NBA Draft Player Profile---Hassan Whiteside

Hassan Whiteside is one of my favorite draft prospects this year. He's a freshmen (he's 20) at Marshall. I'm sure you've never heard anything about him unless you follow the NBA draft prospects. He's a legit 7 feet 235, but he looks bigger than that. He's got BIG time NBA center written all over him. With the exception of John Wall and Evan Turner, he has the most potential to be a Hall of Famer in this draft class. He averages 13 points 9 rebounds and a ridiculous 5.2 blocks in only 25 minutes. He's ridiculously athletic. Not quite like Dwight Howard, but he's in the same ballpark. You just don't see freshmen averaging 5 blocks per game. Period. His instincts on both ends are remarkable which means, given his age, his ceiling is scary high. I hate using the term raw, sooo I'm not going to. He doesn't always capitalize on offense, but his post moves are a lot more crafty and polished than most people give him credit for. Although he looks big, plays big, and powerfully explodes off the ground, he's going to need to put on 30 pounds to bang with NBA 7 footers, but with his frame, I don't see that being an issue. People always use that as a criticism, but its really hard for big young guys to put on weight in college basketball. They don't have access to nutritionists and they also don't have special big man practice programs that help keep them from losing weight. In college if you're coach is pissed, everyone runs until you Ralph Sampson on the court. If you're coach isn't pissed, everyone still runs until you're on the verge of Ralph Sampsoning.

PS, He's 2/3 from the land of plenty.
PPS, his dad played for the Minnesota Vikings

Sorry about the quality. His only other highlight mixes are from highschool


Ceiling- Hakeem Olajuwon/Shaq
Probably- Alonzo Mourning/Marcus Camby
Floor- Saer Sene (Harsh I know but he was supposed to be sweet)