March 3, 2008
Men's Basketball 7,600 Miles From UConn, Thabeet Is Big Man Off Campus
By MIKE OGLE
STORRS, Conn. — An airplane landed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2007 with a man of immense stature aboard.
The crowd that had gathered to greet him was so large the street by the airport had to be closed. And when he set foot in his home country for the first time in more than two years, he was overwhelmed by the reception in his hometown of 2.5 million people.
Hasheem Thabeet’s physical standing had always been large. But his social importance and celebrity in that East African nation had risen to heights congruent to that of the crown of his head — 7 feet 3 inches.
Thabeet received a king’s welcome, and even visited with his country’s president during his two-week stay. Strangers wearing Connecticut Huskies T-shirts and his No. 34 jersey cheered his arrival and hung posters of him all over town.
All of this fuss even though he was a relative unknown when he moved to the United States in 2005.
“I was not expecting to see all that,” Thabeet said. “At the time when I was leaving, nobody really believed I was going to be the person who I am right now.”
Now Thabeet, who Americanized his name from Hashim Thabit Manka, is a 21-year-old sophomore studying psychology at the University of Connecticut. He is a source of inspiration for Tanzanian children, who continuously send him letters hoping for advice, help or money.
The Connecticut basketball team is receiving the immediate benefits of Thabeet’s emergence as it continues its rebound from a one-season fall after finishing 30-4 and reaching the Round of 8 in the N.C.A.A. tournament in 2006.
Last year, Thabeet was one of eight UConn freshmen who experienced a bumpy season (17-14, 6-10 Big East). A year later, the No. 15 Huskies (23-6, 12-4) are in third place in the conference, one loss behind Georgetown and Louisville.
Connecticut’s improvement is a direct correlation to the maturation of its young players, including Thabeet, who began playing basketball only five years ago.
Thabeet’s size and 7-5 wingspan have made him a defensive force. He is tied for second in career blocked shots at UConn (245) and twice he has tied a program record with 10 blocked shots in a game. This season, Thabeet has more blocks (127) than nine Big East teams.
“If somebody beats us off the dribble or in the post, it’s really good to know you have that help,” the junior forward Jeff Adrien said. “It’s almost like having six players instead of five.”
But Thabeet grew up a soccer player, and the offensive part of basketball has proved difficult for him to master.
He runs the floor with ease and displays exceptional footwork. In fact, he juggles a basketball with his feet and knees like a soccer ball so frequently in practice that his teammates are no longer impressed.
But learning how to use his hands has been another story. He has worked hard to become a more consistent contributor on offense.
“The whole summer, that’s all I did was offensive workouts,” Thabeet said. “Last year, I couldn’t buy a basket.”
But last year, his potential was already so intriguing that Thabeet said he continuously received telephone calls and text messages from agents trying to lure him into entering the N.B.A. draft.
After lengthy consideration — made more difficult by the fact that after the death of his father, he has felt obligated to provide for his mother, brother and sister still in Tanzania — Thabeet returned to school. He said his mother struggled to support the family by selling traditional African clothing.
So not only is he receiving an education, but he is also being groomed for a once unthinkable job playing basketball, which would enrich his family living 7,600 miles away.
UConn coaches have tried several tricks to improve Thabeet’s comfort level with the basketball, including throwing passes to him as he sits on a rolling office chair and making him wear special gloves that force him to use his fingertips.
During the summer, he worked out with Hakeem Olajuwon and Emeka Okafor, among others, and he has developed a jump hook he is comfortable taking with either hand.
He is far from a dominant offensive player. But with plenty of scorers, the Huskies do not need him to be one. They need Thabeet to be a threat, and that he has become.
Thabeet has scored 22 points or more three times this season (his high as a freshman was 15), and dominated a victory against Georgia Tech last month with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. All of his major averages are up, too. He has improved to 10.2 points a game, from 6.2; 7.8 rebounds, from 6.4; and 4.4 blocked shots, from 3.8. He is also shooting at higher percentages.
