Nyani Ngabu
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Endelea kujiaminisha ni vikubwa...hayo ni maoni yako tu.....
Hasheem Thabeet: The Tanzanian Phenom
Hasheem Thabeet: The Tanzanian Phenom
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Endelea kujiaminisha ni vikubwa...hayo ni maoni yako tu.....
That would be ideal but not realistic.
As soon as he is drafted he will instantly become the richest and most successful athelete in Tanzanias' history. Wanna know how difficult it is to get into the NBA,
Q: What are the odds of making it to the NBA?
A: Slightly better than one in a million, for US residents. Much longer odds for individuals from other nations.
There are 360 active roster players at any time during the season, and dozens more on injured reserve or recently released.
WikiAnswers - What are the odds of making it to the NBA
If he goes on to have a successful career in the NBA he will become one of the richest if not the richest man in Tanzania (of course depending on how successful he is).
So the bad news is, weather he likes it or not he will become a role model and ambassador (Being the only Tanzanian in the league). The good news is the kid seems like a good guy.
Alpha,
..I said what I said for the same and obvious reasons that you have posted here.
..If the kid chooses to behave and act as a role model that would be welcomed. but if he doesnt, no one has the right to blame him.
..if the kid finds it fit to advance some social agendas, or become our country's good ambassador ,that will be very appreciated. again, if he doesnt, no one should start criticizing him for that.
..WE should all let this kid be a basketball player. WE should also accept that he is responsible to his immediate family -- not our families, or our country.
Nyani Ngabu, YNIM, Koba,
..jamani huyu dogo najua hatokuwa drafted na timu yangu, and i have emotionally invested on that team.
..sasa dogo akicheza dhidi ya timu yangu msinilaumu nisipomtakia mafanikio.
..I said what I said for the same and obvious reasons that you have posted here.
..If the kid chooses to behave and act as a role model that would be welcomed. but if he doesnt, no one has the right to blame him.
..if the kid finds it fit to advance some social agendas, or become our country's good ambassador ,that will be very appreciated. again, if he doesnt, no one should start criticizing him for that.
..WE should all let this kid be a basketball player. WE should also accept that he is responsible to his immediate family -- not our families, or our country.
Nyani Ngabu, YNIM, Koba,
..jamani huyu dogo najua hatokuwa drafted na timu yangu, and i have emotionally invested on that team.
..sasa dogo akicheza dhidi ya timu yangu msinilaumu nisipomtakia mafanikio.
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Ingekuwa freshi ungetutajia timu yako ni ipi....huwezi jua....labda timu yako ni yangu pia...
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Na wewe unapenda basketi boli?
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Kwani wewe umeelewaje?
I think it was one of Hasheem's best game.It shows how effective Hasheem on that team.He was the factor on that game,once he fauled out it was a game dicision.HE HAS A GREAT FUTURE ON NBA.I regreat for not being on that game.I think he is ready for NBA.Hope he will come to New Yorks.Jersey don't get mad at me that's how I feel anyway.
SAHIBA.
SAHIBA.
Inategemea lini Hasheem ataamua kujiunga NBA. Ikiwa ni mwakani, nadhani Washington Wizards au Oklahoma Thunders watakuwa na nafasi kubwa zaidi ya kumdaka. Hata kama ni kumchukua tu na kumuuza kwa timu nyingine.
Iwe itakavyokuwa huyu kijana Hasheem Thabeet ni moto wa kuotea mbali katika ulimwengu wa College Basketball. Anaitangaza sana Tanzania. Tunamtakia kila la heri na mafanikio katika mchezo huu, sasa na baadae.
Iwe itakavyokuwa huyu kijana Hasheem Thabeet ni moto wa kuotea mbali katika ulimwengu wa College Basketball. Anaitangaza sana Tanzania. Tunamtakia kila la heri na mafanikio katika mchezo huu, sasa na baadae.
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Nadhania ataamua mwaka huu kujiunga na NBA maana atakuwa kati ya 1st pick to 3rd pick
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Rehashing the remarkable story of Hasheem Thabeet
By Eamonn Brennan (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...able-story-of-Hasheem-Thabee?urn=ncaab,151154)
During UConn's Elite Eight win over Missouri on Saturday, CBS broadcaster Dick Enberg used a quick bit of TV downtime to reference how star UConn center Hasheem Thabeet got his name. The story is that after Thabeet's father died, Thabeet removed his last name and took his middle name as his last. His reasoning was less bitter than inspirational. As Enberg mentioned, Thabeet wanted to "be his own man." Thabeet was determined to find a career. Several years earlier, his father had died of complications from diabetes. He immediately made his middle name his last name because "once my dad passed, then I've got to make a new person," and looked for work to support his family because that's what his culture taught him.
