back. So I would say right now it wouldn't really surprise me if he did go back to school just because of the logistics and you can make a lot more money.

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Kim PERSON, you just brought this up. And I'm so glad you did because this is where I want to go next. I think the biggest conversation that North Carolina GPE fans are having. And by the way, we've had you on Locked on College Basketball. You're a rookie unlocked on Tar Heels ORG, man. It's great to have you.We're so glad you're on. And I know lots of folks are excited to hear you. But the question that so many Carolina fans have about Coleman Hawkins PERSON is not only do the tarhills need to replace Armando Baycott, as you just said, but also Harrison Ingram PERSON. There's debate about whether that's already on the roster. Could Jalen Washington be the starting five? Things like that. In your opinion, having watched Coleman both in high school and now in these years at Illinois ORG,do you think he better fits as a four or a five for the North Carolina Tar Hills?

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I think he's more of a four because I think he can be a connector. He has the ability to stretch the floor and shoot. Maybe the percentages aren't amazing, but he has shown an ability to knock down a shot from outside. He's kind of that point forward that you kind of covet at the next level. And he has an ability to pass the ball at a high level,put the ball on the floor. And so I think he projects more of as a four, at least in the NBA ORG, and in college as well. I know he did play the five a lot for Illinois ORG, just because that's just how the roster was constructed. And I think he can play the five, and I think he is capable of playing that small ball center role. But I would say in his more natural position, he is a four.I don't know how he feels about it. I don't know how other coaching staffs feel about it, but if I were like a person constructing a roster, I'd probably put him at the four. I really don't know what kind of center you'd want to play next to him,

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per se. I mean, you, because of his ability to stretch the floor, you can probably get away with having the non-shooter at the center position

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because, you know, he has the ability to stretch the four, like I said. And when you have two non-shooters on the floor at four or five, it gets kind of dice, especially if other players on your team can't really shoot well either.

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That's right.

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You've got R.J. Davis who can do that and Kate Tyson PERSON, who's transferred in the can,

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but we know there's question marks with Elliot Kadoe PERSON shooting at the one. And so you can't have both your four and five be non-shooters. And so I think that's a great point you bring up. Not to mention, you know, for for Hawk, he shot 36.9% from three last year on 4.6 attempts per game. But prior to that, had never shot over 30% from three. So which is the reality we'll have to see on that. You know, Cam PERSON, part of it is,I love your point there about it's all going to depend on who is your five beside him, or if he, if you do slot him in as a five, like almost out of necessity, since Carolina has not been able to get the likes of Cliff Omori or Jonas Adu PERSON, Omar Balo, et cetera, you know, maybe you out in necessity, play him at the five and find somebody else at the four. So we'll have to wait and see on that too. Now, here's where I want to go next. We'll have an ad read here in just a second, but Cameron PERSON, I know one of the questions that a lot of people have is there's like this weird misconception about his personality andhis fiery disposition. I'd love for you to clear that up. You just talked some about his personality, but help people wrap their brains around who this young man really and truly is. And so Cameron PERSON and I are going to have that conversation in just a second. Right after I'd tell you about Yahoo Finance, for many years, I had my own financial spreadsheet on Excel PRODUCT. I was trying to track all my various finances. It was so much time and energy and effort trying to keep it up with it all. And I remember like wishing, can something help put this all together for me?Well, then my financial advisor, he tells me that he does all of that through Yahoo Finance ORG. He just simply plugs it in. So I was like, all right, I'll try it. I gave it a go. I loved it. And I've never looked back since.For more than 25 years, Yahoo Finance ORG has been the brand behind every great investor. So whether you're a seasoned investor or you're just looking for extra guidance, Yahoo Finance ORG gives you all the tools and data you need in one place. You can securely link your brokerage accounts for a unified view of your wealth, all of it, every type of portfolio you have. A comprehensive perspective is what sets apart great investors, and it's how Yahoo Financeensures you have the insight to look at your wealth in its entirety. With a community of over 90 million users each month, their real strength at Yahoo finance is helping you on your way to financial success. For comprehensive financial news and analysis, visit the brand behind every great investor, Yahoo!finance.com. The number one financial destination, Yahoo!finance.com. One more time, that's yahoofinance.com ORG.

