Yes I know I pronounced Tanzania wrong lol

@nelsontan8178

Жыл бұрын

😶

@mtotowamidiri

Жыл бұрын

Tanzanian here, I did cringe a bit but great video!

@MeritoriousLee

Жыл бұрын

Lol. I know the name from watching a lot of nature documentaries in Africa from an interest in Lions. Probably unknown to most people I guess.

@EyeOfThePhi

Жыл бұрын

do u also know this video feels racist af to those of us whom are black?

@AspireGMD

Жыл бұрын

@@EyeOfThePhi How the hell is this racist?

Might not have lived up to expectations, but he won in life. 16 mil in a few years vs what he came from? HE WON

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

@matthewsmiley3630

Жыл бұрын

Definitely true!

@Peakfreud

Жыл бұрын

Pretty Much.

@Opium64

Жыл бұрын

Everyone in the nba wins even Karl Malone 😂

@jamesmacker

Жыл бұрын

​@@Opium64 Delonte West Lamar Odom also won? 😂 I guess it was also the culture that failed them

hasheem is a great guy. I was 12 at a thunder game and he took his time to acknowledge me and took a picture with me. I will never forget that memory

@14isoldenough

Жыл бұрын

Thats cool.

@l0z28

Жыл бұрын

I love you n mo

@victorvolkaski7152

Жыл бұрын

A great busted ass buster maybe

@l0z28

Жыл бұрын

@@victorvolkaski7152 whoa

@johnvelino

Жыл бұрын

@@l0z28 I’ll f u till u love me no mo ❤

This guy had the nerve to challenge me to an assist duel on NBA 2k13….

Went from not being able to afford shoes to making millions… hardly a “failure”

@matthewsmiley3630

Жыл бұрын

Very true!!

@atomsk1972

Жыл бұрын

@Deez You're saying he is using agricultural rationale?!

@TheMichaelJordanofGambling

Жыл бұрын

Eh, in terms of an NBA career, failure is an apt description.In terms of real life accomplishments, the man is immensely successful. Failing at one thing doesn’t mean you fail at all things however.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

In the grand scheme of things it’s a pretty cool story. I’m sure he’s still in the man in his community

@alienbotfarm187

Жыл бұрын

Except he talking about basketball not how big his bank is... If he was a great player he would have even more money so isnt that a failure looking at the bigger picture??

One of those cases where the fault of his bust of a career lies not on the player but on the people that drafted him. All of his flaws were widely available and even acknowledged at the time he was drafted, and they chose to ignore them anyways. I don’t buy that “after 10 minutes we knew he was a bust”. Because nothing changed. Nothing about Thabeet as a player actually changed. He was always a stand in the paint, block shots, maybe grab rebounds kind of guy. The fault is with you and only you, Memphis.

@stevenbrown508

Жыл бұрын

I went to UConn at the same time as Thabeet and honenstly, he didn't even impress at the school. Raw is an understatement, he was one of the most frustrating players to watch. Dude was every bit as advertised defensively though, but was still getting easily pushed around and offensively...wow. That said, one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet and remembered where he came from - always read about him helping his homeland.

@AEMoreira81

Жыл бұрын

You could say the same about Anthony Bennett too. There was no consensus number 1 that year and mock drafts had him going between 1 and 8.

@gavinwinkler1147

Жыл бұрын

@@AEMoreira81 mock drafts actually had him somewhere in the 7-12 range and no one predicted he'd go first. You can even hear the shock in the crowd as he was announced first overall

@mvgsports

Жыл бұрын

​@@AEMoreira81 Fair, but in hindsight if he's taken at #8 he's still a huge bust/wasted pick....guy suuuuuuuucks lol

@luther1546

Жыл бұрын

The "knew in ten minutes" thing is obnoxious. If this guy was such a sharp talent analyst, why didn't he clue in the team before they wasted a number 2 on the kid?

I won Blazers court-side tickets against the Thunder from a contest and Thabeet gave me a fist bump during warm ups. Dude was huge seeing him up close like that.

@jasonwebb5964

Жыл бұрын

I saw him at the mall when he was in college. I'm 6'3 so it was weird having to look up at someone. I wasn't used to that. Haha

@brooksorlando4881

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonwebb5964 Yeah jeez, he's 7'3 right? My best friend is also 6'3 and generally the tallest guy in the room. I'm 5'9, so he would look like a monstar in my eyes lol

@willygraphics360

5 ай бұрын

​@@brooksorlando4881just imagine me 6'6 would still look at him like that during a game 😂

I'm a Tanzanian. What I can (in Swahili my language) is mtu yeyote anaweza kuwekewa pressure kubwa na expectations kubwa kuhusu kitu anachoweza kufikia. Hata hivyo, sote ni binadamu na wakati mwingine vitu haviendi vile ambavyo tungependa. Hata hivyo alipata nafasi ya kucheza NBA na kutengeneza mamilioni huku akituwakilisha waTanzania. Yaani kitendo cha hii video kutengenezwa tu, it's a big big W for Tanzania. Thanks! 😊

He worked hard and had a good attitude, he just didn't have the ability apart from being tall.

