Pistons waive Thabeet

[jslack03]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/20/pistons-waive-hasheem-thabeet/

Hopefully someone will pick him up this year. The shortest career for a top two pick in NBA history does not reflect well..

 

[amory]

Dude just didn't pan out at the highest level. It happens.

I was very surprised when Memphis took him #2 overall. He was coming off a great season and 7'3" guys don't grow on trees, but taking a raw player top-5 is something you just can't do. That's on the Grizzlies, not Hasheem.

 

[noeynox]

Dude just didn't pan out at the highest level. It happens.

I was very surprised when Memphis took him #2 overall. He was coming off a great season and 7'3" guys don't grow on trees, but taking a raw player top-5 is something you just can't do. That's on the Grizzlies, not Hasheem.

Wasn't that the same year Toronto took Bargnani number one? I thought Calhoun was promoting Sheem for #1 overall.

 

[aceboon]

Wasn't that the same year Toronto took Bargnani number one? I thought Calhoun was promoting Sheem for #1 overall.

3 years apart, Blake Griffin went #1 in Hasheem's draft class. Never understood why the Grizzlies took him when they already had Gasol and Gasol was clearly better.

 

[CallMeBruce]

It was a value move, but by throwing him on the bench right away, they likely cost him a lot of his development. It doesn't look like he worked too hard once he got his money, either. It's too bad.

 

[RayRay19]

OKC was planning to take Thabeet at #3 but with Memphis taking him at #2 they settled on Harden

 

[TheChamps990411]

Dude just didn't pan out at the highest level. It happens.

I was very surprised when Memphis took him #2 overall. He was coming off a great season and 7'3" guys don't grow on trees, but taking a raw player top-5 is something you just can't do. That's on the Grizzlies, not Hasheem.

Its not a popular thing to say but i was just never a big fan of Thabeet and fully expected his NBA career to play out pretty much as it has. I was completely when he went #2 in the draft. I figured best case scenario HT would be a decent back up center but thats about it. Unfortunate how it turned out for him and i wish him the best.

 

[chapwilvaug72]

the beet at least always led the big east at mopping the floor with his keester

did he lead the nba in that category too

i dont follow the pro game; its just about individual salaries and not team and no love of the game or students of game ( i forgot its made up of guys who werent really students ever)

 

[KingOPancakes]

He's got another year of eligibility, right!? Graduate school... Sarcasm implied.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

He's got another year of eligibility, right!? Graduate school... Sarcasm implied.

Since he rarely ever got to play ,if we put his earnings in a blind trust he could be good to go for 2014-15. I'm sure the NCAA would't have a problem.The question is could he make the team?