Hassan Whiteside has caught the nickname Hassan “Fightside” because of the occasional flip outs he has. I consider it him being immature. Some people say that’s the reason no teams took him. But I think that’s bull. Talent like that doesn’t grow on trees.
Michael Beasley was supposed to be the future of the Heat. The new number 2 for Dwyane Wade after Shaq left. But then Beasley screwed about and you know the rest. He’s back in Miami now and. Man I’ve said this before but I pray this is the last time I have to say it. It seems that Beasley is finally keeping his head on his shoulders.
I only take that gamble now because of the frankly pleasant news that, according to CBS Miami. That Beasley is actually taking Hassan Whiteside under his wing. A mentor/student kind of thing.
When the Heat’s talented but sometimes immature center mentioned Beasley among the players mentoring him after getting ejected from two games in a one-week span, many were baffled. Beas hasn’t exactly had a glowing reputation in NBA circles but his reasoning makes a ton of tense.
“It’s funny because everybody looks at me or not even me, looks at a troublemaker, and really wouldn’t want him to hinder the success of anyone else,” Beasley said. “Then they look at a Dwyane Wade and then a LeBron James, well, that’s the perfect guy to listen to. Well not always. Sometimes you want to listen to the guy that’s been through some things, the guy that fell off the mountain and climbed back and really that’s what Hassan needed. That’s what I needed. That’s what I had in UD my first couple years, somebody that didn’t have the high road to take his whole career.”
Now what’s good about the Heat. Is that they have veteran leadership. Wade, Udonis and apparently Beasley. Think of this mentoring as a good thing. Sure Beasley isn’t the most veteran of veterans. But he’s been round the block a couple of times and that is worth listening to.
