Hassan Whiteside arrived in Portland during the off-season with a reputation for being a lazy malcontent on the bench and in the locker room. NBC Sports Northwest’s Dwight Jaynes digs into how the view on Whiteside is changing after several spectacular performances on the court. Damian Lillard notes that his expectations of Whiteside are higher because of these efforts.
“I mean,” Lillard said, “when you see games like this game and the Golden State game, stuff like that – it’s almost like it’s obvious when he’s not doing it.