From hilarious interviews, to in-game antics resulting in multiple suspensions, rising Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has proven to be quite the character.
Well, about a month ago, a Sacramento Kings (Whiteside’s former team) reporter named James Ham was interviewed and revealed some interesting stories about the young center and why he’s been in and out of the league.
We’ve decided to break down these stories for you into eight ridiculously hilarious segments.
1. Checks Please
In Hassan’s first season with the Sacramento Kings, he didn’t play very much at all because he injured himself and was supposed to be rehabbing. He didn’t rehab at all and instead just hung around and said “yeah, whatever,” and went on collecting his checks.
Next: 40 Pounds of Muscle
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2. 40 Pounds of Muscle
After that first season, he came back in his second season and gained 30-40 pounds of muscle, which apparently was a big surprise. Ham went on to say that Hassan looked “ridiculous” and had an “obscene” amount of upper body mass when he came back for the second season.
Next: Attention Deficit Disorder
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3. Attention Deficit Disorder
Coming out of college, apparently Whiteside had some type of attention deficit disorder and reporters would ask him questions like, “Are you medicated?” Hassan obviously had no idea how to respond to these types of questions and apparently, Ham got into it with said reporters.
Next: “Nah, I’m Good”
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4. “Nah, I’m Good”
After practice, center Samuel Dalambert and Coach Pete Carril would try to teach him shot blocking techniques and after practice one day Dalembert said to Whiteside, “Hey let’s go, coach is waiting there for us,” and Whiteside responded, “Nah, I’m good.”
Then Dalembert said, “Hey no dude, you’re coming over to work on your post moves,” which Whiteside responded with again, “Nah, nah, I’m good.”
At this point Dalembert got really upset and said, “Dude, it’s not an option, you are coming over right now and working out with us.” And Hassan finally said, “Fine, I’ll give you 10 reps and then I’m done.”
Next: $200,000 Mercedes
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5. $200,000 Mercedes
In his first training camp with the Kings, Hassan made something like $480,000 and he inexplicably showed up the first day of camp with a $200,000 Mercedes Benz and guys are like, “Dude, you won’t even make that much after taxes. What did you just do?”
Next: One-Way Mirror
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6. One-Way Mirror
Hassan was apparently flexing and admiring himself in front of a one-way mirror one time, not realizing that the media was on the other side laughing their heads off without Hassan realizing.
Next: “Why Are You at All Our Games?”
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7. “Why Are You at All Our Games?”
Jason Jones is a beat writer for the Sacramento Kings so he follows the team around to games and practices. After a year and a half with the Kings, Hassan is at shootaround on the road and he asks Jason, “Hey Jason, why are you always here?” and Jason’s like, “What do you mean?”
And then Hassan asks, “Are you a really big fan or something? Why are you at like all our practices and all of our games?”
At this point, DeMarcus Cousins interjects and says, “Come on dude…he’s our beat writer. He covers us!”
Next: Naming Fish
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8. Naming Fish
Whiteside apparently has a hobby of collecting fish and not only that, but he has a name for each and every one of them.
Ham supposedly has several other hilarious Whiteside stories that cannot be revealed on air, but apparently he’s very surprised that Hassan is still in the league and very successful.
Related: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hassan Whiteside
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