interbasket.net - 8/21/2008
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Just days after news broke that the NBA was disallowed to talk or deal with Iranian superstar Hamed Ehadadi, as well as other Iranian basketball players. Ehadadi is a 23-year old, 7-2 Persian center with potential. Many basketball fans and scouts were able to see Haddadi for the first time in the 2008 Olympics in which [...]
Olympic Men's Basketball Stats Leaders
allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com 8/15/2008 — you like Stats? Want to see who are the 10 ten guys in PPG, RPG, APG, SPG, BPG and MPG? Then click here!
Iranian Prospect Barred From NBA
nba.fanhouse.com 8/18/2008 — A few teams, including Memphis, had been discussed as potential landing spots for Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi . Political circumstance makes his prospective transfer to the NBA difficult. In fact, according to Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski, politics ...
No Iranians Allowed In The NBA
sportsagentblog.com 8/21/2008 — After an impressive showing in Beijing, seven-foot-two Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi caught the eye of many scouts all around the world. In a 97-82 Iranian loss to Argentina, a game that Ehadadi had 21 points and 16 rebounds in, Hamed said through an assistant coach, Mehran Hatami, “It is my dream to play in the NBA.”
Iranian's Eligible for NBA
worldhoopsblog.blogspot.com 8/21/2008 — The Association sent an email to all 30 teams telling them that Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi and small forward Samad Nikkhah Bahrami are now eligible to play ball in the USA.
Hamed Ehadadi NBA Update
sportsagentblog.com 8/22/2008 — Since my post yesterday regarding the NBA forbidding teams to talk with Hamed Ehadadi and all other Iranian athletes, there has been an update. Today, the NBA reports that the league has been approved for the appropriate license by the US government, and that teams can now officially talk to Ehadadi.
Rumors Cooking . . . —
3 Shades of Blue
Ron Tillery is blogging over at the Memphis Edge about potential moves for our boys in blue. Most of it involves one or both of the following: • Trading Mike Conley to Portland for Travis Outlaw and spare parts (Tillery says it's a bad idea, and I agree): If that’s the case, the Griz would need more than Outlaw in return. But I don’t believe trading Conley is a wise move. Trading Conley would ...
Coming to America —
All That Jazz
For anyone who has been following the story, this is a happy conclusion to a peculiar -- potentially racist? -- quirk in the NBA's hiring policy. I'm happy for Hamed "Who's your Daddy" Ehadadi , from the first time I saw this unusually dark Persian block shots and score inside around the basket back in those halcyon days of the Rocky Mountain Review . He was far from the most ...
Wednesday Combo Bullets —
ESPN.com - TrueHoop
Weird day, weird schedule ... as a result, here are your Olybullets and your regular bullets all jumbled together . 7-2 Hamed Ehadadi -- he has had some of the biggest numbers of any player in these Olympics -- is the kind of big man project an NBA team would be willing to take on, but the State Department isn't so hot on the idea, because Ehadadi is from the "Axis of Evil" nation of Iran. ...
Being Iranian can get you barred from the NBA —
Hail Mary Jane
Imagine that you are a young man who’s only dream is to make it to the NBA. You have all the tools, you have the height and you have the skills.
The only thing that’s stopping you, is the country your from.
Hold on a second, the NBA is in the United States right? The US is supposed to be land of the brave and the home of the free. Employers here are supposed to be unbiased ...
Politics Getting in the Way of Iranian Baller’s NBA Dream —
SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni
There’s a rather large fellow that NBA teams are reportedly interested in contacting about possible employment. His name is Hamed Ehadadi, he stands 7-foot-2, and he is an Olympian. There’s just one tiny problem: His country of origin.
From Yahoo! Sports :
In the letter, which was sent Friday, NBA legal counsel wrote: “It has come to ...
Iranian Basketball Star Erecting an NBA Career? —
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Team Russia дерьмо кровать !!! —
All That Jazz
Game 1: 102 - 61 Greece (2-2) put an Olympic sized beat down on Angola (0-4) and really, Angola is not doing well in this tournament at all. The Greeks shot 58.7 % for the game, while Angola shot 39.1 %. Greece was only up by 1 after the first quarter, but scored 69 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters -- which would have still beaten Angola by 8. Looking at the box score it was ...
NBA bans talks with Iranian hoopster —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
Another interesting piece from Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowsk : As interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed Ehadadi, the league office has sent a letter to its 30 teams instructing that they are forbidden to even discuss a contract with Ehadadi, Yahoo! Sports has learned . Politics abound in all forms of sports, and it isn’t limited to the field ...
Hamed Ehadadi, the NBA, and Foreign Policy —
Bleacher Report - NBA
Hamed Ehadadi. Does that mean anything to you? Does it ring a bell?
No, this site did not turn into a breaking news blog , and, no, Ehadadi is not the newest member of Al Queda to be captured by the brave men and women of our Armed Forces.
Hamed ...
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