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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/19/3711206/whiteside-eager-to-regain-his.html
For the most of last season, Hassan Whiteside's position wasn't center on
game nights. It was in a seat behind the bench in a sports coat.
That might explain why the 7-foot tall Whiteside keeps getting asked around
Sacramento if he's Jason Thompson or Donté Greene. You know, the two tall
guys on the Kings who actually played more than two minutes last season.
Fans aren't the only ones wondering who Whiteside is.
Whiteside, last year's second-round draft choice, remains as much of a
mystery as most of the players available in Thursday's NBA draft.
Most of Whiteside's work these days is rehabbing his troublesome left knee.
Whiteside would love to be on the court grabbing rebounds and blocking shots
– the two things the coaching staff wants him to focus on. But before he can
do that, he must get healthy.
"Some days it's been real tough," Whiteside said. "Other days I feel like I
can come out and play. It depends on the day. But as of now it's getting
stronger, it's getting better and it's hurting less and less."
Before he really even began his rookie season, Whiteside strained his left
patellar tendon Sept. 30. For all intents and purposes, Whiteside's rookie
season ended with that injury.
Sure, he played in the exhibition finale and even got into the season opener
for 1 minute and 45 seconds. But that was the last anyone saw of Whiteside on
the court for the Kings.
His knee bothered him all year, even during his stint with the Reno Bighorns
of the NBA Development League.
Whiteside eventually suffered a torn left patellar tendon that was repaired
with surgery March 4. He's expected to be cleared for basketball sometime in
August.
"When I injured it I made a big mistake in trying to play through it,"
Whiteside said. "I did rehab but after that I thought I was good and I just
kept trying to play through it but I just ended up making it worse."
Consider that a lesson learned.
"A young player has to understand the difference between pain and injury,"
Kings coach Paul Westphal said. "You have to give Hassan credit for trying to
play through the pain but you have to know the difference."
Motivated to prove his ambition
To understand why Whiteside would try to play when he wasn't healthy, you
have to understand what he went through last year.
When Whiteside declared for the NBA draft after his freshman season at
Marshall, he was a projected to be a first-round selection. Some even thought
he could be a lottery selection.
But he slipped out of the lottery – and out of the first round. That allowed
the Kings to select him with the third pick in the second round, 33rd overall.
With questions about his maturity and work ethnic, the last thing Whiteside
wanted to be viewed as was lazy. So pain in his knee or not, he planned to
play.
"I didn't want people to think I was trying to make excuses," Whiteside said.
But he admits that was a mistake.
"It took a lot of my explosiveness away," Whiteside said. "I mean I could
still block shots because that's really just timing. But being more athletic,
it took a lot of that away and that's when I knew it was time, I had to get
surgery."
While the rest of his teammates left after the season finale in April for
time in their hometowns and vacations, Whiteside stayed in Sacramento to
strengthen his knee.
"That's part of his growth with Sacramento," Donnie Jones, Whiteside's
college coach, said. "Being patient, and as he matures and learning how to
deal with injury."
Whiteside compared to Bulls' Noah
Jones, now the coach at Central Florida, said Whiteside was a raw talent when
he began recruiting him for Marshall. Whiteside improved, but because he
didn't spend his summers on the high school basketball circuit, there was
plenty to learn.
"We would see flashes of it in practice," Jones said. "Like most freshman he
was just learning how to play hard. He was so talented he would just let the
guy catch the ball and then block his shot. … He started understanding 'I've
got to do my work early.' "
Jones, who was an assistant at Florida for the back-to-back championships in
2006-07, said Whiteside would have made big strides as a sophomore if he had
stayed in college.
Jones compared Whiteside to former Florida center and current Chicago Bulls
center Joakim Noah, who returned to the Gators for his sophomore season.
Then, when Noah left Florida, he was a lottery pick.
Whiteside didn't start his first seven games at Marshall, but by the end of
his freshman season, he was the Conference USA Freshman and Defensive Player
of the Year.
Whiteside's 182 blocked shots were a season and career record at Marshall,
second most by a freshman and fourth most by a player in Division I history.
"No question he's got more offensive talent than Joakim had as a freshman,"
Jones said. "Joakim had great energy and effort and continued to get better."
Whether Whiteside lives up to the talent that made him a potential lottery
pick last year will depend on health and hard work.
Whiteside said he still has a lot to learn, but he understands becoming a
factor in the NBA will require hard work.
"Hassan's one of those guys that can do things with his talent more so than
his effort," Jones said. "I think once he realizes how hard you have to play
with that talent he can become a superstar. That's something he's learning."
Whiteside has coach's admiration
What the Kings expect from Whiteside is still a mystery. Westphal said it's
important Whiteside doesn't get discouraged as he gets healthier.
Whiteside was eager to prove critics wrong last season but found that
difficult to do with his bad left knee.
"What he's doing, I admire him for the way he's showing up, doing his work
and it's not fun," Westphal said. "He's showing up there and doing his rehab.
It's lonely and frustrating and slow progress, but he's doing it. We try to
give him encouragement, but it really has to come from him."
Whiteside's role for the coming season is far from certain, but if free agent
center Samuel Dalembert – the Kings say they intend to re-sign him – is
wooed away by a playoff contender, it might open up more time for Whiteside.
While the draft and free agency will be put on hold if there is a lockout,
Whiteside said he will continue to work to get healthy.
After his difficult rookie season, Whiteside figures he'll feel like a rookie
again this season.
"It's probably like the toughest year of my life and the best year of my
life, because I came into the NBA and that's a life dream," Whiteside said.
"It's just real tough, you really feel kind of helpless when you can't help
your teammates out and do what you want to do.
"You're kind of confined to just sitting down."
And that's how a 7-footer on an NBA team can go a whole season and the locals
still aren't sure who he is.
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大綱就是在講白邊去年受傷的過程，然後他的大學教練對他的讚揚，將他比為Noah
覺得他在進攻方面比Noah更好。
受傷是兩方面都有問題，但我認為球團方面要負較大的責任，要大驚小怪一點，不能
一直認為球員會自己說出來，有時候球員會因為總總因素而隱瞞，尤其是非前幾位順
位被選的球員，怕一去開刀養傷就掛了。
只希望白邊能盡快康復，他是個好球員，好好養他能夠帶給球隊很大的幫助。
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