How BAD Was Hasheem Thabeet Actually? 

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Tanzanian here, I did cringe a bit but great video!

Lol. I know the name from watching a lot of nature documentaries in Africa from an interest in Lions. Probably unknown to most people I guess.

do u also know this video feels racist af to those of us whom are black?

@@EyeOfThePhi How the hell is this racist?

No doubt

Definitely true!

Pretty Much.

Everyone in the nba wins even Karl Malone 😂

​@@Opium64 Delonte West Lamar Odom also won? 😂 I guess it was also the culture that failed them

Thats cool.

I love you n mo

A great busted ass buster maybe

@@victorvolkaski7152 whoa

@@l0z28 I’ll f u till u love me no mo ❤

I saw him at the mall when he was in college. I'm 6'3 so it was weird having to look up at someone. I wasn't used to that. Haha

@@jasonwebb5964 Yeah jeez, he's 7'3 right? My best friend is also 6'3 and generally the tallest guy in the room. I'm 5'9, so he would look like a monstar in my eyes lol

​@@brooksorlando4881just imagine me 6'6 would still look at him like that during a game 😂

Very true!!

@Deez You're saying he is using agricultural rationale?!

Eh, in terms of an NBA career, failure is an apt description.In terms of real life accomplishments, the man is immensely successful. Failing at one thing doesn’t mean you fail at all things however.

In the grand scheme of things it’s a pretty cool story. I’m sure he’s still in the man in his community

Except he talking about basketball not how big his bank is... If he was a great player he would have even more money so isnt that a failure looking at the bigger picture??

I went to UConn at the same time as Thabeet and honenstly, he didn't even impress at the school. Raw is an understatement, he was one of the most frustrating players to watch. Dude was every bit as advertised defensively though, but was still getting easily pushed around and offensively...wow. That said, one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet and remembered where he came from - always read about him helping his homeland.

You could say the same about Anthony Bennett too. There was no consensus number 1 that year and mock drafts had him going between 1 and 8.

@@AEMoreira81 mock drafts actually had him somewhere in the 7-12 range and no one predicted he'd go first. You can even hear the shock in the crowd as he was announced first overall

​@@AEMoreira81 Fair, but in hindsight if he's taken at #8 he's still a huge bust/wasted pick....guy suuuuuuuucks lol

The "knew in ten minutes" thing is obnoxious. If this guy was such a sharp talent analyst, why didn't he clue in the team before they wasted a number 2 on the kid?

That's a Rare, Fair, and good perspective

He was raw man, he’d been playing for a fraction of the time of everyone else

It’s a dope story through that lens

We shouldn't celebrate great players we should just celebrate people who just made the league

​@@craigbfolksinger people forget that is an achievement too!

He was 7'3 of course somebody drafted him I'm celebrating him for that shit

Seems like a solid guy forsure. Made a bag and didn’t forget where he came from. Pretty dope story through that lens

That’s why I like to show the whole story of how get where they are rather than just their fall in the literal top of the industry

​@@swishcountyproductionsGood work man! Just subscribed!

Lol

Everyone could prolly learn something, not the worst story he could’ve had

Most top 75 players are on the list BECAUSE of their dedication my guy

what? Did the top 75 players get there by not being dedicated?

@@lagosfury5142 that's why I said SOME my guy

Your team? 😂😂😂😂😂

Yeah I remember his time there pretty well. Thought he’d figure it out if they’re running Kendrick Perkins and shit lol, just wasn’t meant for the nba and that’s alright

Means a lot man thank you 🤘

Not a bad way to make a living

College is a boys game. The NBA you are playing against grown men that are not going to let you do whatever you want on the floor.

Yup. It happens quite a bit

Ya but he didn't even dominate in the NCAA

Well, for one, there's a big size gap when you compare the NBA and college. Yes, Thabeet was huge, but pretty much every NBA team has a 7 footer and can at least match up with him.

@@mornathan1200 Well he did get picked as #2 in the draft. So he did enough to convince teams he could be significant threat in the NBA.

7'6" wingspan

@@alexandermendez4653 at the draft they said something entirely different...

Preciate you brotha🤘

Preciate ya g

Can't compared the two. Wiseman has crazy potential.

