Hasheem Thabeet Interview by Mission101media.com

[samtheman7975]

Hasheem Thabeet= Next Olowokandi

[spacebjorn]

i told yaw hes a bust ! owneeed

[14jonezy14]

ummm hes in the NBA dumbass...HAHAHA wow ur pathetic

[Sackrates]

Hasheem ThaBEAST!!!!!!!

[hussassin]

lmao he makes us all seem tall

[Henkeboytellem]

tanzaninan is in africa

[Wakfu1]

is he african?

[gooknicks]

yeah, he's tanzanian

[araratballer11]

this guy is a baller haaaasheeeeeeem Thabeeeeeet

[RCmack]

Hasheem Thabeet plays great defense. Some folks question his offensive skills, but he may become even a better defensive player than Dennis Rodman was. If Thabeet can play great defense, why would anyone care about his offensive skills?

Point guards won't want to drive down the lane and try to lay one in vs. Thabeet, that's for sure!

[TXUSA23]

Seems like a good kid, I hope he turns out to be Mutombo 2.0 & Not Shawn Bradley.

[musicgirl90210]

i meet him on 6/23/09!!!!!!

he is so awesomely nice! i got to talk to him for a really long time to see where he would like to go for the 2009 draft.. and there are a few places! lets wait and see where he ends up at

[bpimpin2]

Lol... You see all the People from africa and then a Mexican with the sterotypical bandanna

[sactownsgreatest]

If my Grizzlies dont draft him i will be pissed

[ckrazzie]

sam young, hasheem, and o.j ..... OWNAGE

[zcol504ll]

besides tyreke hes my fav incoming player i hope the celts can move up in draft and get evans tho

[navyseal646]

I would like to see his academic transcript. There is no way on earth he could pass a 3000 or 4000 level class.

[Podbursky]

why because he comes from a poor part of the world and because he has an a different way of speaking?

[cordeey]

@Podbursky Die slow, it ain that poor son, just corrupt, the freaking government is greedy down there, We do it big though , take me for instance, i am from a wealthy family, let me rephrase that, RICH FAMILY, n so is everybody else that i know. Though i agree he is a flop, i am 5,7 but he couldn't guard me and my team always whooped their asses big time. sorry i said die slow, just pissed coz u disrespected my country.

[Podbursky]

@cordeey u did not read the comment i was responding to said that "there was no way he could pass any classes" now read my comment and rethink your words

[mxcftw]

listen everyone- i attend uconn and ive watched hash play every game for 2 years now. he cant play in the nba. not yet. for his own sake he shouldve stayed one more. hes been knocked around by COLLEGE kids, some that wont even play in hte nba. no jumper. horrible hands.

[327372]

hes a projected 3rd pick...go fuck urself

[SIKONGE]

He is there in 2nd pick .......

[wdhgsta]

He will go to Chicago

Chicago has the 1round pick from the Thunder traded pls pls pls get him THunder

[IsaiahMang]

no.

[bakes789]

oops haha just tried that blog and it didnt work. i meant 7and32sports.blogspot.

PS GO KNICKS!

[bakes789]

oh my god get him!! please!! there are so many reasons, he has shot blocking percentages and rebounds and points in the paint, ah i read it on a blog 732sports on blogger.

or if they dont get top 3.. just trade down for a second first rounder next year and really get a talent batch going

[autobomboentexas]

I wish Mavs could get him.

[kambizambo]

I AM PROUD TO BE TANZANIAN!!!

[MishNmike]

how is hansborough going to be a bust? are you guys fukin stupid? Have you seen what he has done his entire college career? and got better every year and will continue in the NBA...i guess the leading scorer in the ACC has nothing to do with it or making the AA team...knowledge kids

[scibs1991]

the same thing that happened to jj redick will happen to hansborough. a lot of nba scouts have said that the level he is at now will be the level he will be at in the nba. in other words they think he cant improve anymore. he isnt even in the top 10 in most nba teams mock drafts.