Anyone who watched the broadcast Saturday will be familiar with that story. Fewer will know the remarkable way Thabeet even got to America in the first place.
By age 15, Thabeet had never touched a basketball. Upon viewing pickup games in his home country of Tanzania, Thabeet had the same thought any scout would agree with: he needed to play basketball. (It took Thabeet a while to figure this out. When he was 14, he worked as a model, which brought home $300 a night. He was also hired by a club owner to be a bouncer and "look scary"; Thabeet claims he never fought anyone.)
But how does someone who has never played basketball before get a scholarship in America to play basketball? The same way you find old furniture on Craigslist: The Internet. Thabeet went to an Internet cafe, bought a few hours worth of time, and emailed as many college admissions departments as he could. Long story short, he ended up at UConn. Which is how you ended up seeing him on TV today -- new name, new career, thousands of miles away from home, and all in five years' time. This Internet thing is handy, huh?
By Eamonn Brennan (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...able-story-of-Hasheem-Thabee?urn=ncaab,151154)
During UConn's Elite Eight win over Missouri on Saturday, CBS broadcaster Dick Enberg used a quick bit of TV downtime to reference how star UConn center Hasheem Thabeet got his name. The story is that after Thabeet's father died, Thabeet removed his last name and took his middle name as his last. His reasoning was less bitter than inspirational. As Enberg mentioned, Thabeet wanted to "be his own man." Thabeet was determined to find a career. Several years earlier, his father had died of complications from diabetes. He immediately made his middle name his last name because "once my dad passed, then I've got to make a new person," and looked for work to support his family because that's what his culture taught him.
Anyone who watched the broadcast Saturday will be familiar with that story. Fewer will know the remarkable way Thabeet even got to America in the first place.
By age 15, Thabeet had never touched a basketball. Upon viewing pickup games in his home country of Tanzania, Thabeet had the same thought any scout would agree with: he needed to play basketball. (It took Thabeet a while to figure this out. When he was 14, he worked as a model, which brought home $300 a night. He was also hired by a club owner to be a bouncer and "look scary"; Thabeet claims he never fought anyone.)
But how does someone who has never played basketball before get a scholarship in America to play basketball? The same way you find old furniture on Craigslist: The Internet. Thabeet went to an Internet cafe, bought a few hours worth of time, and emailed as many college admissions departments as he could. Long story short, he ended up at UConn. Which is how you ended up seeing him on TV today -- new name, new career, thousands of miles away from home, and all in five years' time. This Internet thing is handy, huh?
William J. Malecela
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- Thabeet lazima ashike namba tatu za juu katika draft, timu zote za NBA zinatafuta a big guy na mwenye nguvu, mwaka jana alikuwa na weakness ya nguvu ambayo sasa ameanza kuirekebisha, anahitaji ku-stay in school kwa one more year na kama Pro mmoja wa NBA alivyoniambia ni kwamba ata-"own the NBA, all he need is stay in school one more year"
- Tuko naye pamoj sana dogo, mimi siku hizi nikutana na washikaji wanyamwezi neno la kwanza ni wasup with Thebeet, na dogo ukienda huko kwenye michezo yake hana noma kuanzia tiketi za bure na mapochopocho behind the scene, yaani adumu tu dogo na tuko naye bega kwa bega, mpaka kieleweke!
- Kwa wale mnaomsikia kwa mbali, msidanganywe, dogo sasa hivi ni mambo yote, kwanza ukiwa naye ni ujiko tu, wanyamwezi wanalilia saini zake, mimi mtoto wangu ana maposter yake kibao, nimesubiria awe mkali wa NBA na mimi nikamlegulie mpango mtoto wangu saafi sana anatuinua wabongo huyu, Mungu ambariki Tu!
FMES!