The assistant Andre LaFleur, who recruited the then lightly (or barely) regarded Thabeet, says today’s Thabeet is “light years” apart from the raw player he first saw two years ago.
“The first time I saw him, he looked like a soccer player that was playing on a basketball court,” LaFleur said. “His size, his physical coordination was very intriguing. Then I remember seeing him improve in just months, learning subtleties of the game and post play, he’d come so far. Put it like this: the first time I saw him play, I didn’t think he’d be able to play in a college game right away.”
Part of Thabeet’s learning curve was to stop shying away from the physical nature of the game — something he acknowledged caused him to avoid basketball growing up. And since coming to Connecticut — a place he initially balked at when he looked at a map and realized how cold it would be compared with his homeland — he has become more comfortable on the court and in his environment.
Last Friday in Storrs, with snow on the ground and the wind chill making it feel like 16 degrees, Thabeet arrived for practice bundled beneath a letterman’s jacket and multiple sweatshirts but with socks and sandals.
“He always wears sandals,” Adrien said. “So I don’t think he can be too cold if he always wears sandals.”
The Huskies, who have won 12 of their last 13 games with Thabeet filling up the stat sheet several times, could just be warming up. They look poised to make a deep postseason run.
If they do, perhaps Thabeet, surely wearing sandals, will walk with his teammates in another hero’s welcome when they fly back to Connecticut from the N.C.A.A. tournament. Just like the one he received in Dar es Salaam.
hao tbf kwanza watamlipa kiasi gani?au ndo yale yale mambo ya kuwakilisha nchi na kuwa mzalendo?by de tym akirudi timu yake kalost if nt kukuta wengine wanamchukulia namba yake
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Kila nafsi itaonja mauti and then tutajibu juu ya matendo yetu siku ile ikifika!!!
Nilisoma katika habari leo kuwa dogo Hasheem kaitwa na jamaa wa TBF kwenye timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa kikapu kwa ajili ya michuano ya challenge inayoanza December,2008...Sasa sijui atakwenda Bongo kwa ajili ya michuano hiyo ama,tusubiri tuone
Mkuu...hii haitawezekana tukiachilia mbali maswala mengine, mwajiri wa Hasheem sasa hivi ni University of Connecticut. Na kipindi hiki (October mpaka mwezi wa April mwanzoni mwakani ndio season ya NCAA basketball). Kwa hiyo basi kwa sababu jamaa yuko kwenye scholarship, na ndiyo hiyo scholarship inamfanya aweze kuingia darasani, UConn ndio final decision makers kwenye hili swala na si Hasheem mwenyewe. Na kwa vile wanamtegemea, hawawezi kumwachia aende akachezee timu nyingine wakati wao ndio wanalipa gharama. Kama itatokea aumie kwenye mechi, ni bora aumie wakati yuko akimfanyia kazi mwajiri wake.
Hii issue kidogo inafanana na issue za wachezaji kikapu walioko college na NBA waliochezea nchi zao kwenye Olympic trials na hata kwenye Olympic. Ukiangalia wachezaji kama Yao Ming(China), Dirk Nowitzk (German), Tony Parker (France), Manu Ginobli (Argentina), Paul Gasol (Spain), na wengine walizichezea timu za nchi zao, wakati wa off season. Na ikitokea wakaumia wakati wanazichezea hizo seconday teams, then waajiri wao (NBA teams) hawako liable katika kuwa kugharamia matibabu, na wana haki ya kuwa waive (kuwaachia wajitafutie timu nyingine) na hizo timu then kwa kutumia salary inayoachwa nyuma ku sign wachezaji wengine kuziba pengo. Ndio maana tukauliza je tuna Insurance ya kum cover Thabeet should anything happens to him wakati analicheza taifa lake? Kwa sababu this kid is going to make BINGO ya nguvu NBA should all things go accordingly.