[327372]

Hasheem the Dream! I hope he comes to toronto raptors, Hasheem's not a softie like bosh

[MustangMatt13]

haha yea and u have the 2 best names in basketball- hasheem thabit and pop mensa bonsu!

[MustangMatt13]

i mean pops lol

[sgbtexan]

Manute was just a tall lanky guy, nothing special but his height.

Dream and Deke are who Hasheem reminds me of.

[armythug123]

hansborough is not gonna get drafted in the first round. he is gonna go in the second round of the 2009 draft

[327372]

ye cuz he is a soft whiteboy...he wud get crushed by dwight

[sgbtexan]

No African shot blocking center has ever been a flop in the NBA. Certainly has the same fire in him that Dream and Deke have.

Him and Griffin will be very good. Hansborough will be the flop.

[KTF0]

good assessment, my Yinka Dare rookie card had just hit $300 barrier

[alex4011]

what about Manut Bol

He only averaged like 2 points a game

[mike0n0jake0inc]

Hasheem Thabeet is the BEAT of the U Conn huskies.

Get it? its a joke thing or something lol but U Conn will be the last team standing.

[ZhouTai25]

he will be a star in the NBA when he gets there he is the best Big man in College right now he might have a few bad games but every one does & all this talk about him getting floped alomst every1 gets floped in the NBA he needs 2 go to the celtics to be trained by one of the best big men to ever play the game Kevin Garnett

[TheTakeover55]

Maybe you dont watch college but hes not better then Griffen. Him and Blair are close to each other skill wise, and maybe thabeet is better, but yeah hes gonna be good

[road2redemption]

N yeah.. I'm willing to bet he's gonna get a sneak peak of what life in the NBA is gonna be like when he faces Blake Griffin today cos HANSBROUGH AIN'T SHIT COMPARED TO OTHER TOP BASKETBALL PLAYERS

[road2redemption]

Hate on Hasheem all you want, call him a future NBA flop and what not... but please don't bring up Hansbroug cos that guys is gonna suck in the NBA BIG TIME! His arms are not long enough neither is he tall enough to play power forward, he's not fast enough small foward and hes plays on sheer emotion and adrenaline alone, and that he cannot keep up for 82 games. I bet that bitch would stay and play for NC forever if he could. He's gonna be waay worse the J.J reddick I promise you.

[JohnFruscianteMarkLa]

he's only been playin ball for 5 fuckin years! the dude is amazing, and is going to CONTINUE to get awesome. hasheem thabeet is going to block everyone in the NBA. he's the man

[GroundKingMusic]

honestly..this guy is way too overrated....no post moves what so ever...cant really score. cant believe draftnet ranked him no.2 for drft overall....

[jamtmac1]

i completely agree he is overrated but think about it, he has more upside potential than anyone in the draft... Calhoun said he loves Thabeet because he is so new to the game, he doesnt have any bad habits to break. His career consist of just uconn basketball pretty much, an NBA team can take him, build some muscle add some post moves and make thabeet a force

[GroundKingMusic]

i agree he has potential..and as we all know the draft is all about potenital but i'd be careful picking him as a top 3-5 prospect because hes clearly no yao or shaq, he really needs to work on his post game and maybe positive mentor that can guide his maturity. ...best he can be is a more defensive bynum. worst.....we all know how this can end, kwame brown, olawakandi ....

[14jonezy14]

no its his 3rd year playing ball and he is already a defensive player than yao and shaq. On offense the only place he can go is up, and he will.  his improvement in 3 years has been incredable

[jamtmac1]

yea i completely agree

[tomorrow21]

The NBA doesn't teach fundamentals...........that's for high school coaches. If you go to the NBA without offense you're going to stay that way.

[14jonezy14]

ur kidding right? he averages about 16 pts. a game, 11 rebounds, and like 5 blocks. thats 2nd team all american worthy

[GroundKingMusic]

he averages more 14 Pts,  10 Rebounds and 4.5 Blocks.

as a college player to be a top 5 prospect, those stats are not that impressive. hansbrough is averaging 24 pts and 9 rebounds ..stats from college dosnt mean how they will progress in the draft or how they will play in the nba...like i said its all about potential, and its up to thabeet to live it up

[spacebjorn]

lmfao whut up bitch? i was groundkingmusic..look @ where fuckin hasheem is now? d-leauge lmfao get the fuck out of here bitch

[MentosMusik]

so you looked up a hasheem thabeet video to hate on him? your cool...