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Can Carolina ORG get him? Would he be a potential front court guy? 100%. But there's this odd perception out there, Cameron Salerno, about Coleman Hawkins PERSON and who he is and how he conducts himself. Had a lot of great questions from the Lockdown Tar Heels Discord about Coleman PERSON. And so I want to share some of those. And we'll do this one from Determined Drew PERSON, who cleverly has the backwards three for the Ian Drew. He says, he asks this, Cameron, I'd love to know misconceptions on Coleman PERSON's personality as coming across negatively to some fans instead of just being a passionate player.Cam PERSON, can you speak to that for us?

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Yeah, I mean, Coleman PERSON is a great dude. I mean, I'm not just saying that because I know him. I just, everyone he talked to around him from his coaches to i know players that he played against and i thought it was really interesting when the king's drafted kegan murray he like reached out of nowhere and said like the king should draft this guy like i played against him like he's really good and i mean obviously iowa and illinois are a pretty big big 10 rivals so for him to say that, I thought was really interesting,but I know it just maybe in recent years, he's kind of become a troll on Twitter or X or whatever you call it now, but he's a really good guy and just like really cares and as a really passionate player. And I feel like you don't really see that a lot in today's game. I mean,you don't really see a lot of guys, not only just stay four plus years, but also to have that kind of following fall him i mean i feel like he's kind of picked up that maybe misconception over the last maybe year or two ever since illinois kind of took that next jump and became um you know they obviously won the big 10 EVENT i believe his sophomore year in 2021 and 2020 season or something like that. But he's kind of ever since he's gone into the starting role and become kind of a more impact player for Illinois ORG.I think the perception has kind of carried on with him. But yeah, he is a troll, but he is pretty funny too. And I think a lot of college basketball fans, you know, he's just that kind of player. I think he either love him or you hate him. And I would imagine if he's on your team, you love him. And so, Cameron PERSON, let fans, you know. He's just that kind of player, I think you either love him or you hate him.

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And I would imagine if he's on your team, you love him. And so, Cameron PERSON, let me ask you this. This one comes also from the Discord from Ehoff 15, who says, and you kind of alluded to this, but I want to dig in a little more on it because let me even set the question up. In the transfer portal, Carolina ORG has had some of these guys that are either fiery or keep teammates accountable or, you know, rally the troops, whatever it is. Brady Manick PERSON did some of that.This past year, that was very much Cormac Ryan PERSON. I know a lot of Carolina ORG people before they had him were like, Cormac, Ryan PERSON, you kidding me? I don't like him, right? Same with Harrison Ingram PERSON, this fiery, passionate dude. And so you look at Coleman Hawkins, and here's Ehoff PERSON's question.How do his teammates and coaches feel about him? Do they feed off of that energy?

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See, I can't speak to that entirely. Just what I've heard and what I've, I've, like, examined is like a lot of his teammates love him. And his coaches love him too. I want to say it was like, he was, I don't want to like the exact stat but like he was one the only four year players that like has stayed at Illinois ORG and like been that impact player for under Underwood at Illinois ORG. And so I think that says a lot about him too just how you know I don't want to like sound like a boomer but like in today's age a lot of players transfer out likeif they don't get the opportunity immediately. And so for him to kind of not ride the bench but not kind of step up in his role and now you know was a full-time starter last year and the full-time started the year before

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he kind of had to wait for that role so it really says a lot about him that he not only stayed at illinois i know he's a chicago GPE bears, like, that's a big part of it. But it really says a lot about his character that he stuck around Illinois ORG when he could have probably, you know, gone to a different school and been in full-time starter sooner.

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So just based off, like, what everyone has said, I mean, I think his teammates love them and his coaches love them and people who have coached them in the past and people who played with them, you know, at the AAU high school or in college level, they love them too. So I think he's just a really good dude.And then like I said, like there's misconceptions about him. But until you actually get to know the guy, like I think it's, you know, people make his assumptions and, you know,people jump to conclusions. Yeah.

