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eidolon
Talk about a rollercoaster of a career:
"On June 24, 2010, Whiteside was drafted with the 3rd pick in the 2nd round of the 2010 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. On July 19, he signed a four year, $3.8 million contract with the Kings. The first two years of the deal were guaranteed for $1.76 million.[8]
On November 29, 2010, Whiteside was assigned to the Kings' D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns.[9] Whiteside was recalled back to the Kings on January 9, 2011.[10]
On March 5, 2011, Whiteside had surgery to repair a partially torn tendon in his left knee, which sidelined him for the season.[11] He only appeared in one game with the Kings during his rookie season.
In January 2012, Whiteside was assigned once again to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League.[12] On February 4, Whiteside was recalled to the Kings for the second time.[13]
On July 16, 2012, Whiteside was waived by the Sacramento Kings.[14]
On December 14, 2012, Whiteside was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce.[15] On January 4, 2013, Whiteside was traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in exchange for Damian Saunders.[16] After the D-League season, he joined Amchit Club in Lebanon.[17]
On May 26, 2013, Whiteside joined the Sichuan Blue Whales (NBL) in China. He played 27 games averaging 25.7 points (56.4% shooting), 16.6 rebounds, 5.1 blocks, and 1.4 steals per game. He was named Defensive Player of the Year, Center of the Year, and was selected to the All-NBL 1st Team. The Blue Whales went undefeated in the playoffs en route to the NBL Championship. Whiteside was awarded Finals MVP.[18][19]
In November 2013, Whiteside signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli of the Lebanese Basketball League.[20] He was released in April 2014.[21] The next month, he joined Jiangsu Tongxi of China, before leaving them in June after 17 games.[22]
On September 25, 2014, Whiteside signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.[23] However, he was later waived by the Grizzlies on October 22, 2014.[24] On October 30, 2014, he was reacquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Two days later, his rights were traded to the Iowa Energy.[25] He officially joined the Energy on November 14, 2014.[26] On November 19, he re-signed with the Grizzlies.[27] However, he was waived again the next day.[28] On November 22, he re-joined Iowa.[29]
Miami Heat
On November 24, 2014, Whiteside signed with the Miami Heat.[30] On December 13, he was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce,[31] but was recalled two days later.[32] On January 4, 2015, he recorded his first career double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in the 88-84 win over the Brooklyn Nets.[33]"