[GroundKingMusic]

lmao, all i said about him is that nbadraft,net is overrating him as a 2nd overall pick. and the reason i comment on this video is because some wierdish fuck face used this video as hasheem's highlights video. go look at some other mock drafts, youll see him around 5-8 overall. but w/e obviously you have trouble understanding my previous comments, cause when the fuck did i express fucking hate??

[GroundKingMusic]

hows hasheem doing ? how my fucking ass tastes>

[spacebjorn]

go fuck ur self u dick riding bitch look where hasheems @? not even in the nba anymore HAHAHAH

[ISoSmooth111]

Damn someone drunk some haterade stop hating playa he's doing hi sthing dog.........DAMN!

[spacebjorn]

lmfao ur boy in d league sucking mad cocks ? gtfo son!

[slurm6969]

god he has such potential but he's 7'3 and he's a stick if he hit the weight room he's be unstoppable but guys get physical with him cuz he's so scrawny

[PLOstyle]

n im muslim!!!!!!.n...Blairs Christian!!!!....lol.....i seen him play pitt and didnt look to good he shouldve prepared for blair...as many times blair lowered his shoulder to back him up any player wouldve fallin back and got a charge call. his coaching staff need to work on this guy in many ways...he can be better. blair reminds me of barkley.

[rcinglad]

hes muslim!!!!!!!!

[schinth]

So what?

[alig1212]

What's really interesting about this is that he totally BSs his statistics toward the beginning of the video. His actual freshman year stats were 24 minutes, 6 points, 6 rebounds. In the St. John's game that season, he only had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

[irondawg]

did you hear how long it took the ball to hit the ground?

[gomezthegoat55]

The pistons should get Hasheem...

Of course, they won't have a high enough draft pick to get him. This guy is a monster. The pistons do need a low post presence... but I guess they are gonna wait till 2010. Hasheem is a freaking monster down low on defense and offense. Offense could improve a little. But hes still a great player who can really block shots.

[jeremydvid]

He really has improved since his freshman year

[gilbertbaseball10]

ide like to see him be a knick and then him lebron and chris bosh tear it up in 2010

[kwaseb]

Lebron gon be a cav for life. He has a big ass mansion in cleveland y would he wanna go somewhere else and start a new?

[URFAV3BANDSUX]

A big mansion in a city isn't a good reason for someone staying there. You don't think he can sell that?? I think he'll stay, too. But only because Cleveland will pay the world to keep him.

[kwaseb]

True dat. But I dont think he plans on selling it that is why he put a lot more into it. He is from Cleveland which is more the reason he spent a fortune on the house etc. Plus, what can he get (perks) from another team, he cannot get from Cleveland.

[tyty1794]

I have mansions all over this muthafucka , a house cant tie me to shit . Pussy ? maybe

[tehemonoob]

well, im a cavs fan, but i know they arent getting him. xD Hasheem's a fucking beast though. Ilgauskas is garbage compared to this guy. (Hasheem sounds like Napoleon Dynamite)

[gallagher1826]

stay!!!!!!

[biggiedude33]

YEAH KINGS SHOULD GET HIM

[flavur]

the kings r gonna take him

[kevinw02]

go to the wizards

[Jakeh211]

or he could go back to africa where he belongs

[kevinw02]

hhahahhahahahaha

no.

[pussymagnet90]

hahaha respect

[cowghjkt]

i have that basketball! :)

[Anticlockman]

go to the heat

[buangkoni]

go to the bulls!!!!!! chicago needs a center and u r a beast!!!!!!!!

[sospi94]

noah hasn't imporved anything since he is in the NBA, so I think you're right

[komikanicole]

Man I hope the Memphis Grizzlies will draft Hasheem Thabeet. He could become the next Bill Russell.

