Getting your player ready...
Connecticut’s shot-blocking Hasheem Thabeet, a 7-foot-3 native of Tanzania, enters Thursday’s NBA draft as one-dimensional as, say, Dikembe Mutombo, who averaged 9.9 points per game at Georgetown. However, Mutombo more than proved his worth after being selected No. 4 overall by the Nuggets in 1991. “I had to make a transition from soccer to basketball, from just kicking it and you’re not allowed to touch it, to now you’re allowed to touch it, but you’re not allowed to kick it,” Thabeet said. “That takes time to get used to.”
