Hassan Whiteside
Whiteside with the Heat in 2016
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| No. 21 – Miami Heat | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 13, 1989 Gastonia, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
The Patterson School (Lenoir, North Carolina) |
| College | Marshall (2009–2010) |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall |
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2012 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2010–2012 | →Reno Bighorns |
| 2012–2013 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 2013 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2013 | Amchit Club |
| 2013 | Sichuan Blue Whales |
| 2013–2014 | Al Mouttahed Tripoli |
| 2014 | Jiangsu Tongxi |
| 2014 | Iowa Energy |
| 2014–present | Miami Heat |
| 2014 | →Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Hassan Niam Whiteside (born June 13, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before being drafted 33rd overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2010 NBA draft.
Whiteside grew up with six siblings and a single mother. Born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, he attended three high schools in two years: Hunter Huss High School,Ashbrook High School, and Forestview High School.
For his junior year of high school in 2006–07, Whiteside moved in with his father in Newark, New Jersey, playing at East Side High School. After averaging 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5.5 blocked shots per game, Whiteside went back to North Carolina for the 2007–08 school year and attended Hope Christian Academy (Kings Mountain, North Carolina). In 2008–09, he 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.
Whiteside was rated as the No. 19 center in the Class of 2009, according to Scout.com and ranked as the No. 87 recruit in the Class of 2009 by Rivals.com. He played in the 2009 Reebok All-American preview game, and was a member of both the United Celtics (NC) AAU Team and the New Jersey Panthers AAU team as a high schooler.
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