Hassan Whiteside has been in and out of the league, and Sacramento Kings reporter James Ham tells us why he thinks, Whiteside has struggled to find a home in the NBA.
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In a summary, the reporter told the radio station that Whiteside was having trouble in all ways in Sacramento. Here are some of the reasons we spot out:
1) His first training camp with the Kings he made something like 480k and inexplicably showed up the first day of camp with a $200,000 Mercedes.
2) Apparently he has ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).
3) After practice Samuel Dalembert and Pete Carril tried to teach him shot blocking techniques and Whiteside would just say “nah,” and Dalembert would be like “dude it’s not an option. come over here and work out” and Whiteside would say something like “Alright, I’ll give you 10 reps and that’s all”.
4)First season with the Kings, Whiteside wasn’t doing his rehab at all and was just kind of hanging around getting his checks.
5) Hassan one time was flexing and admiring himself in front of a one-way mirror and the media was on the other side laughing their asses off without Hassan realizing.
6) Jason Jones covers the Kings and follows the team. After a year and a half with the Kings, Hassan was like “Hey Jason…. so why are you always here?” and Jason’s like “What do you mean?” Hassan’s like “Are you a really big fan or something? Why are you at all our games?” and Boogie, who was nearby, was like “Dude… what? Come on. He’s the beat writer.”
7)Gained 30-40 pounds of muscle his 2nd year, which apparently was a big surprise.
Judging by those 7 reasons, theres NO surprise with the random outbursts Whiteside has been apart of this year as a Miami Heat.
