Kings Links: What Donte Greene Has to Prove, Hassan Whiteside's ADD

Lol…so douchey.

And yes, the players enjoyed the interviews, whether you want to believe that or not. Watch the videos and the videos to come. They are all having a very good time. And some of the answers are actually quite revealing. Not sure why this is a problem for you.

I have no doubt that some of the players enjoyed the questions. I DO KNOW that Hassan Whiteside did not enjoy your questions, at all- and neither did I. And that has been the question at hand. And this isn’t only a problem for me. Read the other posters here. Also, I probably won’t be watching any more of your videos which is a shame because I thought your Tyreke Evans question about using the rookie of the year thing as a pick up line was funny.

My interview began AWAY from the other reporters

You were standing in the middle of the walk way, 10 feet away from the established cubicles. If that was a few minutes alone, 50+ people were way out of place. The Evans questions were close to the main through way as well. The rest I didn’t hear but I got the jest of your approach from the two I did see.

But beyond that, the ADD was NOT a rumor. His agent confirmed it two months ago.

Then why did you ask the question? ADD is an embarrassing disorder for those who have it. If Whiteside does indeed have ADD which is not exactly what your quote from Amick says, then he probably is embarrassed about it. Whiteside answered the “craziest thing you heard about yourself before the draft” question. Unless you don’t understand your own question, he thought that was crazy. So instead of moving on to question #4 or #5 or your pre-scripted 5 questions, you chose to ask a question that you already knew the answer to. So either you were trying to embarrass the kid or you were trying to catch him in a lie. Neither of those things are enjoyable.

As for why I posted the video? Because some one else was insensitive enough to ask the question and Whiteside answered it. The video is not embarrassing in itself, the actual moment when he was caught off guard by you was. I had not seen Amick’s comments confirming the use of prescription drugs, so I had no angle. I reported that a question that surrounded a Kings draft pick was asked and answered.

Here are two other things I didn’t do.

I also did not go around touting that I ask the tough questions. How tough is a question that you already know the answer to?

And I didn’t take a video of a player denying that he had a specific illness and then go on line and use knowledge I already had to discredit that player.

The fact is, you are right about one thing. The answer that Whiteside gave was news worthy for me because I did not have Amick’s quote. If you had sat in one of the 3 booths and had a quiet conversation where you asked “the tough questions”, even if you knew the answer, then you are gathering information for a story, Whiteside probably would have answered honestly and I don’t think anyone would have an issue you. That is not what you did and your video and my video and your post on your site show that. So the question of taste remains.

You can call me meek, which I am not and you can call me a hypocrite, again, which I am not but what you can’t call me is a bully. I didn’t go to media day to listen to you, I went to get information on the Sacramento Kings players. And that is what I did without making the news. Honestly, I have no idea who you are, even though I stood right next to you during the Whiteside debacle. You managed to make a 7 foot tall NBA basketball player look 3 feet tall and I’m not sure why you are proud about that.

I’m a Kings fan. Being a Kings fan means I like to support the team and the players. Regardless of if it was newsworthy or not. Hassan did not look comfortable with the question at hand.
So do you have a supporting interest in this team or are you just hear to make a story?