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Wollongong import Jahii Carson has assured Hawks' fans he is yet to scratch the surface on what he can deliver, ahead of another vital double-header.
The Hawks are in desperate need of a win to kick-start their season, which is teetering at 1-5.
They'll meet the defending champions Perth Wildcats at home on Friday night before heading to Melbourne to face United on Sunday.
Carson is expected to be fit after battling illness last weekend.
He provided a taste of what he can do at his best in a dominant fourth-quarter display on Sunday, when he scored 18 of his game-high 24 points, in a match the Hawks ultimately lost against the Breakers.
But the former Arizona State guard insists the best is yet to come.
"I am not even in the flow," Carson said.
"I hadn't played since my college season last year so the more games I get under my belt the more comfortable I will be with the league, the more comfortable I will be with the refs and with my teammates."
Carson pulled no punches about the importance of securing a result against the Wildcats on Friday.
Wollongong sit bottom of the NBL ladder.
"I am thinking all the rest of the games we are playing leading into the next three or four are must-wins for us," Carson said.
"Just for the fact that we need to get on a roll and get our flow going. I think that we are progressing every game.
"We are right there. We are not playing our best and I don't think teams have seen our best.
"When they do, I think it is going to be a little bit of a shock," Carson said.
The Hawks will be looking to atone after Perth defeated them 69-59 when they played in the West Australian capital on October 17.
"We played them at their place and we didn't play particularly well," he said.
"We had a lapse in the third quarter there and only lost by a couple of points ... I think we can take them at our home.