Thabeet anaweza kuja kuwa na off-court issues siku zake za NBA . (Kwa wasiofuatilia michezo na dynamics za professional athletics za Marekani, off-court issues refers to matatizo tatizo yanayo purukusa, yanayo distract timu na mchezaji, hasa mienendo inayohusu public antics and misbehavior.)
On at least two different occasions Thabeet amejiingiza kwenye viugomvi ugomvi kwenye vilabu feki, tena vya wakenya vya East Coast. Kiugomvi kimoja ni Thabeet mwenyewe alikinunua, jamaa wanapigana vikumbo kuhusu demu, Thabeet somehow gets in the middle of it na kuanza kusema "you know who I am...you know who I am?" Scuffle ikafikia ku "take it outside," lakini zikaamuliwa kabla wazee hawajaitwa.
Mi nikawaza, Thabeet, you have a bright and promising future ahead of you, kwa nini unataka kuanza na vi rekodi vibaya vibaya na law enforcement saa hizi kwenye vi night spots havina hata fire alarm batteries?
Wamarekani, kinyume na wanavyooneka watu wahuni na wenye tamaduni zilizooza, sio decadent and indulgent kihivyo, bado ni watu conservative sana sana. (Inawezekana hata wana maadili kushinda sisi, na ndio maana huwezi kuwa na nyumba ndogo Marekani na ukawa kiongozi.)
In any event, because of such deep conservatism that permeates even into sports culture, hata wanamichezo hawatakiwi kuwa na, sio tu criminal records tu, bali hata police contact!! Ukipigiwa hodi na polisi tu, itaiingia magazetini halafu wanasema una purukusa timu.
Thabeet inabidi aliangalie sana hili. Sasa hivi yuko under tremendous peer pressure ya ku conform to that hip hop, get-outta-ma-face machismo, pressure ambayo ni wengi tu ilitu weigh down. Mpaka baadae ndio unakuja kugundua, you know what, I don't have to be a nigger to be cool. So, naelewa what he is going through, and the pressure will, in fact, intensify once he gets the power of mullah!!
Sasa mara nyingi usipomwimbia nyimbo za pambio mtu fulani prominent unaonekana kama una kikorosho kikorosho hivi. Kumbe nia yako ni kueleza ya kujenga tu.
Lakini Thabeet mwenyewe akisoma hapa anajua what I'm talking about with those prepubescent scuffles he got himself into in the East Coast. Hao ESPN analysts haya hawayajui. Wao sasa hivi wanaangilia tu his on-court issues. Wabongo wenzie ndio wanajua hivi vi scuffles. So, word to the wise, Thabeet.
Kingine, kuhusu mwenendo na tabia, Thabeet bahati mbaya hajazungukwa na jamii fulani ya watu wazima anaewaogopa. Hana support structure, moral support structure, that is. Ana role na vijana wa kibongo, again, hip-hopping, pant-sagging, colloquial-like-that nigger-wanna be's. Vijana ambao hawawezi kumwambia "Hashimu, Hashimu, sikia Mkuu, unaenda kukutana na Rais wa nchi, vua mkofia huo babu, umepewa audience na Mkuu wa Jamhuri!!!" You know, funika kombe mwanaharamu apite. Hakuna wa kumwambia hayo. Inakuwa kama Kikwete ndo kapewa favor ya audience vile. Unafikiri Nyerere angekubali upuuzi wa watoto kama huo? I mean, kuna wakati ili uwe na mwenendo mzuri inabidi uzungukwe na watu wazima fulani unaowaheshimu kwamba duuuh, hapa nikiliharibu fulani atanionaje. Thabeet hajazungukwa na watu hao Marekani. Wale wazungu, kina Jim Calhoun, kocha wa UCONN, hawajui sana anachofanya weekend. Haya yakianza kupata limelight ya NBA watajua.
