No, Spencer Hawes is not endorsing Donald Trump for president.
That does not mean the Hornets center and vocal conservative won't be casting his vote for the Republican ticket, per usual, next month. However, Hawes is not happy enough with any candidate to tell someone else for whom to vote.
LeBron James, the Cavaliers forward, National Basketball Players Association vice president and best basketball player in the world, took a different stance a few weeks ago, telling people to support Hillary Clinton as part of his movement to end police violence.
Given Hawes' political bent, that could have upset him. This is, after all, a man who once purchased Barack Obama toilet paper. Still, that wasn't the case.
Sporting News spoke to Hawes in a continuation and furthering of a conversation from about a year ago. Back in November 2015, Hawes was lamenting the Republican primaries — and at least once donning a "Make America Great Again" hat.
Now, he's saddled with Trump vs. Clinton and no perfect choice, as he sees it. What follows is a transcript of our interview with Hawes.
But I think guys respect if you can really sit down and have a conversation about why you are the way you are. I remember talking to a guy back when I was in Philly. We were talking about it, we were talking about social issues and welfare, and he said, "I grew up on welfare. That's how we ate." And that wasn't my experience. I had one view of it, then you have a discussion with him, and you sit down and you say, all right, everybody comes from somewhere, different places, and a lot of my upbringing probably shaped where I find myself now, just as everybody's does.
It is a tough time. It is obviously very racially charged, in a lot of spheres, not just the presidential race. But I think that's one of the coolest things that we have the opportunity to do, to meet so many different people, to strike up relationships with so many different people that you would probably never come into contact with if not for this sport.
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