1. Hassan witnessed car bombs and AK-47’s while playing ball in the Middle East.
Hassan actually credits his emergence to the adversities he had to deal with while playing basketball in the Middle East. Whiteside spent part of last season with Al Mouttahed Tripoli of the Lebanese Basketball League and said he had many fears while playing there. He spoke of car bombs and his team’s security official wielding an AK-47.
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