Thabeet anaweza kuja kuwa na off-court issues siku zake za NBA . (Kwa wasiofuatilia michezo na dynamics za professional athletics za Marekani, off-court issues refers to matatizo tatizo yanayo purukusa, yanayo distract timu na mchezaji, hasa mienendo inayohusu public antics and misbehavior.)
On at least two different occasions Thabeet amejiingiza kwenye viugomvi ugomvi kwenye vilabu feki, tena vya wakenya vya East Coast. Kiugomvi kimoja ni Thabeet mwenyewe alikinunua, jamaa wanapigana vikumbo kuhusu demu, Thabeet somehow gets in the middle of it na kuanza kusema "you know who I am...you know who I am?" Scuffle ikafikia ku "take it outside," lakini zikaamuliwa kabla wazee hawajaitwa.
Mi nikawaza, Thabeet, you have a bright and promising future ahead of you, kwa nini unataka kuanza na vi rekodi vibaya vibaya na law enforcement saa hizi kwenye vi night spots havina hata fire alarm batteries?
Wamarekani, kinyume na wanavyooneka watu wahuni na wenye tamaduni zilizooza, sio decadent and indulgent kihivyo, bado ni watu conservative sana sana. (Inawezekana hata wana maadili kushinda sisi, na ndio maana huwezi kuwa na nyumba ndogo Marekani na ukawa kiongozi.) In any event, because of such deep conservatism that is prevalent even in sports culture, hata wanamichezo hawatakiwi kuwa na, sio tu criminal records tu, bali hata police contact!! Ukipigiwa hodi na polisi tu, itaiingia magazetini halafu wanasema una purukusa timu.
Thabeet inabidi aliangalie sana hili. Sasa hivi yuko under tremendous peer pressure ya ku conform to that hip hop, get-outta-ma-face machismo image, pressure ambayo ni wengi tu ilitu weigh down. Mpaka baadae ndio unakuja kugundua, you know what, I don't have to be a nigger to be cool. So, naelewa what he is going through, and the pressure will, in fact, intensify once he gets the power of mullah!!
Sasa mara nyingi usipomwimbia nyimbo za pambio mtu fulani prominent unaonekana kama una kikorosho kikorosho hivi. Kumbe nia yako ni kueleza ya kujenga tu.
Lakini Thabeet mwenyewe akisoma hapa anajua what I'm talking about with those prepubescent scuffles he got himself into in the East Coast. Hao ESPN analysts haya hawayajui. Wao sasa hivi wanaangilia tu his on-court issues. Wabongo wenzie ndio wanajua hivi vi scuffles. So, word to the wise, Thabeet.
Kingine, kuhusu mwenendo na tabia, Thabeet bahati mbaya hajazungukwa na jamii fulani ya watu wazima anaewaogopa. Hana support structure, moral support structure, that is. Ana role na vijana wa kibongo, again, hip-hopping, pant-sagging, colloquial-like-that nigger-wanna be's. Vijana ambao hawawezi kumwambia "Hashimu Hashimu, sikia Mkuu, unaenda kukutana na Rais wa nchi, vua mkofia huo babu, umepewa audience na Mkuu wa Jamhuri!!!" You know, funika kombe mwanaharamu apite. Hakuna wa kumwambia hayo. Inakuwa kama Kikwete ndo kapewa favor ya audience vile. Unafikiri Nyerere angekubali upuuzi wa watoto kama huo? I mean, kuna wakati ili uwe na mwenendo mzuri inabidi uzungukwe na watu wazima fulani unaowaheshimu kwamba duuuh, hapa nikiliharibu fulani atanionaje. Thabeet hajazungukwa na watu hao Marekani. Wale wazungu, kina Jim Calhoun, kocha wa UCONN, hawajui sana anachofanya weekend. Haya yakianza kupata limelight ya NBA watajua.
Isije ikafika hujo halafu ikawa too late.
