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"Gladiator" Hassan Whiteside focusing on becoming the best defender in the NBA

With lessons learned from his first season with the Heat, Hassan Whiteside is coming back with a vengeance in a contract year.

When asked by reporters at Miami Heat Media Day about what he did for fun this summer, Hassan Whiteside answered them he enjoyed his trip to Italy with teammate Tyler Johnson, where he wanted to go the center of the Colosseum in Rome and utter Russell Crowe's memorable line, "Are you not entertained?"

Compared to 2014, where he was a "camp" with the Memphis Grizzlies, Whiteside said, "I got more of a peace of mind just knowing where I'm going go to go into the season.