<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Timberwolves traded guard Trenton Hassell to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Greg Buckner on Friday night.</p> Hassell, who spent the last four seasons with the Wolves, averaged 6.7 points per game and three rebounds in 476 games. In 2006-07, he played in 76 games and averaged 6.7 points and 3.2 rebounds.</p> Buckner is an eight-year NBA veteran with career averages of 5.5 points and 2.9 rebounds, including two stints with Dallas along with stops in Philadelphia and Denver. Last season, Buckner averaged four points while grabbing 2.1 rebounds.</p> The Timberwolves open their 2007-08 training camp Saturday.</div></p> link</p>
That's....dumb. That's one of those deals where the two guys are so similiar it's not even worth doing.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dre)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> That's....dumb. That's one of those deals where the two guys are so similiar it's not even worth doing.</p> </div></p> Plus the Wolves took the player with a longer contract</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dre)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> That's....dumb. That's one of those deals where the two guys are so similiar it's not even worth doing.</p> </div></p> </p> No way. I wasn't even going to mention the shorter contract attached to Hassell, b/c IMO that's a bad thing, the Mavs should want to keep him as long as possible. But Hassell's definitely far superior to Buckner. Both are hustle guys who are known primarily for their defense, and I'm assuming that's what you're talking about. But Hassell's a lock down defender, and I'd put him closer to Bowen than Buckner. And I think he'll definitely get more burn in the Dallas system than Buckner's been getting.</p> This shows me that the Mavs really are serious about winning, and serious that they think they have the pieces to do it, minus a few tuneup points such as this. That's essentially what the Bulls did between 1989 and 1991, and it eventually worked.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tim)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> The only reason the Wolves did the deal was so they could sign Chris Richard.</p> </div></p> Wow. That doesn't make it a better trade, tho. I'm really wondering why McHale hasn't been fired already.</p> </p>
