Connie Hawkins - The Hawk
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Cornelius "Connie" Hawkins (born July 17, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player, and New York City playground legend.
Hawkins played one season for the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League (ABL) and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. When that league folded, Hawkins spent three years performing with the Harlem Globetrotters. Hawkins joined the Pittsburgh Pipers in the inaugural 1967-68 season of the American Basketball Association, leading the team to a 54-24 regular-season record and the ABA championship. That year, Hawkins led the ABA in scoring and won both the ABA's regular-season and playoff MVP awards.
Hawkins hit the ground running in his first season with the Suns, 1969-70, where he played 81 games, and averaged 24.6 points per game. He added nearly five assists per game as well.
Connie Hawkins was named to the ABA's All-Time team.
Hawkins played in four NBA All-Star Games and was named to the All-NBA First Team in the 1969-70 season. His No. 42 jersey was retired by the Suns. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
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He's just as great on video as he was described in Terry Pluto's book on the ABA, LOOSE BALLS. Thank you VERY much for sharing this with us!!!!!
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@tuzwol dr. j did take it to the next level. dr.j could create a shot further away from the goal then connie. mj could create further from the rim than dr.j. drexler played almost exactly like dr.j but with less flair and a better j. as for elgin, he was a powerful and compact forward at 6'5" 225lbs. he wasn't as long as the other guys but very explosive. wayyyy before his time. in some ways like oscar robertson on steroids. or isiah rider if he was great.
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Connie was the greatest. Fly, Hawk, fly!
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@elmagomerlin03 Like you're the expert and are all knowing.
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GROOVY!
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Probably would have been the greatest of all time if hadn't had bben for that point shaving scandal that he never did....
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his wingsnap was very long
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The game was just natural for him.
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VERSATILE!
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You should include the defining aspect of Hawkins' career in your comment section.
He was unfairly implicated in a point shaving scandal when he was in college. He had absolutely nothing to do with it, no evidence was ever brought forward that showed any wrong-doing on his part, and the actual perpetrators said they never worked with Hawkins. Yet the scandal kept him out of the NBA.
He is easily the most screwed over player in NBA history. Would have been one of the greats EASILY.
TBlake34 2 years ago 7
Good point and lets not forget that buy the time Connie got to the NBA he had lost some of his prime, he was older it is a shame what happend to him just think of what he could have done if he was allowed in at 22. I read Foul when I was in highschool and would fight other kids about Connie, this was in the DrJ era, and they had no idea who he was. It is very much like music you must go back to learn who the masters were. Connie was one of the first at what he did and lets not forget him.
silkee59 2 years ago