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Hamed Haddadi

First Iranian in U.S. pro basketball league

Memphis, August 28, 2008 (NBA.COM) — The Memphis Grizzlies signed free-agent center Hamed Haddadi pronounced (ha-MED ha-DAHD-dee), who led all 2008 Olympians in rebounding and blocks, Grizzlies General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Wallace announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Ahvaz, Iran native recently participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, where he was the only player to average a double-double (16.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 2.6 blocks) in Olympic competition while playing five games for the Iranian National Team>>>

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thanks John (that's J O H N)

by Anonymous, so what? (not verified) on Tue Sep 02, 2008 03:37 PM PDT

I for one DIDN'T know where it was.

Who sucked the red from your candy cane, Mitra? Chill out.


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Jhon Carpenter the

by Mitra from khuzistan (not verified) on Sun Aug 31, 2008 05:46 AM PDT

Jhon Carpenter the whatever, Once again wow, Thank you, we had no know idea, where Ahvaz was! Khuzestan! It is not As if this province has created 90% of wealth and income for IRAN!! Wow what shall we do without your knowlegde?????

This is about Hamed Haddadi, Bravo to him and his family. Best wishes to him. He has made us proud. Down with IRI va dorod bar fazandane IRAN, It IRI could they would have wipped any sport from Iran. Iranians have love of sports running throgh thier veins! Whatever these athlets have achieved is because of thier persistance.NO thanks to the regime.

Khuzestan is # 1 , the land of Hakhamaneshis.


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He did something very important...

by Nader on Sat Aug 30, 2008 01:33 PM PDT

Getting into NBA is not an easy task, and he did an incredible job getting there!

ALL THE BEST TO HIM!


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It is great to hear he's from Ahvaz

by John Carpenter III (not verified) on Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:19 PM PDT

Ahvaz is a city in the Khuzestan Province in Iran. The Khuzistan province was attacked by Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war. We can not forget that Saddam, who was executed after a fair trial was good friends with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah and Saddam signed a truce that was detrimental to Iranian kurds. The Shah also o.k.'ed the independance of Bahrain. Before that time Iran had legal rights to Bahrain. It is great to read that an Iranian basketball player from Khuzestan has joined the NBA. He will not be forgotton.


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Iranian Of The Decade?

by Shah hossein (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:41 PM PDT

From university of Ahvaz Iran Number ? Hameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Haddadiiiiiii


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Yes ....Yes.. Baby....That s what I am talking about

by Shah Hossein (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:34 PM PDT

MY man Hamed.WE LOVE YOU.I am already trying to buy Grezzlies NBA shirts with his name and #.I have three kids and my wife I am going to buy five.


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Iranican Reports: Iranian Basketball Team

by iranicanlive on Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:56 PM PDT

Check out our report on Hamed Haddadi and the other players in the Iranian Olympic Basketball Team:

//www.iranican.com/blog/?p=139

It was awesome seeing them play in Utah. 

One interesting fact: did you know the Iranian Basketball Team was brought to the US through the work of the State Department, aka Condoleezza Rice? We thought that was very interesting. 

 

 


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Check out Iranican's awesome

by BasketballDude (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:51 PM PDT

Check out Iranican's awesome report on him and the Iranian Basketball Team: //www.iranican.com/blog/?p=139


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One of the Bros!

by Appalled (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:28 PM PDT

Looks like Hamed will need to jump through a few hoops first( no Pun intended) before he can become one of the Bros!!!

//www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=175...


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What is Real Iranian?

by tin tin (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:16 PM PDT

Soccer Fan, would you please define real Iranian?


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yup now I call that Iranian of the day

by Soccer Fan (not verified) on Fri Aug 29, 2008 02:48 PM PDT

people have nominated Israelies and Americans FBI agents in the past as Iranian of the day that I found very disturbing but this one is truly a good nomination and has my vote.

Go Real Iranians!


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