Hasheem Thabeet To Sign With Thunder

[QUOTE=TexasBloodMoney]This.

Why are thunder fans acting like Thabeet is going to do anything but sit on the bench? He's garbage.

JUST because he's 7'3 doesn't "Add length". I mean, I hope he does well but [B]he hasn't shown anything that would warrant him being a role player in this league[/B].

LMAO and did someone seriously make some African connection with Ibaka/Thabeet? :roll:[/QUOTE]
In his first year he averaged 9.9 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per 36 minutes and shot 58% (albeit on only 8.5 points per 36 and 6.6 fouls per 36).

He certainly (and clearly even at the time) should not have been picked where he was, has shown (albeit not too recently) that he could be a servicable backup.

If it is indeed at or near the minimum then theres no risk and a potentially solid reward.

I do wonder if he picked the right team though, or if this is bad news for Cole Aldrich because there won't be enough minutes to develop them both, unless this is insurance for amnestying Perk somewhere down the line.

[QUOTE=Rake2204]Looks like the Thunder are now. . .



the team Thabeet.

[img]http://www.hasheemthabeetonline.org/images/hasheem-thabeet-pic1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

A sticky for Hasheem Thabeet signing with the Thunder? Really? :coleman: :confusedshrug: :oldlol:

[QUOTE=B-Easy8]All he has to do is grab 5 boards and block a shot or 2 and he will be the perfect backup C. Imagine pairing him with Ibaka, no one will be able to drive on them.[/QUOTE]

Except for Dejuan Blair.

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Don't stop, (don

I still can't believe Thabeet was drafted second overall. I seriously can't name a single person who thought that kid would pan out. He had bust written all over him.

[QUOTE=Rake2204]Looks like the Thunder are now. . .



the team Thabeet.

[img]http://www.hasheemthabeetonline.org/images/hasheem-thabeet-pic1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

:roll: :applause:

I laughed way too ****ing hard at that.

[QUOTE=Rake2204]Looks like the Thunder are now. . .



the team Thabeet.

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LMAO. You are my favorite poster, ever.

[QUOTE=B-Easy8]All he has to do is grab 5 boards and block a shot or 2 and he will be the perfect backup C. Imagine pairing him with Ibaka, no one will be able to drive on them.[/QUOTE]

He's not even going to be the back-up center more than likely. That'll be Cole Aldrich and, even then, Collison and Ibaka may log more minutes at center than Aldrich and Thabeet if Perry Jones comes along and shows he's deserving of 12-15 minutes a game.

[QUOTE=TexasBloodMoney]This.

[B]Why are thunder fans acting like Thabeet is going to do anything but sit on the bench? He's garbage.[/B]

JUST because he's 7'3 doesn't "Add length". I mean, I hope he does well but he hasn't shown anything that would warrant him being a role player in this league.

LMAO and did someone seriously make some African connection with Ibaka/Thabeet? :roll:[/QUOTE]

Could you please quote all the posts from Thunder fans saying they expect good thins from Thabeet next year and think he'll be a contributor?

Seriously, what Thunder fans are saying this? We all know what we signed him for, and that's to be our 3rd string center for less than $1MM a year, which is going to be cheaper than last year's 3rd string center.

I guess this is what turning into a contender does? You sign a 3rd string center and 11th or 12th man, and not only does a thread get made about it, but it gets a sticky.

Runs the floor better than any other 7-3 guy I'd imagine. 6 fouls, with a block a bucket and a board or two is what I would expect. If he wasn't such a puss he would be great to hack opposing big men but he prefers the touch fouls. And getting thrown over Blair's back.

[QUOTE=LBJMVP]Don't stop, (don

Has he gained any muscle?

Why is this shit stickied???:confusedshrug:

Do Thunder fans even care?? He will probably never even see court time.

[QUOTE=franchise#3]Has he gained any muscle?[/QUOTE]

It'll be a contest between him and Durant on who can lift less.

Its interesting how Roy Hibbert improves to be an all-star caliber center while Thabeet is gonna be a bust.

If only the Grizzlies drafted Harden instead of Thabust...

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This trade is hard Thabeet and puts OKC at the top of the Western Conference for the foreseeable future

:applause:

[QUOTE=KG215]He's not even going to be the back-up center more than likely. That'll be Cole Aldrich and, even then, Collison and Ibaka may log more minutes at center than Aldrich and Thabeet if Perry Jones comes along and shows he's deserving of 12-15 minutes a game.[/QUOTE]
Cole Aldrich sucks. I think he'll jump him in the rotation, and/or we'll end up giving up on Cole and sending him to Charlotte like our last 2 bigs.

[QUOTE=UConnCeltics]Runs the floor better than any other 7-3 guy I'd imagine. 6 fouls, with a block a bucket and a board or two is what I would expect. If he wasn't such a puss he would be great to hack opposing big men but he prefers the touch fouls. And getting thrown over Blair's back.[/QUOTE]

To be fair about that whole getting thrown over Blair's back thing. Blair is much shorter and has a lower base, it happens often actually. A smaller player who weight about the same as a taller player will have a much more solid base, thus can easily flip him over his back as opposed to trying it the other way around.

this guy will never play. it would be funny though if he finally flourishes as a player only to make darryl morey look even more foolish. same could be said for terrence williams.

Why the hell is this stickied? Probably the most amount of attention Thabeet has gotten since draft day :lol

[QUOTE=mjokc]To be fair about that whole getting thrown over Blair's back thing. Blair is much shorter and has a lower base, it happens often actually. A smaller player who weight about the same as a taller player will have a much more solid base, thus can easily flip him over his back as opposed to trying it the other way around.[/QUOTE]
and would be illegal in the NBA anyways. College, especially the Big East, is way more physical

I'd say this is a prep move for the inevitable use of the amnesty clause on Perkins' contract. May work out.

Hasheem the Dream! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

I kid u not I once saw hasheem thabeet at the mall where I live once. ***** was tall as ***. He was with his home boys, nobody went to ask for his autograph or anything cuz I don't think anyone knew who the *** he was. But I knew I knew

[QUOTE=Umad101]I kid u not I once saw hasheem thabeet at the mall where I live once. ***** was tall as ***. He was with his home boys, nobody went to ask for his autograph or anything cuz I don't think anyone knew who the *** he was. [B]But I knew I knew[/B][/QUOTE]
And that's why you did not ask for his autograph, either.

[QUOTE=pegasus]And that's why you did not ask for his autograph, either.[/QUOTE]
What the **** I'm I going to do with a hasheem thabeet autograph. It's not like the ***** was Kobe or something