TL;DRthis article cracks me up:
After a predraft workout with the Miami Heat, in which Whiteside got so exhausted that he just sat in the middle of the floor and refused to continue conditioning drills led by Keith Askins, the Sacramento Kings selected him 33rd overall in the 2011 NBA draft. Almost immediately, the team sent him to the D-League to play for the Reno Bighorns, coached by Eric Musselman, the former Kings head coach.
“At that time, nobody wanted to be in the D-League,” says Musselman. “Everybody wants to be in the NBA. There are guys that would be in the D-League and not want to be there but were extremely motivated to get out. They came with a purpose, a mission. Stayed before practice, after practice. Jeremy Lin was constantly asking, ‘How do I get better? How do I play pick-and-roll? Will you watch film with me?’
“And then you have Hassan. He was just kind of there.”
As time passed in Reno, Whiteside’s attitude soured. The Kings front office grew concerned, worrying that Whiteside’s “just kind of there” posture might start to rub off negatively on GMs and scouts, who would come to see the team at a D-League Showcase. So, then-GM Geoff Petrie yanked Whiteside back to Sacramento.
for Dwyane Wade, it was Whiteside’s third altercation in less than a year that put him over the edge. It was a live, nationally broadcasted game in February 2016, when Whiteside elbowed Boban Marjanovic’s chin. Whiteside received a one-game suspension for the hit. The Heat immediately sent him home. In the locker room, Wade didn’t hold back.
Whiteside caved and wore the brace, but he wasn’t himself—on or off the court. He routinely complained about playing time and touches last season. Whiteside grew distant from the team as the season pressed on. He stewed around the locker room and eventually implied that he wanted to be traded after sitting the fourth quarter and overtime against the Brooklyn Nets in March (“It’s bullshit. It’s really bullshit, man. There’s a lot of teams that could use a center,” he told reporters after the game).
After the profanity-laced rant that included a pseudo-trade demand, the team fined him for conduct detrimental to the team
After the season, former NBA coach Byron Scott, who played nine seasons for Pat Riley, delivered a message to Whiteside on ESPN’s The Jump: “You’ve got to grow up, man. You’re in the NBA. To me, that stands for No Boys Allowed. So, grow up and be a man
Fans and NBA insiders questioned if the money had gotten to him. One high-ranking executive, from a team who had interest in signing Whiteside in 2016 free agency but has since put that desire firmly on ice, put it this way: “We questioned how money would change him. That question was answered.”
its not in the SLIGHTEST bit about expanding his gameWhiteside is trying to expand his game and Wiggy criticizes him. Dude is such a tool
abetter?TL;DR
But are you ever gonna change that quote at the bottom of your posts?
He wants a bunch of minutes
I came early to a Cavs game one time and watched HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE scrub Ira Newble hit like 30 straight 3's. I dont care who you are- every player in the NBA can shoot the lights out for the most part.
That does not mean even a LITTLE bit that he should be taking shots away from snipers like Ellington or Dragic etc.
Everyone has a role on the team- the guards bring the ball up because they are OUT Of THIS WORLD dribblers. Guys like Ellington shoot the 3 becasue there are probably not more than a few dozen people on THIS EARTH that do it better.
This guy is delusional. If he would have said "I am keeping my mouth shut, and doing everything i can to try and help this team win and I will do whatever the coach thinks is best" - I would have said- WOW looks like the dude has grown up.
Instead hes talking about shooting threes and taking the ball coast to coast. Its just cringe-inducing. I dont know if i have ever seen another pro athlete so profoundly tone-deaf with absolutely zero self-awareness.
hes a child.
Dude, Boban has been launching from 3 this preseason.“He’s been working on it,” Spoelstra said in advance of Tuesday’s preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets. “When he’s spacing the court and in those kind of circumstances, I want guys growing their games. At that point, he already had 12 to 13 rebounds. He had four offensive rebounds, a bunch of impactful things in the paint. That’s not necessarily a reward for that, but he was playing to his strengths, to our identity, imposing his will in the paint — and then that shot presented itself. I’m totally fine with it.”
Finding the balance between playing inside while also keeping defenses off balance with a few outside shots is Whiteside’s challenge.
“I think it’s just a read,” Whiteside said. “I think it’s more so of a read. As the season goes along, I’m going to get better at. I kind of look at what kind of guy I’m playing against. Like the DeAndre Jordans, [Rudy] Goberts, they are going to protect the rim more. So that flare three is going to be there a little more than against a guy that’s a lot smaller.”
Hassan Whiteside, the three-point shooter? A look at the possibility
Wtf?
Coast to coast and shooting 3's?
Is that what you want as a Heat fan?
Dude, Boban has been launching from 3 this preseason.
If a guy who can dunk with his feet still on the floor is shooting 3's, why not?
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thats the exact fucking thing i was thinking
I want Whiteside to say "Last year I was hurt and I let it get me down and my attitude wasnt what it should have been. I am working hard on doing whatever the coach wants me to do to try and win games. I am willing to sacrifice shots, blocks, whatever it takes, to try and help this team win"
instead--- " I can go coast to coast and i can shoot 3's" its a fucking joke. This guy is just so clueless. On his NBA Live ratings his "Awareness" rating should be -10000000000000000000000000000000000000.00