Hassan Whiteside gets 'Tanked'
Whiteside slams home a dunk against the Sacramento Kings in an early season NBA contest.
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So what do you do when you sign a 98 million dollar NBA contract?
Well if you're former Marshall basketball star and current Miami Heat big man, Hassan Whiteside you use some of that money to buy a customized 1,500 gallon saltwater tank complete with 45 fish. The massive in home aquarium was designed and built by Brett Raymer and Wayde King of the Animal Planet reality series Tanked and will be featured on the show during this week's episode that airs Friday at 10 p.m. eastern time.
According to the episode's TV Guide listing Whiteside's tank will be one of the biggest ever constructed on the show.
"Seven-foot tall NBA star Hassan Whiteside knows a thing or two about what it means to be BIG," the Guide synopsis says. "He tasks Wayde and Brett with building him a tank SO BIG that it won't fit through the front door and has to be delivered on a barge!"
Currently, on the season Whiteside is averaging 17.5 points per game to go along with 13.8 boards and more than two blocks per game for the Heat.
