Martin: There’s another Thabeet rising through basketball — and he was born in Memphis.
John Martin
John Martin is a contributing college sports columnist for The Daily Memphian. Martin is a lifelong Memphian who’s covered the Memphis Tigers’ basketball program for more than a decade. Before joining The Daily Memphian team, he was the Memphis beat writer for The Athletic. Currently, he is the co-host of the Jason and John Show on 92.9 FM ESPN, weekdays at 11 a.m. Martin is a graduate of White Station High School and the University of Memphis.
Hasheem Thabeet’s time in Memphis didn’t exactly produce a storied Grizzlies career — but it may have produced a future basketball star.
Ethan Thabeet is a 7-foot, 15-year-old who was born in Memphis a year after Thabeet was drafted by the Grizzlies in 2009. Last week, he got his first official offer from a Division I program: UTSA.
“I think he plays a lot like his dad,” his mother, Mel Pillard, said. “I think he’s going to be a great defensive player and it’s just getting started. It’s in his DNA.”
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