2013 FIBA Asia Championship (1st-11th of August)

[Farhad-7]

^the ranking doesn't get regularly updated. the last time was after olympics 2012. apparently it will get updated right after all the continental tournaments are done and teams have qualified to fiba world cup 2014/

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/openNodeIDs/943/selNodeID/943/rankMen.html

[arash123]

also the fiba rankings are bs. china is still 11th while iran is 20th. not saying iran should be top ten, but china doesnt deserve to be that high. they havent done sh*t in quite a few years.

[arash123]

if the nba didnt have the 3 second defensive rule, haddadi would adapt to the nba much better

[Nariman]

[persian-eagle-13]

^^oh i believe you when you say he does not watch nba!!! its probably true.

[EKBATAN]

^^playing against opponents that are half your size is not hard to do!! i would be confident too. HH just does not have the speed and athleticism to play in nba!! he gets into foul trouble early and often and was always the last in the transition plays to the other side of the court

its not the height or speed, its just his mentallity. He has and can keep up with nba its his inability to put in time into learning, being interested and trying. I bet u he doesnt even follow nba completely lol he just shows up to games

[persian-eagle-13]

^^playing against opponents that are half your size is not hard to do!! i would be confident too. HH just does not have the speed and athleticism to play in nba!! he gets into foul trouble early and often and was always the last in the transition plays to the other side of the court

[EKBATAN]

such weak ass highlights...fiba site sucks


just glad we won this thing...its amazing how much confidence haddadi has in these games vs. the nba games
mostly due to hollins messing with him all those years...he did look like he was getting better with the suns and out of nowhere they stopped showing him love too

i really hope knicks pick him up, i dont see why nba teams would pass up on such a big guy. he's cheap and can be useful at times, even if he's not a starter

[Farhad-7]

one more look at the dunk.

[EKBATAN]

Why cant i find highlights? their website sucks balls

[EKBATAN]

[persian-eagle-13]

^^ both Japan and Korea where good teams back in the 60's and 70's. actually Korea has won more metals in basketball than any other country, they keep finishing 2nd or 3rd tho LOOOL they have been Jinxed and can't win a GOLD for LONG LONG TIME. just like football!!

[EKBATAN]

hey guys wheres japan in all this? do they suck at basketball?


so happy to see us win it all again and AGAIN in the final against the host country...last time was beating china in china



i really hope we get US again in group stages i know its the toughest but its good for our TM experience and hopefully both arsalan and hamed are in NBA next year

[Raptor]

MVP: Hamed Haddadi (Iran)

All star team:
PG - Jayson Castro (Philippines)
SG - Kim Min-Goo (South Korea)
SF - Lin Chih-chieh (Chinese Taipei)
PF - Oshin Sahakian (Iran)
C - Hamed Haddadi (Iran)

Two Iranians, but quite surprising to not see Kamrani being one of them. I think he definitely deserved it, but I guess they had to please the home nation as well somehow.

Congrats Iran! Looking forward to the WC2014 in Spain and hopefully we will win the AC in 2015 as well and thus qualify for the Olympics.

[scotian]

very mature...

veryy