So rarely does an athletic 7-footer slip through the cracks that it almost seems like a Miami miracle that Hassan Whiteside ended up in the hands of the Miami Heat. At 26 years young, Whiteside is on pace to make shot-blocking history in ways that NBA fans haven’t witnessed in 25 years.
He’s already tallied a staggering 58 blocks this year — in a very distant second is Serge Ibaka with 32, but Ibaka plays roughly five more minutes per game. Whiteside has a legitmate chance of cracking 370 blocks this season, a feat that has not been accomplished since the great Hakeem Olajuwon in 1989-90.