WhitesideBorn on June 13, 1989 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA, he was an American professional basketball player who played as a center.
He had attended six high schools in high school and served at Marshall University. In 2010, he participated in the NBA draft and was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 33rd pick in the second round. However, his early development in the NBA was not smooth. He only played one game in the rookie season, and his sophomore year played 18 games with an average score of 1.6 points per game. In the next two years, he did not have a ball to play. He moved to the G League, the Lebanon League, and the China secondary league (he was recommended to the CBA team but was not signed).
In 2014, he returned to the NBA and played for the Miami Heat for five seasons. During that time, he performed well. For example, in 2016, he scored an average of 14.2 points, 11.8 rebounding, and 3.7 blocks per game, winning the title of blocked shot king. In 2017, he scored an average of 17 points, 14.1 rebounding, and 2.1 blocks per game, winning the title of rebounding king. He also played a triple-double in blocked shots. The Heat offered him a four-year contract of 98 million US dollars.
After that, he played for the portland trail blazers. In 2020, he was once again the blocked shots champion with an average of 2.9 blocked shots per game. However, in 2021 - 2022, he became a substitute and gradually became sidelined. He had also played for the Sacramento Kings and the Yale Knights. After his contract with the Yale Knights expired in the summer of 2022, he was unable to get another NBA contract. He then went to Europe to play.
Whiteside was the blocked shot champion twice, the rebounding champion once, and the second team of the season's best defensive lineup once. He earned a total of $101-$106 million in salary in the NBA (the data varied slightly according to different data). Together with the salary of the NPL and the European League, his total salary exceeded $110 million. His NBA pension reached the maximum level, and he could receive $63866 a year after retiring at the age of 50.
His strengths were that he was 2.13 meters tall, tall and strong, outstanding athletic ability, long wingspan, and a certain ability on the defensive end (such as excellent performance in blocking and rebounding), but he also had shortcomings such as insufficient offensive skills, poor teamwork, poor defensive attitude (there were operations such as deliberately letting the opponent go to the basket to block), and low offensive and defensive efficiency.
There was also Norman Whiteside. Norman Whiteside was born in Belfast, Northern Iceland, on May 7, 1965. He was a former Northern Irishman footballer who played as a midfielder/striker. Now retired, he debuted at Manchester United's youth training camp and played 204 times for Manchester United's First Team from 1982 to 1989, helping the team win two English FA Cup titles. In 1989, he transferred to Everton Football Club and retired in 1991. He played for the Northern Republic national team from 1982 to 1989 and became the youngest player to participate in the 1982 World Cup. However, according to the question, Whiteside was mentioned alone. If there was no special explanation, it should mainly refer to the basketball player, Hasan Whiteside.
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