Congrats to the newest member of the NBA, HAMED HADADI!

[persianbruin]

so many threads on Hadadi.

this is the main one

[Asghar Agha]

so many threads on Hadadi.

[EKBATAN]

Why go to an LA clippers game when you can go a LA Lakers game????????????

LOL tickets are 3x or 4x more for lakers
and all its left are crappy ass seats

[Payam_Ali]

Why go to an LA clippers game when you can go a LA Lakers game????????????

$$$$

[Shamim]

I never thought I'd be so excited to go to an LA Clippers v. Memphis Grizzlies game. But I'll be at the games for sure when Memphis is in town this year.

Why go to an LA clippers game when you can go a LA Lakers game????????????

[persian boy]

wiki says he wil be wearing #15 ?

[The]

OOOh! Beef!

I don;t know what Olympics you were watching, but I was watching Ehadadi get beat on inside by teams like Lithuania. Given that FIBA play is so much more of a finesse game than the NBA, and Ehadadi was getting overpowered in FIBA play, I see him being a complete defensive liability at center. He's tall and he has a decent shot, but in terms of post moves and finishing at the rim he's ridiculously weak. I don't have enough fingers to count the amount of times I saw him try to just push the ball into the basket and come up with a miss or even total air.

Ehadadi is seven feet tall and that's really all he has going for him. When he gets to the NBA this will be made clear.

I just don't see the point of getting a center who is an enormously raw project when the guy's already 23. Memphis has Marc Gasol, who has played at a higher level of play for longer and who is so much more physical. Why not develop him?

What role can Ehadadi serve to get decent playing time? Even if he makes the roster he's not going to do much.

[1Heesham1]

this just ruined my day
because now i have to follow the nba aswell
so its NBA,IPL,LA LIGA,EPL,UCL,ACL,WCQ,

i think you can afford not drop IPL from the list... unless im missing something here.

[Babak]

He'll get about 10-12 minutes per game in his 1st season if he's lucky. There will also be nights he doesn't get off the bench.

I'm down to meet up and go to his games in LA with all you guys, but in a more subtle manner like Ekabatan suggested. I think we shouldn't blow him up and have him all hyped up so he's portrayed as some 7 foot scrub stiff who only attracts Iranian fanboys. Lets let his game do the talking for now (and it won't be much for the next year or two).

[maij]

Absoultellllllyyyyyyyyyyy wonderful.

I have already signed up with Memphis Grizzlies newsletter and hope I can actually watch him live on NBA channel.

One of the most memorable day for Iran sport.

[b_tonymontana]

i think hamed haddadi can become the greatest iranian athlete in a team sport...making the NBA as a basketball player from Iran is harder than making the EPL from Iran (at least I think... I mean, alot of players are given chances in the NBA, but if he does well he'll be Irans most recognizable athlete)

You are absolutely right on that. This is huge. They are thousands of Brothers(I mean Nigga) dying to play one day in the NBA. Comparing this its like one of our TM plays one day in the final of champions league and scores 2 goals for manchster united. This is huge. Tabrik

[EKBATAN]

yea darko will play power forward and hadadi will be gasol's back up

we can be sure he'll at least play 10min or so
especially with gasol's fat ass, he might get tired quickly

[Behzad12]

if hadadi shows anything in preseason or training camp AT ALL darko wont be at center, he is a forward. The only reason he played center was because they didnt have one. Now memphis has 2, gasol and hadadi, and they will split the time. Darko wont be center (if he stays)

actually dar*** a big man who came in the league as a C. he can play both positions depending on the system the team plays (if 2 low, then it really doesnt matter as 4 and 5 are alternative in that system)

[Darvish11]

mate his name is haddadi

hadadi

but that misspelling i could live with, i have heard ehdadi, which is the worst, ehadadi was the most common one, which was also bad, but this is just a letter. No prob

[EKBATAN]

highlights of him vs utah summer team on front page of www.nba.com

nice find

but they should've showed more highlights, especially from the olympic games