@Peakfreud

Жыл бұрын

That's a Rare, Fair, and good perspective

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

He was raw man, he’d been playing for a fraction of the time of everyone else

He honestly accomplished his goal of making the nba and making millions. He saw the NBA as $$$

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

It’s a dope story through that lens

@craigbfolksinger

Жыл бұрын

We shouldn't celebrate great players we should just celebrate people who just made the league

@willygraphics360

5 ай бұрын

​@@craigbfolksinger people forget that is an achievement too!

@LibraLee88

3 ай бұрын

He was 7'3 of course somebody drafted him I'm celebrating him for that shit

I love how the nba labels you a scrub or a bust as if getting into the league is the equivalence to job Corp 😂😂

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I remember hasheem thatbeet was broken on the thunder in 2k12 or 13 Somehow they gave that man 99 3pt when the game first came out

Even though his career in the NBA didn’t pan out, I still liked him as a player. I’m a fan of the old-school big men as well as players with defensive prowess (something that’s completely under-appreciated in today’s modern, scoring-heavy NBA).

I think I was his only fan. When he visited much music in Canada he told the interviewer that his fav part about being an nba player was that he was on a basketball card.

Some top 75 players could learn a thing or two from this man’s dedication

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Everyone could prolly learn something, not the worst story he could’ve had

@lagosfury5142

Жыл бұрын

Most top 75 players are on the list BECAUSE of their dedication my guy

@Jukeboxster

Жыл бұрын

what? Did the top 75 players get there by not being dedicated?

@ariesthagemini6526

Жыл бұрын

@@lagosfury5142 that's why I said SOME my guy

You can dominate in college and not have what it takes for the NBA such a wide gulf of quality in the two leagues.

@therealdarrell282

Жыл бұрын

College is a boys game. The NBA you are playing against grown men that are not going to let you do whatever you want on the floor.

@matthewsmiley3630

Жыл бұрын

Yup. It happens quite a bit

@mornathan1200

Жыл бұрын

Ya but he didn't even dominate in the NCAA

@__1201

Жыл бұрын

Well, for one, there's a big size gap when you compare the NBA and college. Yes, Thabeet was huge, but pretty much every NBA team has a 7 footer and can at least match up with him.

@__1201

Жыл бұрын

@@mornathan1200 Well he did get picked as #2 in the draft. So he did enough to convince teams he could be significant threat in the NBA.

That was nice to see. This feels like a major success story even though he might have been a bust and never really had the skills to play in the NBA. To go from not being able to afford shoes growing up to becoming a multi-millionaire while staying humble, working hard, and giving back to the community, that's a major win.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

That’s why I like to show the whole story of how get where they are rather than just their fall in the literal top of the industry

@willygraphics360

5 ай бұрын

​@@swishcountyproductionsGood work man! Just subscribed!

Thabeet is ballin out overseas. Good for him fr

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Not a bad way to make a living

Great video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Love this type of content. Keep up the good work buddy

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Means a lot man thank you 🤘

When he was in my team (the thunder) my first thought was positive energy but man as the season went on it turned out to be a wasted roster spot.

@victorbravo1859

Жыл бұрын

Your team? 😂😂😂😂😂

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember his time there pretty well. Thought he’d figure it out if they’re running Kendrick Perkins and shit lol, just wasn’t meant for the nba and that’s alright

He was the goat coming off the bench in 2K12 and 2k13 on okc days

I was in a plane with him once. Really humble, friendly guy. Talked to me the whole time. Great dude.

I’m still on my road to my first mill. Been 18 years na. Bro did good getting to where he did. GENERATIONAL💯

And then number 1 pick Anthony Bennett goes to the D League….I think that’s the next video

I remember he had some of the littlest arms for someone his height...

@alexandermendez4653

Жыл бұрын

7'6" wingspan

@terryjones662

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandermendez4653 at the draft they said something entirely different...

That Dejuan Blair match up showed me all i needed to know

I coached one of his sons, Ethan in AAU. Kid is in 6th grade and is already about 6'4. One thing I will say is he was completely absent as a father and clearly spent no time help develop his son. For that alone I have little respect for him.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

That’s interesting man, wouldn’t have expected him to be that dad given what he’s done for his community

@ThatBoyAFreak

Жыл бұрын

Why would we just believe you with no proof???

