Over the last few years, Hassan Whiteside has been the poster boy for bad contracts and laziness. With the high regard NBA media holds Pat Riley and the entire Miami Heat organization, it’s easy to see why everyone would believe Whiteside was the cancer in this relationship. I’m here to tell you the Portland Trail Blazers may have gotten a bit more than they bargained for, in the best of ways.
Whiteside’s albatross contract, bad attitude in Miami, and the NBA in general shifting away from traditional big men attributed to his trade value plummeting.