Article on Whiteside: Olajuwan insight

[rainmaker]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/frank_hughes/06/23/hassan.whiteside.draft/index.html

This was from Amicks twitter. Interesting article Whiteside and his development/potential. Hakeem seems to feel pretty highly of him, if put in the right situation. I get the impression the ADD and maturity questions were overblown.

"When I see a player like him, his reach is his strength," Olajuwon said in a phone interview from Toronto. "He knows he can put the ball on the floor and shoot. I was more or less thinking about his height advantage, what he can be doing in the post with his jump hook. He should be able to play small forward, power forward or center comfortably. I try not to limit him to a position. He has the skills and the height where he can play three positions as he matures in the league."​

"When you see him, he is a gentleman, very shy," Olajuwon said. "That is his demeanor. So if you see him, you say he is not that enthusiastic about the game. But when you see him play, he goes after it. That works against him if you don't understand him as a person. His maturity? He is a young boy. Somebody has to look at what he is now and you have to look at his potential with the right training."



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[Hallama]

Hire the Dream as a special assistant.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

hire the dream as a special assistant.

+1!

 

[Superman]

That would be a huge deal for us. Would have liked to see Spencer Hawes get some work with The Dream, but those days are gone.