Steve Mitchell - USA Today Sports
Miami’s imposing big man does not like to be scored on.
Hassan Whiteside is not your typical D-League call-up.
Fourteen games into the season the Miami Heat sophomore is averaging 4.7 blocks per contest, more than any player since Elmore Smith in 1973-74 (he averaged 4.85) and more than 11 of the league’s 30 teams.
There’s also this, which still holds true:
Whiteside’s 7‘1” frame and 7‘7” wingspan enable him to recover from basically anywhere inside the free throw line to block shots.