......Ridiculous!! uzushi kama ule wa "Dr. Masau." Mr Investigator kashindwa hata kusema jina la kilabu feki, mji na state, kaishia kusema "mitaa ya east coast." Wakti tunajua kuwa east coast ni vast na inaanzia Maine mpaka sijui wapi huko.... dogo anaishi maisha ya kama college baller yeyote na ktk kikosi cha UConn ni decent kiasi hata kocha ua anaona analeta u-decent wake mpaka kwenye korti....
Hao wanugu unao zungumzia ni wepi? research kuhusu kikosi cha UConn peke yake uone hao wanugu wako wastaarabu wana soo ngapi kiasi cha kufungiwa na team/wengine kusimamishwa shule!!
Shame on you Ku-ha_Ni kwa kuleta uzushi kama ule kwa kwenye "zeutamu"!! Kuwa mstaarabu na jifunze ku-mind maisha yako mwenyewe...mambo usoyajua, yaache kama yalivyo, badala ya kuandika tu ili uonekana "domokaya" na kutaka misifa!
__________________ “Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity” -Randy Pausch
......Ridiculous!! uzushi kama ule wa "Dr. Masau." Mr Investigator kashindwa hata kusema jina la kilabu feki, mji na state, kaishia kusema "mitaa ya east coast. Wakti tunajua kuwa east coast ni vast na inaanzia Maine mpaka sijui wapi huko.... dogo anaishi maisha ya kama college baller yeyote na ktk kikosi cha UConn ni decent kiasi hata kocha ua anaona analeta u-decent wake mpaka kwenye korti....
Hao wanugu unao zungumzia ni wepi? research kuhusu kikosi cha UConn peke yake uone hao wanugu wako wastaarabu wana soo ngapi kiasi cha kufungiwa na team/wengine kusimamishwa shule!!
Shame on you Ku-ha_Ni kwa kuleta uzushi kama ule kwa kwenye "zeutamu"!! Kuwa mstaarabu na jifunze ku-mind maisha yako mwenyewe...mambo usoyajua, yaache kama yalivyo, badala ya kuandika tu ili uonekana "domokaya" na kutaka misifa!
Mkuu YournameisMINE, inawezekana Hasheem ni kijana mzuri kabisa kama unavyomzungumzia, lakini naomba kutofautiana na wewe kidogo kwenye hii issue. Mkuu mimi simfahamu Hasheem zaidi ya kumwangalia kwenye ESPN na kusoma blogs. Overall jamaa hajaibua scandal yoyote na tunamsifu na kumwombea aendelee kuwa balozi mzuri. Lakini kuna issue moja hapa ambayo mimi nakubaliana na Kuhani. Nayo ni issue ya judgment. Hivi kweli Hasheem anaenda kuonana na mkuu wa nchi yake, anavaa jeans mlegezo na kofia na t-shirt. What does this tell you? Kwa kweli this was a poor judgment. Labda washauri wake hawamshauri accordingly, labda ni mambo ya ujana. Kila mwaka timu bingwa kuanzia level ya DIV I na mpaka professional leagues, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL huwa zinaalikwa White House. Naomba uniambie kama kuna picha umewahi kuiona ya wachezaji, wakiwa wamevaa jeans, na hawakuchomekea. Ni mara moja tu niliona kituko tena ikawa topic kwenye news hapa Marekani, pale Florida Gators walipoalikwa White House na Joachim Noah anayechezea Bulls sasa hivi akaenda amevaa flip flops (ndala) na suti.
Kwa hiyo mkuu tumsaidie huyu dogo, lets congratulate him anapofanya vizuri and lets criticize him tunapoona anakwenda pembeni ya mstari. Nashukuru!