@that6thgen_2ss35

Жыл бұрын

@GlutenFree I honestly could care less if you believe me or not lol. I have his mother's number in my phone and pictures with him and myself but do you think I'm going to go release private information to satisfy some random person on KZread?

@that6thgen_2ss35

Жыл бұрын

@Swish County Me either but I'm just telling you my first hand experience. I don't know what his relationship might be with his other kid(s) and I also don't know what role the mother might have in the situation to be transparent. I do know the mom isn't living in luxury like you might expect from someone getting support from a millionaire. Once my kid got of age to play ball, I stopped my basketball career to focus on his development and started coaching for Gtown AAU organization (which is where I met Ethan Thabeet, his son). It was fairly obvious from watching/training his son that he received ZERO instruction from anyone outside of our organization up to that point. I haven't seen Ethan in over a year, so things could have changed since I last trained him.

@rockosfoodtv

Жыл бұрын

@@that6thgen_2ss35you have pictures with the son or the father

This channel gone blow

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Preciate ya g

I was a huge fan of UConn BBall, so I knew that Thabeet had zero offensive awareness and would probably flop as the 2nd overall pick. He was great for us though, especially as a defensive monster under the rim.

Hope you get more subscribers and views your videos have quality that demand moe of both

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Preciate you brotha🤘

There’s nobody in this comment section that can make sense of, or explain how a basketball player can be 7’3 and average single digit points…..the basket is literally right there bro

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

you make really well edited videos - I hope you get some eyeballs!

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Preciate that man, thanks for watching!

The two voice cracks when his pick was announced were a sign

hasheem thabeet is one of the most legendary, iconic, athletic, historic & talented NBA players of all time. arguably the greatest center of all time.

Gotta respect him though seems like a genuinely good dude and he actually tried to improve. Much love to Thabeet

I wanted Hasheem 2 work out in tha NBA bcuz he wuz "raw" & I wanted 2 c anutha success story frum Africa like Olajuwon in tha NBA...I guess he wuz uh lil 2 "raw:...I wish him & his family tha best, he seem like uh good dude. ✌🏽😐❤🏀

Theres no bigger transition than NCAA to NFL but to NBA is quite the difference as well.

I remember watching when he played for the dakota wizards when i was young. That was a long time ago and i had no idea how high his expectations were before that

Hasheem reminds me a certain someone who was taken with the 2nd pick in the 2020 nba draft

@AJS2095

Жыл бұрын

Can't compared the two. Wiseman has crazy potential.

@Alphanumeric69

Жыл бұрын

*2003

I saw him walk through a target once. Seeing a 7”3 person in a Target… he can look over the aisle.

I don't feel comfortable describing players as bust and the title is a good way of not using that word. When you realize how hard it is just to make it to that level and seeing people that will never be that good consistently throwing shade I'm glad you dig deeper to show there's so much more to these people lives. Thank you sir!!!!

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed man! Trying to be realistic and respectful is not always easy in a ten minute video but I’m glad you got some good out of it!

Awesome video bro and just for the record it's pronounced tan za nea. Lol

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks man

I knew he'd be terrible. I used to follow the projected lottery guys in the box scores and there were some college games where he played a lot of minutes but would score something like 5 points for the entire game. I figured if he couldn't score against college competition he'd never make it in the pros.

@crushedscouter9522

Жыл бұрын

this. if you watched him play in college, it was not hard to see how overvalued he was in the draft.

Im a day one Grizzly fan... Boy the draft hurts lol seen him live it was rough.

"And Thabeet Goes on!" -me trying to create more hype with the grit and grind grizz

Has any Scout ever been held accountable for some those terrible player comparisons over the years?

He was a 2k legend, loved him at UConn too!

Fire man

He would have been great as a late first rounder, scouting dept and managers must not have looked closely enough?

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Imagine taking the pressure of his shoulders would’ve helped, who knows man. Preciate ya watching!