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And, and I mean, that's the thing. You got to get to like so often it's just like, dude, I'm out here having fun. I'm just being a dork and I'm enjoying it. And so get off me, right?So here's another one. And I like this question too, Cam, because one of the things for North Carolina GPE is, you know, you've got a lot of upperclassmen dudes, but you're always looking for more leadership. And so the Nintendo asks this, quote, how is Coleman Hawkins PERSON leadership? Is he more vocal in his leadership or more lead by example or a little bit of both? And I said the Nintendo ORG. I think my computer auto corrected. It's the Nintendo ORG nerd. And so that's even better.So more vocal, more lead by example or a little a bit of that mix on the on the soft serve ice cream where you get chocolate and vanilla together i think he's i think he's

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definitely both i think he definitely has shown he can be a vocal leader but like his teammates

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kind of fall his lead and so it kind of falls into both categories and you know i was thinking about this to say they actually just wrote a story about this today, too.

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So since 2011 in the 24-7 sports era, which is that's like our recording service views at CBS ORG, there's been 10 instances where two top five players have been signed by the same school and the same class.

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This year we have Rutgers with Ace Bailey and Harper PERSON.

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That's right. And Duke has, you know, obviously, cuba NORP flag but if you look at how the previous eight teams have fared it's not a lot of success outside of anthony davis's kentucky team in 2012 no one else has i think gone as far i mean the kentucky team be two years later which had julius randle and the harrison twins which years later, which had Julius Randall PERSON and the Harrison twins, which they were all top five recruits, went to the final four, but they were,their road to the final four was, was odd. I, I figure if they were the seven or the eight C. I know they played Yukon the title game that year, but a lot of teams, I mean, I think five to eight lost in the first or second round in the tournament. So why am I saying this? Because when you have young talent, I mean, I think there's been a shift over the last few years ever since the transfer portal became a thing that you can't just win with a bunch of talented freshmen.You have to have veterans around him. And so with North Carolina having this influxy young talent, especially with Elliot Cadell PERSON, who, you know this, I'm very high on him. I think he's going to make a huge jump. If he could just learn how to shoot a little better, he's going to be really good. But my point is, you need veterans like that on your team, and I think Coleman PERSON fits that mold.And so if you're trying to win a national title, if you're trying to make a deeper on the NCAA tournament, no matter what program you are, if you're North Carolina or NC State ORG or any program, like, big or small, like you have to have veteran leaders. And with like Oakland ORG's team that be Kentucky, like Trey Townsend, like that's a veteran player, like Jack Olkey PERSON, like veteran player. And Kentucky obviously is way more talented than Oakland ORG, but the better team won in the sense.

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Better team won.

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That's critical. Exactly. And it's not just talent. Like, talent-wise, Kentucky was way better than Oakland ORG. But team talent, like play style, the way they play together, leadership, all that stuff. Oakland ORG had the edge. And so that's basically my point. Like the whole, why am, leadership, all that stuff. Oakland had the edge.And so that's basically my point. Like the whole, why am I all, why am I saying this? Because you need guys like Holman Hawkins PERSON on your team if you want to win a championship.

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So I think the veteran aspect is super important.

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And, you know, not a lot of like fifth year seniors who have that kind of experience and

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have that kind of ped and have that kind of

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pedigree of playing the Big Ten for four years. Like they're not going to, those players don't grow on trees. Like you are, and if they do, you're paying one and a half, two million dollars in IL to land them. So, um, yeah.

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Okay.

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So Cameron PERSON just said, you need guys like this on your team.

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Yes. But what does that mean? What does that look like specifically with Coleman Hawkins PERSON? What does he bring to the table? What could he mean for the Tar Heels in this lineup? Got several questions for Cam PERSON just about that exact thing. What would Coleman Hawkins bring? We'll get to that in just a second. Right after I'll tell you about Fandul ORG. It's winner take all time in the NBA and the NHL and Fandle ORG's giving you a shot to bring home a big win of your own.Right now, new customers get $150 in bonus bets with any winning $5 bet. That's $150 to bet on spreads, money lines, player props, and more. How about a little 2025 national championship odds while we're looking ahead? Kansas right now leads the way at plus 1,000. Yukon right behind them at plus 1,100, followed by Duke at plus 1,200, Alabama and all their recent acquisitions at plus 1,500.And then Carolina, Baylor, Houston, and Gonzaga all tied at plus 1,800. Once you go ahead and get an early jump on that, visit fandle.com slash locked on and make every playoff shot count. Fandual, America's number one sports book. Hey, every dayers.

