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Who's You Haddadi? Iranian Basketballer Banned From NBA [NBA]

Larry Brown Sports found this 8/29/2008 on deadspin.com

If any of you pro basketball fans were watching Iran play in the Olympics and thought to yourself that Hamed Haddadi might be a good addition to your team, you can put those dreams to bed. Haddadi, who has averaged 16 points in four games in Beijing, has been advised that the NBA office has forbidden teams from entering contract talks with him. Because he's obviously a terrorist. I'm kidding, ...