China took revenge for last year’s FIBA Asian Championship final defeat by beating Iran 86-64 in the Stankovic Continental Cup on Thursday night as both teams continued their preparations for the FIBA World Championship. (Discuss the 2010 Stankovic Cup in our basketball forum) China were favourites to win the 2009 Asian Championship in Tianjin last [...]

Mahram underlined their superiority in Iranian basketball over the weekend by capping an unbeaten season with a 2-0 sweep of Zob Ahan in the Super League Finals. (Discuss Iran basketball and basketball in the Middle East) The leading club in Iran basketball captured the title for the third year running. In a rematch of last [...]

(FIBA) – Irananian center Hamed Hadaddi isn’t playing much in his second season with the Memphis Grizzlies yet he remains positive about his NBA career. (Discuss Iranian Basketball in our forum) The Most Valuable Player of last year’s FIBA Asia Championship in China after leading the Iranians to a second straight title, Hamed will compete [...]

This week’s quick international roundup of the player performances during the last few days. This post includes discussion about Yi Jianlian‘s return to the New Jersey Nets, Pau Gasol‘s extension, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s contributions to the Chicago Bulls, J.J. Barea’s career year, and Žalgiris Kaunas fills their head coach position. Yi Jianlian returned [...]

It’s been a busy week for FIBA as they announced the four wild cards on Saturday, and determined the top four seeds for the World Championships of Basketball on Sunday. Now the federation that overseas international basketball has announced the draw results that will determine the groupings for the 2010 world basketball event in Istanbul, Turkey. [...]

Just two seasons ago, Hamed Haddadi became the first Iranian player to play in the NBA. This year, Arsalan Kazemi became the first Iranian to play Division I men’s basketball in the U.S. and CNN/Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn has written a lengthy article about the young man’s experiences, both on and off the court. (Discuss [...]

Iran Super League: 9th week results The last week before mid season ends with wins by Mahram Tehran, Saba Qazvin, Petro Bnader Emam, Gorgan and Shahrekord. (Discuss the 2009-10 Iranian Basketball season) In the most exciting match between Zob Ahan and 2008 Asia champion Mahram. Mahram won the match 81-73 and were named midseason champions [...]