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Once you're caught up on your favorite college program, make sure you check out locked on college football. Between the transfer portal and recruiting trail, there's no more off season for college football. And every big move move five star commitment coaching change and more is covered daily on the locked on college football podcast mark your calendarto check out locked on college football which provides insight and opinions you won't find anywhere else locked on college football is available five days a week on the locked on podcast network your team every day all right we want to talk

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just a little bit here as we get to the end of the show about what cameron believes that coleman would add to north carolina so cam this one comes from andrew e he says what does cameron believe coleman would contribute to the team and uh what does what do you believe that Hock would receive in return as a committed teammate?

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I would say that he is a, a proven veteran, obviously. That's the first thing to start. You have that veteran leadership with him. Second, he's a willing defender.

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And he has shown the ability to guard multiple

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positions two through five he can play the five he can play the four so he's positioned versatile

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he has shown the ability to stretch the four as a shooter and so i think there's a lot of different

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line-up combinations you can play you can play next to a non-shooter at the five you can play him next to a guy

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who can stretch the four a little bit at the five there's like ultimate combinations and he can also probably play the three too maybe if you're playing a like a larger lineup so i said that's the main things he brings to the table um but like i said i think if his shooting kind of stabilizes a little bit and he really shows a consistency to

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hit.

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There's no reason why he can't take another huge leap this year.

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Right with you.

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I love it.

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And we even saw a leap last year at the free throw line, too, from under 70% his whole career

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to almost 80% last year, just shy of that at 79.2%.

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Cam PERSON, obviously, no player is created perfectly.

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No player is currently perfect. And Russo PERSON has a great question for us to that end. Russo says, what are some in-game tendencies that Coleman PERSON needs to still work on?

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I would say just like I said, the shooting. Like I think it's something that needs to stabilize and, you know, having a stretch big as a luxury, I would say. You know, just there's a lot of different players who, like, it's like a lab, you know, like it's, you get like, you get to choose three of the five options. And Coleman PERSON's a proven defender. He has a high motor.He's a connector. And so if you can kind of stabilize the shooting and bring it up to a level that's, you know, consistent and he's obviously shooting a lot more shots. I don't think it's going to be the same kind of, you know, role. But like a quarterback Ryan PERSON, like if he kind of can play that shooting role, because, you know, Harrison Ingram also even proved to shooting this year,

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which I thought was really impressive. And I think the one thing in North Carolina is going to miss is the rebounding from Harrison PERSON.

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Like, as a as a wing rebounder,, like I don't think there's many players better in this upcoming draft. And so that makes him very, very valuable at the next level. Just, you know, wings are so coveted in the NBA these days. And so I think that's what Coleman PERSON can improve on. But at the same time, too, like he kind of has shown what he can do. And, you know, it's just kind of putting those players around him.And I think he would thrive at North Carolina GPE. I love it.

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A couple questions kind of going back to the high school version of Coleman Hawkins PERSON.

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This one comes from Speed Racer PRODUCT, M.G.

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What were Coleman PERSON's greatest strengths coming into college? And what has he improved in the most, in your opinion? I think his athleticism is really,acer, M.G. What were Coleman PERSON's greatest strengths coming into college, and what has he improved in the most, in your opinion?