@OK-yy6qz

Жыл бұрын

@@swishcountyproductions the pressure low 1st round and 2nd round picks is actually much higher. Sure they don't have the publicity of lottery picks but they have a lot of pressure to perform immediately for their team or else they'll get waved to make space for another prospect.

great vid bro just rq that is not how you say Tanzania 😂

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Lol whatever, thanks for watching

What was that intro beat?? That sounded sick

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

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Memphis shouldn't have drafted him so high and put those expectations on him. If he goes middle or end of the 1st round, he has more time to develop and isn't shoved out there as a top pick who HAS to produce immediately. But hey, he gave it his all, it didn't work out, he got paid. All is well that ends well.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

It's hard to say, maybe he just wasn't NBA talent to begin with, or maybe the lights were a lil too bright for him. Preciate you commenting man, that's really cool!!!

this is why you NEVER draft for need in the NBA. who cares if you already have mayo and conley? harden was clearly the best prospect at the time after blake

@101marketplace4

Жыл бұрын

I agree you need to always draft by talent and not by needs. I remember my draft board.... lol I had Blake, Harden, Flynn, Derozan, Tyreke and I remember thinking thabeet was going to be a bust and I thought Curry was gonna be a jj reddick player at best. I remember being high on Eric Maynor too lol.

What is the beat in the intro? I know the song but can't think of it

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

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Just shows you how good Embiid is lol

If I was the Owner of the Memphis Grizzlies and my scouts and GM picked Hasheem Thabeet over Jrue, Harden, Derozan, and Steph... Everyone is getting fired! How could any scout think this giant uncoordinated guy was going to be good in the NBA? Better than 2 HOF'ers and bunch of AllStars?

I really thought that he was going to learn more and step up his game just by association with great NBA talent. I'm sure that I'm not the only person disappointed that he wasn't able to elevate the level of his game. It's just flat out disappointing. 😂

Kwame Brown played 12 years n put up 6 n 6 for about every team this guy couldn’t see the floor

@gavinwinkler1147

Жыл бұрын

That's because they're two different stories. Kwame Brown had all the NBA talent and athleticism, but I'm a firm believer that MJ ruined Brown's career out of the gate. Imagine looking up to this dude for your whole life, then you get to meet him and he calls you soft and trash. It's devastating. Kwame had the skills, but not the mentality. If you combined Thabeet's work ethic and drive with Kwame's pure talent and athletic ability, you'd probably get an all-star level player

@chuboasshippo2181

Жыл бұрын

@Gavin Winkler mj saw he wasn't working hard and tried to encourage him but got angry at his repeated laziness and finally lost his temper. Mj is a dick but he also wasn't wrong kobe and lebron were both super talented out of HS and still worked extremely hard to get better

He used to drive me nuts in the Big East tourney as Pitt fan.

As important as everyone says defense is, if you're not a good scorer you are at a very big disadvantage and will have a limited shelf life in the NBA, especially today

He was what he was. In the NBA his blocks per minute average is actually very good. But he lacked the lateral quickness for the modern NBA

This goes to show how irrelevant the college game is to the league. This guy was basically an anomaly to college hoops but none of his game translated to the nba. He was guarding and scoring on ppl with no post game.

He won at life though. He also never gave up and continued balling. Gotta give him props for that.

If you made it to the NBA you have already won. Championships, Hall of fame, records.. etc are just a bonus. Chances of making it to a G league roster are extremely low. Imagine how hard the NBA is.

Hearing David Stern hitting puberty late in his life by breaking voice during the draft just shows how awful a draft Thabeet was.

Thabeet got dominated by a 6'7 Draymond Green in the final-4 when green was an overweight freshman.

@maelguiraud3568

Жыл бұрын

that explains his nba career then.

There are so few unskilled bigs ij the league today. This is why Boban and Robin Lopez are phantoms

Amusingly, I think Thabeet benefited a lot from being African instead of European in terms of his draft placement. Raw, stiff, slow, 7' 3" European white guys? Those were known to be a bad gamble by 2009, with there being many such busts for over a decade at that point. But a raw, stiff, slow, 7' 3" African black guy? They were probably hoping that meant he could become quicker, more agile, and learn the game, similar to Olajuwon or Mutombo. Alas, that was pure wishful thinking.

Hasheem seems like such a nice guy but honestly man he’s probably one of if not the worst player to ever be in the league for a while I think Anthony Bennett had more skill than him

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure he’s not the worst he was just taken second overall. Yeah I’d agree, Anthony Bennett was prolly a lil better at least skill wise

@hb-robo

Жыл бұрын

Bennett was unbelievable in college, dunking on people, hitting pullups, blocking shots. Definitely more skilled despite the reputation.

I can't be mad at somebody trying to make the best out of his opportunities. He might have not been a NBA level player but he most definitely tried to be one and he never forgot where he came from.

good for him! He made the most of it

whats the intro music?

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

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He didn’t fail the team failed to do their research and made a poor draft choice.

@yikes6969

Жыл бұрын

He still failed. They both can be true

@Thatmanjust

Жыл бұрын

@@yikes6969 as a laker fan. I don’t look at who we drafted and traded as failures. I look back at the draft and say we should of took the Donavan Mitchells and Jayson Tatums of the world.

