Official Arsalan Kazemi Rips NBA a New One Thread

[EKBATAN]

great kid. i was hoping he said something about his contract but he hasnt yet. i hope he signs it soon, i guess no news is good news...he still practices with the team everyday so hopefully he signs it right before preseason starts

[kia]

Here it is:
.

http://m.radiojavan.com/mobile/podcast/Sedaye-Iranican-20130821

[Ghermez Agha]

Arsalan was on IRANICAN radio show last night. if anyone finds a link for it, please post.

i checked iranican.com and didnt find it

He just uploaded it on his Instagram, not sure if you have an account or not but if you do you can check it out there.

[EKBATAN]

Arsalan was on IRANICAN radio show last night. if anyone finds a link for it, please post.

i checked iranican.com and didnt find it

[persian-eagle-13]

according to his latest interview with ISNA, AK is practicing with 76ers everyday but his situation is not yet known, as a 2nd round pick he does not get a contract automatically. but we will see how things go as we approach training camp in about a month or so, as teams get ready for season opener in October-November

[irani8perspolis]

i still havent heard from his contract. looks like the assholes are making him wait.

honestly i hope for next season he goes to the d-league or europe, i know he is nba ready. But, i think its better for his development if he goes to the d-league or europe and plays 20-35 minutes a game rather than sign a contract and play 5 minutes a game. We have to be realistic he doesnt have a nba ready jump shot, he is a good finisher but get good minutes in the the nba as a 3 or a undersized 4 you need some offensive game. No disrespect to AK, he is amazing defensively and an amazing rebounder, not to mention his raw athletic ability. But 1 year in the d-league or europe will benifit him for the rest of his career.

[EKBATAN]

i still havent heard from his contract. looks like the assholes are making him wait.

[EKBATAN]

not only that but euro game is NOTHING like what Arsalan's game is. His style is NBA only, euro league u gotta be a shooter, scorer and believe it or not they have bigger players than nba (height wise) so his rebounding and blocking will be limited too. its just not for him.

[Darvish11]

In all honesty though, its what is best for his career. The Euroleagues are highly respectable and pay well - better than the $20,000 he would earn in the D-League I guess.

As long as the sixers own his rights he gets the same money in the D league as in the NBA.

This makes absolutely no sense for a couple reasons: one is as someone mentioned he is already 23, why would you waste another developmental year? And the second reason is that the sixers are TRYING TO BE BAD THIS YEAR. They got rid of all their players who can score, they did not even TRY to get an offensively competent free agent, and it is clear they are 100% looking to next years draft. Why wouldnt they want to play a late 2nd round pick with limited scoring ability 25 mins per game this season?

I am going to go out on a limb and say this will not happen. It goes completely against everything philly has done this offseason, and apparently philly is below the league minimum salary (source, footnote 11) at the moment so it would be even more stupid to defer his contract for a year. Ill be shocked if he goes to europe.

[persian-eagle-13]

the problem with US media is that they focus on few african american players that are not any better in my mind as arsalan, only because they played in a traditional college basketball program and they make a big deal out of them, til they get in trouble with the law as most turn out to be CLOWNS. if i were a GM of 76th, knowing that AK has actually graduated from college with is very rare in nba now, played international basketball with tm and is decent guy i would defiantly invest my money on this guy for the long run instead of one of these ghetto players that will cause so many headache for the organization as soon as they get the big check with substance abuse, gun position, dui etc.....

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

I don't buy that bullsh... least case he might get some time in the D-League before he gets called up

[EKBATAN]

very much agreed, no way in hell can he benefit from going to europe.

the kid came to the states, adapted his game nicely, got stronger, tougher, and better overall as a player to get to the NBA (deservingly) to get shipped to europe? if they were to go through with that, it would be a big **** you to him, he could have gone to europe at 17 or 18 if he wanted to and have been playing in the french, italian, spanish, etc. eague for the last few years, but ofcourse he wanted to stay here and work his ass off (as he has) to get to where he is. he is definitely NBA level and until there is clear evidence of him struggling, there is absolutely no reason or justification to send him to europe.

ya man i hate stupid nba analysts who talk like they know whats up. i bet this guy barely knows arsalan. like u said he coulda went to europe long time ago, but he toughed it out for NBA. he has shown over and over he's capable of handling nba....hell he played well against nba all stars in world championship 3 years ago when he was barely 20, now with all this experience he's tellin us he cant? he's an idiot

i think he will sign a contract right before preseason opens up. the team is prob keeping the books clear til last min in case they wanna bring in other players. its all about adjusting the numbers.

[Ghermez Agha]

goin to europe will ruin his career

he belong in NBA, his understanding of the game is something no other players will understand. i think this was a bs report, someone just needed to fill up the papers and occupy their time. Just his couple of summer games, the coach realized and played him more min. than anyone else.

im pretty sure he will get a contract and will play for 76ers. Arsalan himself denied this on his facebook, he said whatever news i get i will let everyone know.

very much agreed, no way in hell can he benefit from going to europe.

the kid came to the states, adapted his game nicely, got stronger, tougher, and better overall as a player to get to the NBA (deservingly) to get shipped to europe? if they were to go through with that, it would be a big **** you to him, he could have gone to europe at 17 or 18 if he wanted to and have been playing in the french, italian, spanish, etc. eague for the last few years, but ofcourse he wanted to stay here and work his ass off (as he has) to get to where he is. he is definitely NBA level and until there is clear evidence of him struggling, there is absolutely no reason or justification to send him to europe.

[EKBATAN]

In all honesty though, its what is best for his career. The Euroleagues are highly respectable and pay well - better than the $20,000 he would earn in the D-League I guess.

Alternatively he could get an NBA contract, pick up $500k salary and avg 2mins for the season. I actually think the Euroleague option is perhaps the best for him, although it makes the likelyhood of his return to the NBA less.

As much as I would love for Arsalan to play in the NBA, he needs to go somewhere we he can play.

goin to europe will ruin his career

he belong in NBA, his understanding of the game is something no other players will understand. i think this was a bs report, someone just needed to fill up the papers and occupy their time. Just his couple of summer games, the coach realized and played him more min. than anyone else.

im pretty sure he will get a contract and will play for 76ers. Arsalan himself denied this on his facebook, he said whatever news i get i will let everyone know.

[princeofpersia1]

In all honesty though, its what is best for his career. The Euroleagues are highly respectable and pay well - better than the $20,000 he would earn in the D-League I guess.

Alternatively he could get an NBA contract, pick up $500k salary and avg 2mins for the season. I actually think the Euroleague option is perhaps the best for him, although it makes the likelyhood of his return to the NBA less.

As much as I would love for Arsalan to play in the NBA, he needs to go somewhere we he can play.