Hassan Whiteside will enter the 2015-16 season with high expectations.
Following a 2014-15 season that saw Whiteside establish himself as one of the top young players in the game, there will be expectations for the Miami Heat center to not only improve upon his numbers, but do it over the course of a full season. Last year, Whiteside was signed as a free agent in late November, and did not see regular minutes in the rotation until January.
As Whiteside enters the last season of his contract, ESPN’s Michael Wallace stated during “The Big O Show” on 560 WQAM that Whiteside believes he can be a dominant center in this league:
“The thing is, Hassan Whiteside feels like he’s a big guy, and he feels like you’re going to have to adjust to him more than he’s going to have to adjust to you.