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Message: [QUOTE="Kenny11, post: 3172777, member: 7303"] There’s nothing wrong with criticizing thabeet’s work ethic from back then (I’m sure he is working hard now). It was very well known that he wasn’t really a basketball junkie. To be and stay an nba player, most guys have to be very very driven specifically to get better in basketball. Millions of basketball players exist and only a few hundred are in the nba. That doesn’t mean he isn’t good guy or a uconn great. And he certainly was developed very well at uconn to succeed in college. Calhoun actually used him masterfully, especially how he had our defenders funnel ball handlers to him. But the game was already changing, thabeet was drafted too high anyway, and he enjoyed lifestyle but didn’t want to put in the work to be great. In reality, he had a lot in common with most of us as far as passion for his job. [/QUOTE]