I mean, right now all we can say of simmons is that he's playing "okay" D. Hassel can pressure the ball better, hustles more, and has been hitting the open mid range shot more consitently. Right now i say hassel gives this team a better hance to win than does Simmons.
Yes. Umm I would love to see this rotation: PG DH/Dooling SG CDR/Dooling& Hayes SF VC/Hayes PF Yi/Anderson/Najera C B-Lo/Boone/Swift I love Swat's energy and his cheering but please just send him to the D-League where he can get some minutes and improve his game. Next season hopefully the number of bigs on our squad goes down and we can call him up.
I have an S.A.T. analogy for how I feel about these guys: Hassell is to Simmons as: A.) Dog poop is to human poop B.) Garbage is to Basura C.) corpse is to cadaver D.) worthless is to useless E.) All of the above
He wouldn't improve the starting lineup much, but starting him would significantly weaken the second unit. They just need the starter to not be a minus - play good defense, make open shots, be able to run and jump. Simmons is a good basketball player mentally, but he cannot physically play in the NBA anymore. Hassell is such a weak offensive player, he frees up a defender to help - that's obviously no good. CDR is perfect. I don't know why he's been out so long, but he needs to get his ass back because the team needs him.
I want him back too and he can't be worse than what we have but I'm hesitant to call him a cure all, he still is an unproven rook
No doubt, but he won't have to be all that great. He just needs to play smart and contribute here and there. He is a very good player. I trust him. Another thing that Frank has to reconsider is giving Najera minutes at the 3. Yi is only going to play significant minutes in about half the games. In the games where he is good, letting Najera play the 3 with the starting unit would be a lot better than continuing to give Simmons those minutes. (In games where Yi is bad or in foul trouble, Najera will have to play the 4 with the starting unit.)
I'm cool with Najera at the 3, we'd have 4 scorers in the starting lineup. Try getting a rebound on us.
Haskell couldn't do well if he played in the summer league. Lets keep him on the bench. He isn't even in the rotation yet, and hopefully won't ever be.
As much as I dislike Bobby, Hassell is a scrub. Bobby contributes a few smart plays here and there and maybe a three once in a while. Hassell doesn't give a thing.
