Anthony Bennett, the No. And I'll kill them forever for it. James Harden and Steph Curry—two of the greatest offensive players in the history of the NBA — were taken in the next five picks. Memphis traded Thabeet to Houston midway through his sophomore season. Houston traded him to Portland a year after that. Portland released him four months after that. He signed with Oklahoma City in the summer of , and it was there that Thabeet says he finally learned how to be a pro. He raced Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant to see who could get to practice the earliest and hired a personal chef to manage his nutrition.
He enjoyed his best two seasons with the Thunder, but it still wasn't enough to stick. For the past five years, he's tried everything he could to get back to the league. He played for a year with the Pistons' D-League affiliate in In , he moved to San Francisco for six months to work with Frank Matrisciano.
Better known as "hell's trainer," Matrisciano was the man who helped the player taken ahead of Thabeet in '09, Blake Griffin, prepare for the draft. The first time Matrisciano met Thabeet, he noticed that Thabeet used his hands to stand up from a table.
By the time Thabeet left San Francisco, he could do stair-jumps for 50 minutes straight. In , Thabeet signed with a Japanese team just to prove that he could still play. The following year, he moved to Washington, D.
Williams helped prepare Thabeet for tryouts his agent arranged with a half-dozen NBA teams, including multiday stints with the Knicks and the Warriors during their training camps. When no one signed him, Thabeet figured the next-best thing would be to get back into an NBA system by joining what was now called the G League.
And I'm in the best shape of my life. I know what my role is. I'm not trying to score 30 points a game. But I can come in and get rebounds and block shots. That's the goal. A few days before the game against the BayHawks, Thabeet was wandering through a Walgreens. He was on his way to the team's holiday party, which included a white elephant gift exchange, and he needed something to give. As he hovered over the shelves, he heard the whispers from gawkers in other aisles and ignored them.
When he reached the checkout line, a man shopping with his son stared up at him and said, "What's up, brother? I bet you don't even have to jump to dunk! Thabeet smiled. But the truth was that his NBA return seemed to be getting less likely with each passing game in Fort Wayne. True, he was averaging 8. In the 14 games the Mad Ants had played up to that point, he'd started only two and appeared in only nine. Two factors had forced Thabeet out of the NBA. One was his reputation.
In college and in Memphis, teammates had called him "Hollywood" because of his flashy clothes, and coaches complained that he cared more about the lifestyle than the game. But I watched him in our first practice, and it only took 10 minutes to see that this wasn't going to work out. He set his season-high with 6 points in 4 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs on December 29, He grabbed a season-high 3 rebounds in 3 minutes against the Charlotte Hornets on March 14, He dished a season-high 0 assists in 4 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs on December 29, He set his season-high with 8 points in 14 minutes against the Charlotte Hornets on December 15, He grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds in 12 minutes against the Houston Rockets on January 21, He dished a season-high 1 assists in 9 minutes against the New Orleans Pelicans on January 19, He set his season-high with 18 points in 28 minutes against Springfield Armor on April 01, He grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds in 30 minutes against the Oklahoma City Blue on March 26, He dished a season-high 1 assists in 34 minutes against Idaho Stampede on March 23, He scored in double figures 4 times in 6 games.
He recorded 2 double-doubles. Hasheem Thabeet averaged 0. He set his season-high with 0 points in 2 minutes against the Brooklyn Nets on February 26, He grabbed a season-high 0 rebounds in 2 minutes against the Brooklyn Nets on February 26, He dished a season-high 0 assists in 2 minutes against the Brooklyn Nets on February 26, He set his season-high with 19 points in 38 minutes against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on February 28, He grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds in 39 minutes against the Oklahoma City Blue on March 05, He dished a season-high 2 assists in 31 minutes against New Mexico Thunderbirds on March 02, He recorded 3 double-doubles.
Hasheem Thabeet averaged 3. He set his season-high with 10 points in 28 minutes against the Chicago Bulls on March 16, He grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds in 27 minutes against the New Orleans Pelicans on April 02, He dished a season-high 2 assists in 21 minutes against the Miami Heat on December 13, He set his season-high with 25 points in 39 minutes against Seton Hall Pirates on February 14, He grabbed a season-high 20 rebounds in 39 minutes against Seton Hall Pirates on February 14, He dished a season-high 3 assists in 38 minutes against Syracuse Orange on February 11, He scored in double figures 23 times in 33 games.
He had 20 points or more 5 times. He recorded 17 double-doubles. He set his season-high with 24 points in 37 minutes against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on February 09, He grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds in 37 minutes against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on February 09, He dished a season-high 3 assists in 39 minutes against Villanova Wildcats on February 23, It's also available for football, hockey and baseball.
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