- Tuko naye pamoj sana dogo, mimi siku hizi nikutana na washikaji wanyamwezi neno la kwanza ni wasup with Thebeet, na dogo ukienda huko kwenye michezo yake hana noma kuanzia tiketi za bure na mapochopocho behind the scene, yaani adumu tu dogo na tuko naye bega kwa bega, mpaka kieleweke!
- Kwa wale mnaomsikia kwa mbali, msidanganywe, dogo sasa hivi ni mambo yote, kwanza ukiwa naye ni ujiko tu, wanyamwezi wanalilia saini zake, mimi mtoto wangu ana maposter yake kibao, nimesubiria awe mkali wa NBA na mimi nikamlegulie mpango mtoto wangu saafi sana anatuinua wabongo huyu, Mungu ambariki Tu!
FMES!
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Tanzania gets taste of NCAA tournament through Thabeet
DETROIT - The word from Tanzania is that the people have Final Four fever. Now that they know what it means.
"Even the older people are excited," Lawrence Cheyo said over the phone, as secretary general of the Tanzania Basketball Federation. "For the first time, people are following the NCAA. They watch the NBA here, but they are starting to realize what the NCAA is."
All this buzz, of course, surrounds Connecticut's 7-3 Hasheem Thabeet. Back home, about the only thing taller is Mount Kilimanjaro. As Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Thursday, "My luck, we would run into a team that's got a 12-foot center."
Thabeet's strange road to Ford Field has become the stuff of Big East legend; the former soccer player from Africa who did not start playing basketball until 15, and once pursued opportunity in America by randomly e-mailing college coaches he found on a Google search. This while working odd jobs as a club bouncer and runway model, supporting the family after his father died.
BRACKET RACKET: Thabeet learns to keep block on court
Now he is 22, Big East co-player of the year as a junior and two games from the national championship. In Tanzania, those with access to the broadcasts will be watching at 1 a.m. Sunday, when Connecticut meets Michigan State. Those who don't will check radios, newspapers, computers, word of mouth.
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"They will find a way," Cheyo said.
You've heard how Michigan State's march to the Final Four has been an emotional lift for a state in economic anguish. As the Spartans win, they take the minds off Chrysler.
You want trials?
In Tanzania, the life expectancy for a male is barely 50 years. According to the latest CIA report, one in every hundred citizens uses the Internet, but six in every hundred adults are HIV-positive.
How many proper basketball arenas in the country?
Cheyo was succinct.
"None."
Same for equipment. As of last week, 210 donated basketballs sat unbounced in the port at Dar es Salaam. The sport federation had no money to pay the import duty.
In this challenging land, Thabeet is exhilarating news, even as he plays a game 8,000 miles away. Jakaya Kikwete, the nation's president and a former hooper himself, has met Thabeet three times.
The president's communications director said he was following the Final Four and would be e-mailing some comments, but he never did. Trouble with the legislature, perhaps. Still, the lights might burn late at the presidential residence this weekend.
"He's a basketball fan," Cheyo said. "I guess so, if he's not too busy. He is the president."
Cheyo was headed out Thursday to brief the local media, "and make sure the people know there is a big match coming up Saturday." One who knows is journalist Issa Michuzi, who said that while the Final Four has caught the people's fancy, what they are really eager to see is Thabeet in the NBA. Cheyo mentioned you don't see nearly as many Connecticut shirts on the streets of Dar es Salaam as you see Lakers jerseys.
"People here are very much divided," Michuzi said. "Some say he should stay in college, and there are some who say he should aim for the moon."
The moon, the stars, the rings of Saturn ... do the people of Tanzania understand that a high NBA draft pick gets them all?
"They just can't comprehend that the NBA has more money than football," Michuzi said, meaning soccer.
But Connecticut is the team of the moment. Tanzania might as well be a suburb of Storrs this weekend.
"You'd be surprised they even know the coach's name here," Michuzi said. "Coach Calhoun. They know he is in good hands."
Thabeet said Thursday he gets text messages from Tanzania every day, which help. More important, Rukia Manka and Akbar will be in the stands Saturday. Mother and brother.
"We had belief in him," said Akbar, now 19 and a student at St. Thomas More in Connecticut. "After our father died, she was the only grownup, so it was hard for her to let him go, but she knew she had no choice. She just wanted to see him stay in school."
Rukia has rarely made the long journey to see Hasheem play, but was in Phoenix for the regional. The son embraced the mother after the victory, and noted the tears in her eyes.