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I think his athleticism is really, like, really strong. I mean, like I said, there's not many 610 athletic wings slash centers who can, you know, play at his level that are available every day. Like, those kind of players either go to the draft or they stay in school, or they stay at their respective school,unless you know you're at, like, northern Colorado GPE, like Dalton Connect and you transfer up to Tennessee GPE. I don't remember. I got to watch him a few times in high school because he obviously was an analogue, which is like 10 minutes away from me.I'm two years older than him technically, which kind of dates me and him. But so I got to see him a little bit in high school. And I remember like a lot of my friends would be like, have you ever heard of this Coleman Hawkins guy? He's pretty good. And I want to say you got offered by Arizona ORG. Like, like it was one of his first offers. That's this when Sean Miller was writing the show still Arizona ORG. And so, I mean, Arizona ORG was at that time really good still and obviously theyare really good today but there's kind of that like weird transition period you know towards

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that and Sean Miller's tenure at Arizona ORG but I thought that that's what really jumped out to me like whenever I see someone getting offered like Arizona ORG it's always like oh okay this guy must be pretty yeah and obviously when you go to prolet prep which is like one of the prep top prep schools the entire country, I mean Jalen Green PERSON's gone there. You know, Gary Trent

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Jr.'s gone there. Josh Jackson PERSON's gone there. So a lot of really proven names have come out of that prep school. So for him to transfer there, I mean, he obviously had to be very good and obviously was. So that's whyI kind of remember about him. I mean, I wish I got to

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watch him a little bit more in high school. It's definitely like i think there's a there's a certain sense

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of pride from sacramanians like you know if you're from sacramento GPE like you're gonna you know

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you're a king yeah definitely literally figuratively so uh yeah i know i am curious if uh

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he stays in the draft if he does have work out with the Kings ORG. I know it's kind of, you know,

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he joke that, you know,

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he hopes the King's draft him one day.

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This is a while ago. It's a while back. But, yeah, really good dude. Really good family, too. I mean, his whole family's from his full hoopers. His dad was a hooper in college.Right. So just a good guy in general.

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Well, and that's the kind of thing that Hubert Davis PERSON is looking for, man. He, you know, wants these really connected, family-loving, family-cherishing sorts of people. But, you know, Cameron, I think the biggest thing that sticks out to me, and I just put this together actually earlier today, Tyler Hansborough refers to himself now as the Big Hawk. You know, he has his own podcast where he's at that. We've had him here on Locked on Tar Heels and we called him Big Hawk PERSON.So I think it only makes sense and lines up. It's meant to be. Yeah.

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The Big Hawk, the leading scorer in Carolina ORG history is calling the Coleman Hawkins Hawk home to come be at Tar Heels ORG. So, yeah, I mean, I don't think you can get any better insight than that, you know? Yeah, definitely, definitely.

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Cameron Salerno PERSON, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you all on Locked on Tar Heels Discord ORG for all your great questions. I know we didn't get to all of them. I apologize for that. Maybe Cameron PERSON, we can answer them some other time, some other way or something like that. There was a groundswell to make you come join our Discord.

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So I appreciate it. Just know that the invite is out there.

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Folks, make sure you reach out to Cameron PERSON on Twitter, on X.

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Follow him. Cameron Salerno 1. Go follow all his great writing again for CBS Sports ORG. Cameron PERSON, anything else you want to plug?

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I mean, just read my work on CBS ORG.

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It's the offseason now. I mean, just read my work on CBS. Like, it's the offseason now. I mean, I'm excited for the NBA ORG draft. I will say Harrison Ingram is one of my favorite, like, second round prospects. I mean, I watched him a little bit at Stanford ORG, you know, before he transferred North Carolina GPE. So that's a guy who thinks he'd be very underrated.Like I said, Elliot Cadeau PERSON, really high on him. I think he's going to be a really good player. I think how have that second year growth and he can't shoot a little bit better. But besides that, you know, just can't wait for next season.

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That's right. Add in some Ian Jackson PERSON, some Drake Powell PERSON should be a great combination. That backward is loaded. All right, folks,again, make sure you go follow all of Cameron PERSON's great works. Check them out on Twitter X, whatever you want to call it. And don't forget, we've got another episode today.Make sure you go see that, listen to it, watch it as well. If you haven't subscribed to our show, so easy to do on both the audio and video platforms. If you haven't joined that locked on Tar Heels ORG Discord community, it's so easy. It's free to do and the link is in the show notes. Come for the Tar Heels ORG. Stay for the community.We'd love to have you. It's always a great day to be a Tar Heel PERSON. We'll be back again tomorrow. Myself and Coach Pat Kilby PERSON will be on. But until then, peace. Hey, Prime members.

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