Iran's Basketball team won the Asian championship

[Hameed]

We are Champions of Asia

In Basketball
I know this is football forum, but its IRAN so I am sure all interested to talk about our heros, the basketball team.
The story is on FIBA front page.

http://www.fiba.com/

[EKBATAN]

woooohooooooo

i am so happy, seems like everythign is great except our FOOTBALL

- basketball championship
- futsal championship
- 3rd place in volleyball, beating italy

[EKBATAN]

why doesnt rouzbahani play? He was on the squad for the quarters and semis but didnt play, and wasnt even listed for the finals

yea why didnt JABER play???

was he injured??

[RahmanRezai]

yea why didnt JABER play???
was he injured??

He played early in the tournament. But in this game he was on the bench but had his t-shirt over his jersey the entire game. I dont know if its cause he was injured or if the coach just didnt let him play.

Altough I do think that our other centers are better than him right now. He will be great in a couple of years though.

[RahmanRezai]

here is the celebration vid again if someone missed it, and also some interviews after the game:



Toroman Rajkov (Coach, Iran)

"Great day of Iranian basketball delivered by a great performance.

"I think it was a great game. And great games need great performance from great teams. On that count my team qualifies to be called a great team.

"There was very little to choose between the teams. Small details won us the game, which could have either way. And if Lebanon would have won, they would have deserved to.

"Defense won us the game. I think our team at 150% of their abilities in the defense. Mohammad Nikkah was asked to keep El-Khatib under check and he did a tremendous job. And I think that's what neutralized them."

"Also I think Hamed Ehadadi played the game of his life."

Mohammad Nikkah (Player, Iran)

"I think it was all due to our coach's planning. We had worked hard for this.

"I got a lot of help from my teammates in stopping El-Khatib."

Dragan Raca (Coach, Lebanon)

"Without Ali Mahmoud (injured out of the final), we struggled to get our rhythm. Also they played a great game on Vogel and El-Khatib.

"I have to mention Mahdi Kamrany's game that was a constant threat to us. He just scythed through our first line of defense. And consistently.

"I think there were a lot of good teams were present here. I'm really happy we lost to a better team. We finished second best, but we lost to the best team."

[Sam van Dam]

congrats to them, TM football can really learn from these players


but i hope we dont end up playing USA next year, i will get so much heat from ppl if we loose

[Darvish11]

^^^omfg just imagine iran beating them again like the world cup how great would that be

i usually cheer for usa basketball but now that iverson is off i would like nothing more than to see them get embarassed

[Sam van Dam]

^^^omfg just imagine iran beating them again like the world cup how great would that be
i usually cheer for usa basketball but now that iverson is off i would like nothing more than to see them get embarassed

that would be some crazy shiit, even more crazy than when puerto rico beat usa

[radin119]

^^^omfg just imagine iran beating them again like the world cup how great would that be
i usually cheer for usa basketball but now that iverson is off i would like nothing more than to see them get embarassed

that would be hilarious

[Karshenas]

Yes I'm so happy, bacheha dametoon garm

[zand]

yea why didnt JABER play???
was he injured??

Didn't you see the game? Our center (Hadad) is a super star. He can shoot, block, rebound. He even had a buzzer beater from our own half!! There is not place for Jaber with Hadad around. Maybe 1 or 2 minutes if he is lucky!

[Arashi_Washi]

Until Jaber finds himself a club i doubt that he will get much playing time...

Hadad is also on his position and he is a 22 year old SUPERSTAR.....
Surely can play outside of Iran if he wants to and gets the chance to.....

Jaber will have to work hard to compete with him

[Sam van Dam]

how tall is hadadi?

[Arashi_Washi]

how tall is hadadi?

a mighty 218cm

[Darvish11]

is hadad his nickname? It says ehadadi...anyway yeah his stats are amazing, im kind of disappointed that he made a lucky half court shot, i thought that 1/1 from 3 pt range showed that he had range too

man why cant the hawks just sign this guy lol, hes better than everyone else they have..shit