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"Freedom is incomplete if it is exercised in poverty."-Harry Schwaz
Mkuu YournameisMINE, inawezekana Hasheem ni kijana mzuri kabisa kama unavyomzungumzia, lakini naomba kutofautiana na wewe kidogo kwenye hii issue. Mkuu mimi simfahamu Hasheem zaidi ya kumwangalia kwenye ESPN na kusoma blogs. Overall jamaa hajaibua scandal yoyote na tunamsifu na kumwombea aendelee kuwa balozi mzuri. Lakini kuna issue moja hapa ambayo mimi nakubaliana na Kuhani. Nayo ni issue ya judgment. Hivi kweli Hasheem anaenda kuonana na mkuu wa nchi yake, anavaa jeans mlegezo na kofia na t-shirt. What does this tell you? Kwa kweli this was a poor judgment. Labda washauri wake hawamshauri accordingly, labda ni mambo ya ujana. Kila mwaka timu bingwa kuanzia level ya DIV I na mpaka professional leagues, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL huwa zinaalikwa White House. Naomba uniambie kama kuna picha umewahi kuiona ya wachezaji, wakiwa wamevaa jeans, na hawakuchomekea. Ni mara moja tu niliona kituko tena ikawa topic kwenye news hapa Marekani, pale Florida Gators walipoalikwa White House na Joachim Noah anayechezea Bulls sasa hivi akaenda amevaa flip flops (ndala) na suti.
Kwa hiyo mkuu tumsaidie huyu dogo, lets congratulate him anapofanya vizuri and lets criticize him tunapoona anakwenda pembeni ya mstari. Nashukuru!
Kama unaijua "record" ya Ku-ha_Ni ktk hii JF, then nadhani unanielewa....! Jamaa kwanza havai jeans mlegezo, hiyo ni fact! "Mikofia na kadhalika anayoongelea jamaa nadhani ni ile ya kukutana na balozi NYC, i know some details kwanini ilikuwa kama ilivyokuwa kwani "nilisema" kwa one of his "handlers," kuwa "whats up with that?" nikapewa excuse(s), ambazo kimsingi zili-make sense na kuambiwa kuwa balozi mwenyewe hata "haku-mind."..B.S, right?
Kaka, kama uliangalia kwa Michuzi wakati wa Sullivan kule AR, kuna pichaz alibandika...angalia dogo jinsi alivyovaa!! Isitoshe huyu ni 20-21 yo kid, yupo college, let him be a kid!! Najua wewe ni shabiki wa sports, hivi bila dress code ya Stern kwa NBA, ma-press conference yalikuwaje?? Hivi unafikiri mwaliko rasmi Ikulu Magogoni, dogo ataenda na kapelo?? Fikiria kaka, si mara ya kwanza Ku-ha_ni kwenda negative juu ya dogo...leo kafikia point kuongea "matusi" mpaka kwa wale wanao-hang na dogo, kimsingi ni diverse group of people kuanzia "wabeba box" mpaka wanaofunguliwa milango na walinzi...mtu kama jambo hulijui vyema ni bora kukaa kimya.
Watu wana ua sana reputation za watu hapa JF, sometimes ni kwa chuki binafsi au kukurupuka na "vifacts" visivyokuwa na vigezo vya aina yeyote... ni sawa na yule alosema, "dogo ana demu Boston...." Naishi in Boston na dogo hajawahi kuwa na demu ktk "Hub." Fact!!
Uzushi ni kitu kibaya sana!
__________________ “Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity” -Randy Pausch
Kama unaijua "record" ya Ku-ha_Ni ktk hii JF, then nadhani unanielewa....! Jamaa kwanza havai jeans mlegezo, hiyo ni fact! "Mikofia na kadhalika anayoongelea jamaa nadhani ni ile ya kukutana na balozi NYC, i know some details kwanini ilikuwa kama ilivyokuwa kwani "nilisema" kwa one of his "handlers," kuwa "whats up with that?" nikapewa excuse(s), ambazo kimsingi zili-make sense na kuambiwa kuwa balozi mwenyewe hata "haku-mind."..B.S, right??