[Suipacha764]

From Tanzaniaaaaa

To the Hall Of Fameee

[upkoad]

get ur nba

u dezev it.

[ragstoriches919]

good character

[nipeasali]

mzee mzima me ni mkenya lakini nimefurahishwa na kazi yako morale au sio?

[alexrules123]

thabeet has already become a defenseive sensation in the ncaa...good for him staying another year.

[JohnDoe113]

I'm glad he decided to stay...good for him!!!

[amoneynumburr1]

This dude is gonna be a beast in a couple of years

[standuplive]

hes good, only been playing ball for about 5-6 years so alot of potential...at the very least would be a great defensive player.

[npj1993]

mite end up 1 of the top 5 shot blockers of all time n da pros

[bills65432]

jambo my homie mungu ibariki afrika...... hasheem reppin u conn

[KGHalo21]

damn, whatta fugly nigger. Joe Alexander is RAPING uconn right this second.

[Caruban615]

Kill yourself kghalo. Do us a favor and don't reproduce so your genes won't be passed into the next generation.

[bigbuzin555]

dang you just dont get it do you

KGHalo21? you're a racist fuck. suck a dick and die fagot

[dgc325]

unnecessary dude...

[theAstud]

I hope he stays the whole time as well. With the Jazz getting the knicks pick in 2010, this guy could bring us a championship.

[toodarkmark]

Go to hell. I hope Deron blows out his knee and Carlos leaves you guys like he left Cleveland, high and dry.

[theAstud]

It was cleavlands fault for letting him out of his contract. They only have themselves to blame. It must feel bad knowing the cavs didnt win the championship this year due to boozer not being on the team. If he was he wouldve won. But the jazz are smarter than that. They are the lucky team thats getting a potential number 1 pick thanks to Isiahs stupidity.

[Cdubya]

Its an unprotected pick....and unless the Knick stay in the lottery...the Jazz aren't getting him.

[nyyankees]

he better not leave uconn

[gvlaker9]

the day hasheem was born, he was born the man

[GiantDousch]

he is going to be an all-star some day

[streetbasket33]

@ZeeJustin6 and Cambyman21: we don't need a center, we have Bargnani; but in my opinion Bargnani has to play Small or Power Forward!

[xQSquaredx]

I have that ball. It sucks. I got it at UConn camp. Which I hated.

[rockers357]

wow, im pretty sure everyone was intrested in hearing that

[ninjaman1236]

lmao

[standuplive]

hes pretty good, gets better and better, great size...

[ThematrixBL]

Dont leave Uconn Hasheem! Offensively your not ready!

[bluenorange]

I hope he goes pro after this year, my Knicks desperately needs a center

[czechwonder]

please don't leave Uconn after this year

[cambyman21]

Future Toronto Raptor no doubt!!

[zeejustin6]

damn we need a center soooooooooo bad up here in the great white north.

[alexrules123]

hakeem went to nigeria heh..srry

[alexrules123]

hakeem! haseem! woot lets go huskies!

[shmackel]

GO HUSKIES!!!

[saazakazi]

T'zee juu!!!

[chichibest]

wakilisha bongo mzee.

[HaRdKoRexRoCkEr]

geez so much for no highlights. yeah he could be a good center, sadly, they compare him to desagna diop

[yeah88697]

manute bol and dikembe mutombo were great defensive players, but they never really developed on the offensive side of the ball. hopefully, this guy can dominate on both sides of the floor.

[gttrsnp]

obviously you have not seen "Manute Bol hits a 3 pointer"

youtube search it lol

[zeejustin6]

manute actually hit the three for a few seasons i think, ill search the link lmao

[KillaSubZero]

hes my favorite collage player but needs some more experience and strength but still a hard worker

[johnbog7393]

i love these african guys like Minute Bol, Dikembe Matumbo and Hashemm. They're good, unslefish, likeable guys that give alot back to their countries. I hope this guy developes into a solid NBA player

[uconnDude2004]

ya ur right or adleast till a jr

[tbone072892]

he needs 2 stay 4 years so he can develop

[uconnDude2004]

take a look at the next uconn great