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Hamed Haddadi the next big thing

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Tonight in preseason action against Washington, Haddadi scored 11 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, in about 15 minutes of action.
 
BBallfanJ said:
Tonight in preseason action against Washington, Haddadi scored 11 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, in about 15 minutes of action.
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Great performance by him! he did much better than both Gasol(20min, 5rbs, 6pts) and Sabet(15min, 4rbs, 6pts).
 
Memphis 99 Oklahoma 91

Memphis 99 Oklahoma 91

Haddadi played 1 1/2 min. no points no rebounds tonight against Oklahoma. Gasol and Sabet both got more than 21min, with an average performance.
it looks like that Grizzlies coaching staff is leaning towards Sabet as the second C. They are preparing him to be Gasol's sub. it's understandable why Hamed is frustrated with the current situation. He will have a long hard season ahead of him, fighting for what he deserves.
 
Buran said:
Haddadi played 1 1/2 min. no points no rebounds tonight against Oklahoma. Gasol and Sabet both got more than 21min, with an average performance.
it looks like that Grizzlies coaching staff is leaning towards Sabet as the second C. They are preparing him to be Gasol's sub. it's understandable why Hamed is frustrated with the current situation. He will have a long hard season ahead of him, fighting for what he deserves.
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Yes, having Thabeet on the team certainly doesn't help his cause... But Haddadi is a sophomore, so he knows more about an NBA game from the inside than Thabeet and that could be a plus. The Tanzanian still has much to prove.
 
Again, the same old story:
Magic 102 Grizzlies 83
here are the main stats for the three Cs
Thaabet (18:25 min, 2 Rbs, 0 pts)
Gasol (22:26 min, 6 Rbs, 7 pts)
Haddadi (7:09 min,4 rbs, 2 pts)
 
Buran said:
Again, the same old story:
Magic 102 Grizzlies 83
here are the main stats for the three Cs
Thaabet (18:25 min, 2 Rbs, 0 pts)
Gasol (22:26 min, 6 Rbs, 7 pts)
Haddadi (7:09 min,4 rbs, 2 pts)
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yeah !! the same old story

he had an interview with "Sedaye America" yesterday before this match and he was optimistic about this season and their coach ! I hope their coach doesn't disappoint him (and us :D) ! Hamed deserves more time !
 
Haddadi IMHO is a very underrated center in the NBA. This guys simply needs more minutes and I believe he can be a solid contributor to any team in the NBA right now. I hope the Spurs make a trade package for both Bonner and Finley, so the Spurs can get this guy:D
 
Saturday, Oct 17
Grizzlies 115 Pistons 94
main stats for Grizzlies Cs
Thaabet (10:25min, 1 Rbs, 1 pts, 1 BS)
Gasol (22:08 min, 4 Rbs, 5 pts, 2 BS)
Hunter(14:53 min, 1 Rbs, 9 pts, 0 BS)
Haddadi (3:04 min,0 rbs, 0 pts, 3 BS) :(
 
Mehphis beat Shaq, Lebron and Cleveland ! Hamed played 7 mins with 2pts !

his dunk against his Idol ! :D



Hamed & Lebron :D:D

 
i think he must be given more minutes inside the court.
what do you think?
 
Mr. Fifteen

This week's Mr. Fifteen is Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi, the first player from Iran to play in the NBA. The 7-foot-2, 24-year-old has played in just 12 games this season, totalling eight points in 48 total minutes behind starter Marc Gasol and Memphis's first-round pick, Hasheem Thabeet. It's not what Haddadi had hoped to do this season, after helping put Iran basketball on the map in international competition the past few years. His 31-point effort in the title game of the 2007 FIBA Asia Championships led Iran to victory over Lebanon and qualified Iran for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the first time in 60 years Iran played in the Games (the country didn't field teams from 1952 to 1988 and didn't qualify in four tries from 1992 to 2004).