*2003

That’s interesting man, wouldn’t have expected him to be that dad given what he’s done for his community

Why would we just believe you with no proof???

@GlutenFree I honestly could care less if you believe me or not lol. I have his mother's number in my phone and pictures with him and myself but do you think I'm going to go release private information to satisfy some random person on RU-vid?

@Swish County Me either but I'm just telling you my first hand experience. I don't know what his relationship might be with his other kid(s) and I also don't know what role the mother might have in the situation to be transparent. I do know the mom isn't living in luxury like you might expect from someone getting support from a millionaire. Once my kid got of age to play ball, I stopped my basketball career to focus on his development and started coaching for Gtown AAU organization (which is where I met Ethan Thabeet, his son). It was fairly obvious from watching/training his son that he received ZERO instruction from anyone outside of our organization up to that point. I haven't seen Ethan in over a year, so things could have changed since I last trained him.

@@that6thgen_2ss35you have pictures with the son or the father

Preciate that man, thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed man! Trying to be realistic and respectful is not always easy in a ten minute video but I’m glad you got some good out of it!

Another great mini-documentary, man! Would you consider doing some more docs on the 90’s stars (like your Barkley vid)? As a Utahn, Stockton was always my #1 fav, but there are some incredible and interesting ballers from that era. For example, Chris Mullins. The only thing I knew about him was he was good enough to be on the Dream Team, but never really followed him. Clyde the Glide, Dennis Rodman, Minute Bol, Shawn Kemp, Spud Webb and Mugsy Bogues... so many interesting and amazing players!

@@ryelor forsure man, definitely could go down that route. Planned on a mark Eaton video pretty soon so look out for that. Preciate your support a lot🤘

I wanna see you get more views on this videos. They are really well made.

@swishcountry Sean May or Robert Swift ?

Jerome James

Lmao

this. if you watched him play in college, it was not hard to see how overvalued he was in the draft.

Lol thanks man

Imagine taking the pressure of his shoulders would’ve helped, who knows man. Preciate ya watching!

@@swishcountyproductions the pressure low 1st round and 2nd round picks is actually much higher. Sure they don't have the publicity of lottery picks but they have a lot of pressure to perform immediately for their team or else they'll get waved to make space for another prospect.

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Lol whatever, thanks for watching

It's hard to say, maybe he just wasn't NBA talent to begin with, or maybe the lights were a lil too bright for him. Preciate you commenting man, that's really cool!!!

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Gotta pay the bills somehow

Think all American sports do

That's because they're two different stories. Kwame Brown had all the NBA talent and athleticism, but I'm a firm believer that MJ ruined Brown's career out of the gate. Imagine looking up to this dude for your whole life, then you get to meet him and he calls you soft and trash. It's devastating. Kwame had the skills, but not the mentality. If you combined Thabeet's work ethic and drive with Kwame's pure talent and athletic ability, you'd probably get an all-star level player

@Gavin Winkler mj saw he wasn't working hard and tried to encourage him but got angry at his repeated laziness and finally lost his temper. Mj is a dick but he also wasn't wrong kobe and lebron were both super talented out of HS and still worked extremely hard to get better

I agree you need to always draft by talent and not by needs. I remember my draft board.... lol I had Blake, Harden, Flynn, Derozan, Tyreke and I remember thinking thabeet was going to be a bust and I thought Curry was gonna be a jj reddick player at best. I remember being high on Eric Maynor too lol.

Some GMs overvalue boom-or-bust potential. It's basically people scout for what the player will be rather than what it'll take for the player to get there or their ability to be built up (some guys can't handle being a project for example)

Right? That's showing your own fucking ass as a complete dipshit organization and scouting department. So they didn't work him out? Ofc they did. That assistant coach sounds like a total moron. Lol

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I actually think Memphis was a tough place for him, I don't think him being behind Marc Gasol ever helped him develop...

@@kanezagar5780 True both were young. Thing is he did no better anywhere else after getting experience

@@jrelgran1on1 he did ok when he was on OKC from what I saw. Even got a double double against that horrible bobcats team from that season

@@nk7274 I guess even tho his best year on paper was the rookie year.

Yawn