Official Hamed Haddadi 2012 Season Video Highlights Thread (Updated as of 28 Jan)

[persian-eagle-13]

Grizzles have been out coached in this serious. i believe they are a better team but with wholesome changes that Hollins has done in the player rotation he has inevitably cause the players to loose their rhythm. grizzles were playing really good in the regular season but coach hollins decides to put Z-bo and rudy gay in the game at the same time, which he had not experimented in the regular season. and the results are very telling.what a dumb fcuk this Hollin guy is. he does not play HH since april 26 and all of a sudden gives him 12 min. he should have used HH more in this series. Marco looks worn out as he has been putting up too many min on the court this season.

[Raptor]

In these series, Gasol has been dominated by the Clippers' big, especially Reggie Evans. He is playing way to soft and does not look like the allstar player he was earlier this season. Hollins surely had his reasons for not giving Haddadi playing time earlier this season, but in these series against Clippers, I hope he realises that Haddadi might be an asset for the team. Likely, players like Evans will have it more difficult defending Haddadi than Gasol.

As for the risk of Haddadi commiting fouls, he will most likely foul a player like Griffin, Jordan, Evans or Martin, who are all extremely poor freethrow shooters. Nothing Hollins should worry about to much.

HH will make a fine perfomance if given 2x9 mins in next game, though I would not start him or let him finish the game (unless one of the teams is leading big). He has yet to experience playing in those situations and it might not be the right timing for it now.

[EKBATAN]

^ I agree with most of what you're saying ekbatan jan. It's just that I can't really accept the whole confidence part. I think he is just scared. Jordan Hill for the Lakers pretty much stepped in and consistently has been getting double doubles. He barely played in the beginning of the season, much like Hamed.

hamed's had some double doubles too...but this is playoffs and this grizz-clippers series is very tight, not many can get double doubles, let alone hamed who might get 10 min.
I see what your'e saying too...but in general, u gotta realize he came from iran and asia....where as jordan hill was raised here and went thru the system. His nerves have been built up since playgrounds in high school with people talking smack, to college to nba....where hamed was not in the same environment and pressure. For him NBA was just a dream even 6 years ago. But overall his work ethics arent really good, he's kind of a party type kick back guy and it takes him a while to learn a lesson. some days he plays like a champion, and some days god knows where his head is. Like sometimes u can see him slouching on the bench when he needs to be paying attention to the game and look like he's ready to play the game. That part of him, no one can change cuz its his character and its unfortunate.

Overall hes not what most iranians want him to be....he's not a yao ming, jeremy lin or other foreigners who come and become stars....he's just a back up and he has already achieved alot coming from somewhere with so little opportunities. I always knew that, all i want is for him to play consistently on some team and play 10-15 min/game...i never expected him to come and dominate or be a starter somewhere. He knew that too and even said it in his interviews when he first came to NBA.

[arash123]

^ I agree with most of what you're saying ekbatan jan. It's just that I can't really accept the whole confidence part. I think he is just scared. Jordan Hill for the Lakers pretty much stepped in and consistently has been getting double doubles. He barely played in the beginning of the season, much like Hamed.

[EKBATAN]

We've been saying 'I hope the coach has enough faith to play him' for years. The truth is that Haddadi will continue to get very limited opportunities in Memphis under Hollins. It's a real shame for the Grizzlies, especially Gasol who is overworked every game despite having a great back-up player on the bench.

yea he needs to leave memphis cuz he's not gonna flourish there. Problem is he's in a comfort zone there, he's friends with the players and the fans like him. But for the sake of his career he needs to make a move this summer, preferably a team that needs a center.

hamed had a decent twelve minutes. boy does he look lost on offense, though. his screens are hit or miss, and i dont think he understands the pick and roll as well as he should. his marking on defense is spotty. his strength are his rebounds, and he's good enough to let gasol rest. although the announcer liked his play last night, i honestly was not too impressed.

Thats all becuz of lack of actual playing time. You cant keep a guy out and then throw him in there during a sensitive time, especially playoffs in a very tough and close series. He did better than most would do in his position (not playing).

Also he's the type that his confidence goes up as he plays more, when he first came in u could tell he was nervous but as soon as he realized the coach is trusting him to stay in there, his confidence went up.

[arash123]

hamed had a decent twelve minutes. boy does he look lost on offense, though. his screens are hit or miss, and i dont think he understands the pick and roll as well as he should. his marking on defense is spotty. his strength are his rebounds, and he's good enough to let gasol rest. although the announcer liked his play last night, i honestly was not too impressed.

[K. Nader]

We've been saying 'I hope the coach has enough faith to play him' for years. The truth is that Haddadi will continue to get very limited opportunities in Memphis under Hollins. It's a real shame for the Grizzlies, especially Gasol who is overworked every game despite having a great back-up player on the bench.

[EKBATAN]

hamed came in and did his job. He filled in for the big men who were in trouble and played like 12 very important min. He stayed out of foul trouble...he's a bit nervous still after 4 years of being in NBA but thats cuz he hardly plays. I hope this lets the coach have faith in him....he helped his team make a come back and take the lead. as soon as he went out, grizz went down by 10
just his presence in the paint, forced clippers to go outside....i hope he gets more confident though

[persian-eagle-13]

^^i am losing hope in this team, but hope they can pull one game back

[MoJo23]

he makes a foul and goes to the bench. great 12 min for HH on national tv. memphis looks like will loose this game too

baba i keep telling you not so fast and you keep saying they are gonna lose!

it's going to overtime!

[persian-eagle-13]

he makes a foul and goes to the bench. great 12 min for HH on national tv. memphis looks like will loose this game too

[MoJo23]

He started off slow but now he's playing really well. damesh garm

[persian-eagle-13]

9 min 3 pts 1 block and 5 rebounds so far for HH

[MoJo23]

HH is in the game right now, his first playoff appearance this year. grizzles are really struggling right now, everyone is in foul trouble so HH had to come in to the game. looks like grizzles will loose this series.

Not so fast. 3 point game right now. Hamed had a bad foul on Griffen but he made up for it with a tap in on the offensive board.
Go memphis!

[persian-eagle-13]

HH is in the game right now, his first playoff appearance this year. grizzles are really struggling right now, everyone is in foul trouble so HH had to come in to the game. looks like grizzles will loose this series.