Last summer, Haddadi again starred for Iran, leading his country to victory in the Asia Championships, a tournament in which Haddadi was named Most Valuable Player after Iran defeated a Yao Ming-less China in the title game. That victory qualified Iran for this year's World Championships in Turkey, and a first-round draw with the U.S. men's team. He has turned down good offers to play overseas to continue his dream of being in the NBA.

Haddadi made news earlier this season when a pregame photograph was taken of him shaking hands with the Kings' Omri Casspi, the first Israeli-born player to make the NBA. But Haddadi wants to make his mark on the court and not get caught up in the world's events that have made Iran and the United States political enemies, facing one another as potential adversaries in war instead of in sports.

Me: How do you stay prepared when you're not sure you're going to play?

Hamed Haddadi: It happens to me all the time, they don't play me, but I'm ready for play. It's hard. It's hard, because you don't know if you'll play for 10 games in a row. They put you in the game and your conditioning is not good, and you can't play. But sometimes that happens. I must be ready. I must be ready for the game, playing. If they give me some time, I use it for good, not bad. If they should give me a chance, very good. I try my best. I try my best to help the team in practice or in games. I try.

Me: Do you look at practice as your games?

HH: Yeah. The problem is we don't have the chance in practice, too. In practice, if they give me time, I try my best. I'm going to play in practice. I'm going to show myself, you know? It's OK. I'm happy, I'm very happy we win, we win these games. My teammates play awesome. Awesome. I'm very happy with it. I'm not worried about it, I don't play. I want to play. But now we win, we win these games. It's normal I don't play.

Me: What do you learn playing against Marc Gasol in practice?

HH: Before the game, in the warmup, we play one-on-one with Marc. He is smart. He's really, really smart. He can shoot, his hook shot is very good, his discipline is very good. His foot (speed), the leg is so fast. It's hard to stop him. It's hard to stop him. He's played better than last year, I think. We shot together, and last year was not good enough. His play is up now this season. Play very good now. Last year he can't block shot. This season, blocks two or three a game. One night he has six blocked shots. Awesome.

Me: Did you show him anything about the art of shot blocking?

HH: No. He learns himself, you know? He's smart. Now he can jump. He can play basketball. He played professionally in Spain, and Olympic Games, and went in the Europe league, EuroChampionship. Now he's NBA.

Me: What was the experience like for you when Iran won the Asia championship?

HH: My teammates, we have good team. My teammates, we play like six years together. We know how to share the pass, share the basketball. If you don't pass the basketball, you find the open man. We don't play selfish. I really appreciate my teammates back home in Iran. We have everything. We have point guard. We have one shooter, we have everything good, and the five is me. With our play, with our team, it was very good for us.

Me: For you personally, what did that give you in terms of confidence?

HH: I don't understand this word ... what is confidence?

Me: Did you feel after that, that you could play against anybody?

HH: Oh, yeah. Before we play, like 2007, we play most of the teams, like Serbia, like Argentina. We play Olympic Games (Iran lost all five of its games in Beijing), all the big teams. The team in Asia Games, Asia teams is not good enough. But you have China. China's big, too. You have joining up, you have some international players, different countries. Lebanon and Qatar. But I'm very happy for the next summer, we play big, big teams. U.S., same group. I think this is chance for me.

Me: What has that team done for basketball in Iran?

HH: We touch everything. Five years ago, we don't have chance to go to Asia Games. We lost all games in Asia. But now we're going to World Championships. We go to Olympic Games. We've got two championships in a row. This is our goal. Now we want to play good. We want to play good in World Championships. We don't (think we'll) win. We try to win. We try to win. I think we'll have a couple of wins, one or two. I promise that ... back home we didn't have anything. We had one court and we all play, all the teams, we practice there, they play there. Now it's much better.

Me: But soccer's still bigger?

HH: Soccer's bigger. You don't win enough, and the people back home is not happy with soccer. But they're happy for basketball and volleyball. We make them very happy, you know? Very happy, our people back home.

Me: Are you going to be like Yao was for China, in terms of getting even more people interested in the sport?

