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Thad Young hits Hassan Whiteside with a flying DDT straight out of the WWE

We believe the technical term is ‘Scorpion Death Drop’.

by Ricky O'Donnell
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Hassan Whiteside has been straight up bullying the NBA lately. Minnesota Timberwolves forward Thad Young decided he finally had enough.

In professional wrestling, this move is called the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting used to do it back in the day. How’s Young’s execution?

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