I am impressed with Trenton. He is officially our Bruce Bowen. Hassel is way better defender than Wright. I got to give kudos to Kiki and Thorn for acquiring him. We finally have a bonafide defender in Hassel. He'one of my favorite players now.
Hassel was AWESOME tonight, his defense is better then wrights and the offense doesnt stagnate when he's on the floor because he is a mid range shooter, i'll take hassel anyday over wright and twice on tuesday. F stackhouse and george
I can't believe he's only 28. I think this is yet another streal of the trade other than for his contract.
he's a hustler, plain and simple, difference is, he's a vet who's confidence will not go down after one play making him anemic like wright. got some key rebounds, drew some key charges, a saavy vet
I guess we'll be keeping him around for a while. He's a major pest, and I just love it. You need that type of player when you're facing Kobe, Lebron, Mac etc.
He looked like a real emotional leader out there; his hustle and defense seemed to play off on to the rest of the team.
problem w/ Wright was inexperience and at times just the faith in a kid to be something he couldn't. Hassell has experience and he can stop chuckers like Kapono and Nocioni's so we got a F to to stop chuckers and now thinking about using Harris /Williams vs speedy guards like Calderon should be interesting.
Best surprise of the night. I haven't followed him. I only know his reputation. Tonight he lived up to that as a terrific defender. He also hit a couple of nice opportunity jumpers. If he can give this on a regular basis, the change in the trade will be a blessing in disguise. Now if only Thorn could get us a dead eye shooter before 3:00 PM tomorrow! Oh, and though it's only one game, I have no problem saying Hassell is MUCH better than Wright. Wright hasn't defended that well his whole time here.
i def. agree with FOMW, wright was a decent defender but was somewhat overrated, hassel has the physical tools to be a lockdown guy, deng couldnt even post him up, he'[s much stronger then wright as well and gets more deflections
our defense is vastly improved after the trade harris, diop, hassell >>> kidd, allen, wright hassells defense tonight was GREAT! for once in a long time i was excited about the game tonight and they have me believin in them again b4 it looked like no1 gave a crap, evryone showed effort tonight how funny would it be if the mavs miss the playoffs and the nets make the playoffs?! haha
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (go nets @ Feb 20 2008, 11:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>our defense is vastly improved after the trade harris, diop, hassell >>> kidd, allen, wright hassells defense tonight was GREAT! for once in a long time i was excited about the game tonight and they have me believin in them again b4 it looked like no1 gave a crap, evryone showed effort tonight how funny would it be if the mavs miss the playoffs and the nets make the playoffs?! haha</div> Nooooooooooooo! We need the Mavs to get at least the 8th seed so we can get their pick. It's lottery protected this year.
His interview was pretty funny. When asked about what he brings, "Energy, experince and defense..yup that's it." Least he's honest.
I said this before. "The Capital" (LOL) is better than Wright in every way except he is ridiculously overpaid. I'd much rather have him on the floor than that scrub Devean George.
It was refreshing to see a Nets player bring that type of energy and defense. Haven't seen that in a long time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Feb 21 2008, 12:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I said this before. "The Capital" (LOL) is better than Wright in every way except he is ridiculously overpaid. I'd much rather have him on the floor than that scrub Devean George.</div> I wasn't fond of Mark Jackson's style at first, but he's won me over. That was hilarious! And I hope it sticks. Hassell, for the rest of your time with the Nets, you are "The Capital."
