Thabeet Headed to D-League

[Doc]

*Sniff .... sniff* Can anyone else smell that? Cause I'm smelling the biggest bust since Rafael Araújo.

The Memphis Grizzlies are sending No. 2 overall pick Hasheem Thabeet down for a stint in the D-League, the team announced on Thursday.

Two sources close to the situation confirmed Thabeet's impending D-League assignment to the Dakota Wizards to ESPN.com earlier Thursday.

Thabeet is the highest draft pick ever sent to the D-League by an NBA team. Players can only be assigned to D-League duty by their NBA teams during their first two seasons as a pro.

Thabeet's assignment to the Wizards -- Memphis' North Dakota-based affiliate -- was first reported by the Web site RidiculousUpside.com, which covers the D-League extensively.

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[Gurk]

Bust of epic proportion

[cornbreadd]

When you can't get ahead of Hamed Haddadi in the rotation, you know your shit

[MattyG-Ray]

A little surprised they would do this so late in the season. He is obviously very raw and needs a lot of work and a lot of reps, so the d-league makes sense, but why now, why not 2 months ago?

[Arsenalist]

L. O. Freaking. L.

I've never seen so many analysts before the draft question a rumoured pick so much and nobody can say they're surprised. The guy is closer to Stromile Swift than Keon Clark. Ouch.

[bryan colangelo]

Ouch!

[Dave]

Hasheem Thabeet has been the Grizzlies best bench player this season.

I don't understand why they're sending him down to the D-League.

[Ripp]

Wish we could pick him up for a future first. Shot blocking and rebounding are sorely needed here..

[Hotshot]

Once again a team picks a player based on a need rather then selecting the best player available and end up paying for it.

Tyreke Evans would have looked great in Memphis.

[Apollo]

This is what happens when you draft size over talent.