For many, Sunday’s Heat-Bulls game served as a grand introduction to Miami’s hidden gem, Hassan Whiteside, who finished with a triple-double of 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 blocks in just 23 minutes. That’s absurdly efficient production and it helped Miami take a tough road win, but Hassan’s concentrating on more important things:
Hassan Whiteside thrilled to improve NBA 2K rating with triple-double
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And he’s got a heavy track record of caring about such things. The man loves him some 2K and pays close attention to his rating:
im goin to wait to get the 2k10 on xbox I'm goin to get the 2k11 so I can be on it lol i hope the game don't make me sorry lol
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) July 30, 2010 Great day in sac today, went to a cook out, played bball for 2 hours, got tired played nba 2k12 dropped 50 with myself then 2 hours of pool
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) October 23, 2011 Man only sorry ppl on 2k use the heat
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) August 26, 2011 :(
@nateheine I'm terrible on 2k I still get 40 with myself because I shoot ever shot but I'm not that good lol
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) June 28, 2011 Man that's crazy 2k12 gave me a rating of a mascot they should of jus left me injured lik I was in the season dam lol
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) October 4, 2011 Good things are coming, Hassan, as long as you keep doing stuff like this:
That block was Whiteside’s 10th, and there was brief concern over whether or not it was a goaltend (it wasn’t) since time was running out. Of course, Whiteside went ahead and got two more. He’s in rare company with that superfast triple-double:
Hassan Whiteside 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 blocks in 24 minutes. Fastest to a block triple-double in 30+ years per @bball_ref.
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) January 25, 2015 Hassan Whiteside is the 3rd reserve (Larry Sanders, Shawn Bradley) to record a triple-double w/blocks in the last 30 years (h/t @bball_ref).
— Jeff Mangurten (@JeffGurt) January 25, 2015 More performances like this, and Whiteside’s got way more than an improved 2K rating ahead of him. Like, in real life. First things first, though:
We heard you loud & clear @youngwhiteside. That's how you get your rating up w/ actions on the floor #NBA2K15
— NBA 2K 2K15 (@NBA2K) January 25, 2015 