Kaka, kama uliangalia kwa Michuzi wakati wa Sullian kule AR, kuna pichaz alibandika...angalia dogo jinsi alivyovaa!! Isitoshe huyu ni 20-21 yo kid, yupo college, let him be a kid!! Najua wewe ni shabiki wa sports, hivi bila dress code ya Stern kwa NBA, ma-press conference yalikuwaje?? Hivi unafikiri mwaliko rasmi Ikulu Magogoni, dogo ataenda na kapelo?? Fikiria kaka, si mara ya kwanza Ku-ha_ni kwenda negative juu ya dogo...leo kafikia point kuongea "matusi" mpaka kwa wale wanao-hang na dogo, kimsingi ni diverse group of people kuanzia "wabeba box" mpaka wanaofunguliwa milango na walinzi...mtu kama jambo hulijui vyema ni bora kukaa kimya.
Watu wana ua sana reputation za watu hapa JF, sometimes ni kwa chuki binafsi au kukurupuka na "vifacts" visivyokuwa na vigezo vya aina yeyote... ni sawa na yule alosema, "dogo ana demu Boston...." Naishi in Boston na dogo hajawahi kuwa na demu ktk "Hub." Fact!!
Uzushi ni kitu kibaya sana!
YNISM Asante kwa majibu yaliyojitosheleza. Cha muhimu ni kumkumbusha dogo kuwa humble siku zote. Ukiweza kuishika kanuni hii na ukafanya kazi kwa bidii, basi mafanikio ni lazima maishani. Nimeona mock draft ya Chard Ford, nasikitika sijaliona jina la Tyler Hansbrough kwenye top 10. This kid play hard and he's so good on the board.
Kama unaijua "record" ya Ku-ha_Ni ktk hii JF, then nadhani unanielewa....! Jamaa kwanza havai jeans mlegezo, hiyo ni fact! "Mikofia na kadhalika anayoongelea jamaa nadhani ni ile ya kukutana na balozi NYC, i know some details kwanini ilikuwa kama ilivyokuwa kwani "nilisema" kwa one of his "handlers," kuwa "whats up with that?" nikapewa excuse(s), ambazo kimsingi zili-make sense na kuambiwa kuwa balozi mwenyewe hata "haku-mind."..B.S, right??
...Hivi unafikiri mwaliko rasmi Ikulu Magogoni, dogo ataenda na kapelo?? Fikiria kaka, si mara ya kwanza Ku-ha_ni kwenda negative juu ya dogo...mtu kama jambo hulijui vyema ni bora kukaa kimya.
YournameisMIKEJONES-KUZATIKA-CHINKALA,
Balozi wa wapi huyo kakutana na Thabeet unamwongelea? Unajua unachokiongea ? Huyu mwenye tai hapa chini ni balozi wa wapi huyu ?
Unasema Thabeet akikutana na Rais hawezi kumvalia kapelo, unajua unachokiongea ?
LOL, mambo ya Chinks, Kuzatika na Mike Jones yanatokea wapi tena!? Unajua balozi gani nilikuwa naongelea, kama unajifanya hujui/umesahau ili kuonyesha ujuaji wako, basi umeshinda...lakini kuwa fair na sema ukweli wako.
Je makutano hayo ya Kikwete na dogo yalikuwa rasmi? Weka basi picha ya Kikwete na Hasheem pale Boston Park Plaza, ambayo ilikuwa baada ya rais kukutana rasmi na wabongo wa New England (unaweza kuipata kwa Michuzi)!
Hivi hiyo picha ina shida gani kwa 20 yo kid ambaye yupo college kukutana na rais wake ktk mkutano usio rasmi? Kuwa fair, weka picha ambayo dogo kapiga na rais huku kavaa suti (najua ipo/zipo tena kwa michuzi)
Of koz najua ninachokiongea.....je wewe unajua unachokiongea?
Mambo ya Kuzatika na other aliases ilikuwa ni irrelevant kwa lengo la mjadala huu...usitoke nje ya topic.
Asante sana bwana Investigator.
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4th March 2008, 02:15 AM
Re: Hasheem Thabeet :The Tanzanian Phenome
4th March 2008, 02:15 AM
..B.S, right?
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