Hasheem Thabeet, a professional basketball player from Tanzania, has a net worth of $8 million.
Hasheem Thabeet, who was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in February 1987, is probably best known as a draft flop after being drafted #2 overall.
At Cypress Christian School in Houston, Texas, he was a player with a center height of 7’3″.
The year 2009 saw Thabeet playing college basketball at Connecticut, where he was named the Big East co-Player of the Year and consensus second-team All-American.
Additionally, he was awarded the NABC Defensive Player of the Year title in 2008 and 2009.
Hasheem Thabeet was selected as the 2nd overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2009 NBA Draft.
He was a member of the Grizzlies team from 2009 to 2011 and the Houston Rockets team from 2011 to 2012.
Thabeet’s playing career saw him play for the Portland Trail Blazers in 2012 and the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2012 to 2014.
He also played in Japan and was a member of the NBA G-League team that made the All-Defensive Third Team in 2015.