"I'm just happy. Just ... happy," he said slowly Thursday. Akbar mentioned he has many texts to send Saturday night. Back home, there are so many waiting to hear.
DETROIT - The word from Tanzania is that the people have Final Four fever. Now that they know what it means.
"Even the older people are excited," Lawrence Cheyo said over the phone, as secretary general of the Tanzania Basketball Federation. "For the first time, people are following the NCAA. They watch the NBA here, but they are starting to realize what the NCAA is."
All this buzz, of course, surrounds Connecticut's 7-3 Hasheem Thabeet. Back home, about the only thing taller is Mount Kilimanjaro. As Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Thursday, "My luck, we would run into a team that's got a 12-foot center."
Thabeet's strange road to Ford Field has become the stuff of Big East legend; the former soccer player from Africa who did not start playing basketball until 15, and once pursued opportunity in America by randomly e-mailing college coaches he found on a Google search. This while working odd jobs as a club bouncer and runway model, supporting the family after his father died.
BRACKET RACKET: Thabeet learns to keep block on court
Now he is 22, Big East co-player of the year as a junior and two games from the national championship. In Tanzania, those with access to the broadcasts will be watching at 1 a.m. Sunday, when Connecticut meets Michigan State. Those who don't will check radios, newspapers, computers, word of mouth.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: United States | Internet | Connecticut | Phoenix | Africa | Google Inc | Big East | Final Four | Michigan State | Chrysler LLC | Spartans | Lakers | Tom Izzo | Ford Field | Hasheem Thabeet | Storrs | Salaam | Mount Kilimanjaro | HIV-positive | Akbar | St. Thomas More
"They will find a way," Cheyo said.
You've heard how Michigan State's march to the Final Four has been an emotional lift for a state in economic anguish. As the Spartans win, they take the minds off Chrysler.
You want trials?
In Tanzania, the life expectancy for a male is barely 50 years. According to the latest CIA report, one in every hundred citizens uses the Internet, but six in every hundred adults are HIV-positive.
How many proper basketball arenas in the country?
Cheyo was succinct.
"None."
Same for equipment. As of last week, 210 donated basketballs sat unbounced in the port at Dar es Salaam. The sport federation had no money to pay the import duty.
In this challenging land, Thabeet is exhilarating news, even as he plays a game 8,000 miles away. Jakaya Kikwete, the nation's president and a former hooper himself, has met Thabeet three times.
The president's communications director said he was following the Final Four and would be e-mailing some comments, but he never did. Trouble with the legislature, perhaps. Still, the lights might burn late at the presidential residence this weekend.
"He's a basketball fan," Cheyo said. "I guess so, if he's not too busy. He is the president."
Cheyo was headed out Thursday to brief the local media, "and make sure the people know there is a big match coming up Saturday." One who knows is journalist Issa Michuzi, who said that while the Final Four has caught the people's fancy, what they are really eager to see is Thabeet in the NBA. Cheyo mentioned you don't see nearly as many Connecticut shirts on the streets of Dar es Salaam as you see Lakers jerseys.
"People here are very much divided," Michuzi said. "Some say he should stay in college, and there are some who say he should aim for the moon."
The moon, the stars, the rings of Saturn ... do the people of Tanzania understand that a high NBA draft pick gets them all?
"They just can't comprehend that the NBA has more money than football," Michuzi said, meaning soccer.
But Connecticut is the team of the moment. Tanzania might as well be a suburb of Storrs this weekend.
"You'd be surprised they even know the coach's name here," Michuzi said. "Coach Calhoun. They know he is in good hands."
Thabeet said Thursday he gets text messages from Tanzania every day, which help. More important, Rukia Manka and Akbar will be in the stands Saturday. Mother and brother.
"We had belief in him," said Akbar, now 19 and a student at St. Thomas More in Connecticut. "After our father died, she was the only grownup, so it was hard for her to let him go, but she knew she had no choice. She just wanted to see him stay in school."
Rukia has rarely made the long journey to see Hasheem play, but was in Phoenix for the regional. The son embraced the mother after the victory, and noted the tears in her eyes.
"I'm just happy. Just ... happy," he said slowly Thursday. Akbar mentioned he has many texts to send Saturday night. Back home, there are so many waiting to hear.
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Hasheem CCM au Chadema?
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sipumzikii bugurujinai hamna vitu vyangu....