Ever since he was sent down to the D-League, Hasheem Thabeet became the butt of many jokes (fair or not).  I thought it would be interesting to take a look at him and his game.  We are going to look at two plays from the Dakota Wizards’ (Thabeet’s team) 104-102 win against the LA Defenders (A game where Thabeet put up 14 and 8 – but with 4 fouls).

I think that the Wizards have done a pretty good job of getting the ball to Thabeet where he can just catch and go up with it.  Everyone knows that Thabeet is raw, so if he can get the ball right at the basket, he can use his size advantage to finish at the rim:

On this play, the Wizards are working in transition, with Thabeet getting out in front of everyone.

The Wizards’ point guard does a great job of lobbing it in to Thabeet, allowing him to use his size to make the catch and finish at the rim.

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