Hassan Whiteside suspend 1 Game

On March 10, 2015, the Miami Heat went up against the Boston Celtics in Miami's hometown. I was watching this game and I thought this was going to be an easy win for Miami because they’re in their hometown, but that was not the case. I was completely surprised when I saw Whiteside intentionally elbow the Boston Celtics center Kelly Olynyk in the back of the neck in the latter part of the third quarter. I was mad for what Whiteside did to Kelly. I’m not sure if Kelly and Whiteside were getting really physical under the rim, ir Whiteside did that because he was mad. To me that was really  uncalled for and I’m glad that Whiteside is getting banned for one game.

I do understand that Whiteside is young yet and he is new to the NBA, but that does not give him the right to get mad at another player and try to take him out. Whiteside could have ended his career in the NBA if Kelly got seriously injured from that blow to the neck. I know in the game of basketball you get heated because that player may be better than you are or do something to make you get mad, but you should not hurt him. Whiteside got a flagrant foul call on the play and was ejected for the hit. During that game Whiteside only scored seven points and nine rebounds.

Whiteside was doing so well when he first started out, but now he is becoming someone else. Before the elbow that hit Kelly, Whiteside got into a fight with Phoenix Suns center Alex Len and they were both ejected from the game. I’m amazed that the head of the NBA has not done anything to Whiteside. Usually, players will get fined money for doing wrong things while playing basketball, but this time Whiteside was only banned for one game. I do believe that players who get ejected or get flagrant fouls should be fined a good amount of money and banned for a couple of games.

Whiteside is a main contributor for the Miami Heat and they need him to play. I’m not sure what Whiteside’s problem is right now and why he is getting into fights. This is his second outburst in the last two weeks and that is not good.  His teammate Wade has some bad things to say to Whiteside and I hope that kicks Whiteside into gear. I hope that he does not get into trouble when he comes back from getting banned for one game. I really want Whiteside to be an awesome player and to me that is what he was showing before he got into these two altercations.

Overall very NBA player has a bad couple of days and I don’t wish that on anyone. I still think what Whiteside did to Kelly was a wrong thing to do. I hope that Whiteside admits that he was wrong for elbowing Kelly in the back of the neck and says he is sorry. I hope while Whiteside is banned that he learns his lesson and comes back strong. Whiteside is an awesome player and is still young, but he needs to learn to control his anger.