That’s a wild ass title 😂

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Gotta pay the bills somehow

The only reason why he was drafted so high is because it was such a weak draft class

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

weak up front yeah

He’s only a bust if u expected him to develop some kind of elite offensive game. He’s not that. But neither was Dennis Rodman. He could have been like that…

This should be called….How bad are NBA talent scouts and GMs?

@de132

Жыл бұрын

Some GMs overvalue boom-or-bust potential. It's basically people scout for what the player will be rather than what it'll take for the player to get there or their ability to be built up (some guys can't handle being a project for example)

Cant be mad at the man if he put in a 110 percent effort to his craft. Sometimes we are just limited in our natural skills in what we can do.

He is back in Taiwan now. He left the p league with the Lioneers and ended up now in T1. Not sure he can compete in that league as well as he did in the p league. But we’ll see.

A beast on 2k . Then he became a dud on 2k . Still won in life that’s what counts

Why is your channel in my news feed lol .. who . I didn’t even watch this

3:40 was a meannnnnnn double/carry

Thabeet wasn’t that bad, this was when centers didn’t need a bag . If u averaged a double double u would get 100 mil

@johnsmith-ko8vq

Жыл бұрын

Think you got wrong era. They give out 100 mil contracts now for that Rudy gobert. This era bigs are non existent besides jokic and embid.

How do you draft him 2nd without doing some sort of workout with him if you genuinely knew within 10 minutes of watching him practice he was a bust

@anthonymaslow798

Жыл бұрын

Right? That's showing your own fucking ass as a complete dipshit organization and scouting department. So they didn't work him out? Ofc they did. That assistant coach sounds like a total moron. Lol

Doesn't usually work well for getting someone that big started in basketball by the time he's already high school age since all the skills that other kids would find as routine are just not ingrained at all. If he started basketball 10 years younger, would probably of ended up as an NBA all-star since there would of been time to develop his talent growing up.

This is the classic example of... blame should be to the organization drafting him, and not this 'bust' rhetoric being labeled on him.

At the age that I’m at… bust isn’t as bad as long as you take that money and use it wisely. Sucks that you can’t be as good as you thought but man that money is life changing and a blessing. We all wish we could be a bust tbh

@nonamewillbegiven1217

Ай бұрын

Yawn

He Would Done Well In The 80s When The Post Game Was Value More Than 3 Point Shooting

As a Grizzly fan this still hurts

@kanezagar5780

Жыл бұрын

I actually think Memphis was a tough place for him, I don't think him being behind Marc Gasol ever helped him develop...

@jrelgran1on1

Жыл бұрын

@@kanezagar5780 True both were young. Thing is he did no better anywhere else after getting experience

@nk7274

Жыл бұрын

@@jrelgran1on1 he did ok when he was on OKC from what I saw. Even got a double double against that horrible bobcats team from that season

@jrelgran1on1

Жыл бұрын

@@nk7274 I guess even tho his best year on paper was the rookie year.

"negative touch around the basket" lmao

What's crazy about him, is that he is one of the most gifted athlete to ever play for uconn. The guy was a phenom But I think once it became a job, with pressure & expectations it made it not fun anymore. I think hasheem could be a perennial all star if he got the right system in the nba. But yea he won in life man.

Good enough to collect a check. That's actually some athletes goal.

Nerds on TV tearing a guy down because he's just outside the very best in the world at something.

They made a big mistake picking him so high. If it was the later in the round that would’ve been fine. The issue is he had one decent season in college and came out of nowhere.

He randomly came to the outback I worked at in mass. Tall is an understatement

I feel like his heart wasn’t in the game. The nba was more of a job and a can’t miss opportunity for him. He wanted to succeed at it though which is why he continued to work hard. But he doesn’t really love basketball or else I don’t see how he doesn’t develop offensively at all.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

I mean he got into the game as a means to an end rather than being passionate about it so u could be very right. Either way it’s commendable that he stuck with it like he did

He was a solid 13th guy in my 2k squad

Man, I saw him in college and I honestly thought he'd be decent, I don't know why he didn't take the leap but he was so damn underwhelming in the pros...

I think they should have let him develop into being a defensive specialist not trying to make him play offense.

So, Darko, but from Tanzania? As a Pistons fan of 25 years, I can empathize.

@swishcountyproductions

Жыл бұрын

Least you were sitting well even with him stinking it up

@halowarrior917

Жыл бұрын

@@swishcountyproductions true, true. Just makes you wonder what could've been if we had taken Flash or Melo