Hassan Niam Whiteside is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Whiteside was selected by the Kings with the 33rd overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2016, when he also led the NBA in blocks. In 2017, he was traded to Trail Blazers and again led the league in blocks in his first season with Portland.
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Hassan Niam Whiteside is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Whiteside was selected by the Kings with the 33rd overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2016, when he also led the NBA in blocks. In 2017, he was traded to Trail Blazers and again led the league in blocks in his first season with Portland. In 2011, he joined Lebanese club Amchit Vipers. In 2012, he played for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Nichuan League. In 2013, he moved to Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. He left the Vipers prior to the playoffs and joined the Blue Blue Blue Vipers in April 2014. In his first game with Blue Blue, Whiteside recorded 28 points and 21 rebounds in an 85–69 win over Hebei Xianglian Vipers on April 27, 2014. He then left Lebanon and joined Chinese club Nichu Blue Whale on April 30, 2014, and played in three games for them until May 1. He is now playing for Chinese club Sichua Blue Blue of the Nichua League. His father is a former NBA player, and his mother is from North Carolina. He grew up with six siblings and a single mother. He attended three high schools in two years: Hunter Huss High School, Ashbrook High School and Forestview High School. He also played prep basketball at The Patterson School in Lenoir, North Carolina where he helped lead Patterson to a 34–2 record and a No.
1 national ranking with future Marshall teammate DeAndre Kane. He went back to North Carolina for the 2007–08 school year and attended Hope Christian Academy for the 2008–09 school year. In 2009, he went to the Reebok All-American preview game, and was a member of both the United Celtics AAU Team and the New Jersey Panthers AAU team as a high schooler. He chose Marshall over UNC Charlotte, South Carolina, Kentucky, Auburn, and Mississippi State. He spent time with the Kings’ D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns, between November 29 and January 9, before being ruled out for four to six months on March 4 after undergoing surgery to repair a partially torn patellar tendon in his left knee. He finished the season as the nation’s leader in blocked shots with 182, and he also broke the C-USA record held by Tulsa’s Jerome Jordan for most blocked shots in a single season and career. On March 29, 2010,. Whiteside declared himself eligible for the 2010NBA draft, after Marshall head coach, Donnie Jones, accepted the head coaching job at Conference USA rival UCF Knights. Between February 15 and April 11, he playing in 18 games for the Kings, including having a 10-bound effort on December 14, 2012, against the Houston Rockets.
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