HH: China, first is basketball, I think. The paper, the TV, I think they're don't looking for us, for basketball players. Just soccer. Because the people are thinking about soccer. Don't pay attention for basketball. But now, is better. Maybe a couple, three years, I'll be same as Yao. If I play in NBA. If I don't play, nobody sees.

Me: So it's important that you play?

HH: Now they leave a message on my fan page -- why you don't play? Why ask your coach why you don't play? I said, it's OK, we win, we win this game now. It's OK. I'm not happy, but I'm happy we win this game. I must play to be the same as Yao.

Me: Is there one thing that is the biggest misconception about your country?

HH: Nobody knows my country. Now is better. Now is better. But last year, I come here, my teammates ask me questions. Do I have a car? Do I have suit, or shoes? I said yeah, I have shoes. We have shoes. The (wrong) thing on us is, do you have camel? You don't have any shoes. We drive camel, not cars. No. Iran is big country, is huge country. I love my country. We have beautiful things. We have something to do. Now it's better.

Me: What was your feeling when you shook hands with Casspi?

HH: Just play basketball. I don't talk about ... what's the name?

Me: Politics?

HH: Politics. My English ... last year, I couldn't ... I'm sorry. But I don't think about politics. I want just to play my basketball, you know? He's a basketball player, and basketball players, you just say hi. You don't talk about politics or anything.

Me: You're a sportsman?

HH: Yeah, I'm a sportsman. I don't want to continue thinking about politics. No.

Me: Do you think you'll stay here through your contract (Haddadi is signed with Memphis through 2011) or will you go back to Europe if you can't play here?

HH: If my contract is finished and I find a contract, I say. It's my dream, in the NBA. If not, I go. My agent, he talks to all teams. I don't know. I have one more year on contract. It's long, it's long. NBA is long season. We have 40 games left, maybe we go playoff. I hope, I wish for playoffs. And we have one more year. I have chance to play maybe next season.
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Nice article :)
It's good to see Haddadi answer all the questions in English and it's appreciated that he tried his best :D

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/david_aldridge/01/18/morning.tip/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1
 
Hamed Haddadi is an underrated big man with solid fundamentals leadership, quickness he can shoot fade away, has nice post moves defends well and can throw it down, He even schooled Yi last FIBA Asia
I hope he gets more playing time or if not I hope he goes to a team who can appreciate his hard work and utilize him well. Maybe Memphis is just biased or well when your undrafted it's hard to get minutes easily. Also memphis is not team play while haddadi dominates in team play
 
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Roseblade13 said:
Hamed Haddadi is an underrated big man with solid fundamentals leadership, quickness he can shoot fade away, has nice post moves defends well and can throw it down, He even schooled Yi last FIBA Asia
I hope he gets more playing time or if not I hope he goes to a team who can appreciate his hard work and utilize him well. Maybe Memphis is just biased or well when your undrafted it's hard to get minutes easily. Also memphis is not team play while haddadi dominates in team play
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I guess your right if Haddadi had a chance to play with another team he might take some more time. Memphis have already very good Centers and got Hasheem Thabet this year as the 2nd pick on the draft night so Hamed doesn't seem to be taken a good time with them as long as all those big guys are on healthy and on the team.
 
Roseblade13 said:
Hamed Haddadi is an underrated big man with solid fundamentals leadership, quickness he can shoot fade away, has nice post moves defends well and can throw it down, He even schooled Yi last FIBA Asia
I hope he gets more playing time or if not I hope he goes to a team who can appreciate his hard work and utilize him well. Maybe Memphis is just biased or well when your undrafted it's hard to get minutes easily. Also memphis is not team play while haddadi dominates in team play
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In my opinion Hamed should leave Memphis next year without any hesitation (or right now for that matter if it's possible!) and Join a team that is struggling at C.
Memphis is the only team in NBA with 4 +7-footers on their roster, and the prospect of Hamed getting more playing time is grim. Thaabet has had a horrible season so far from what I have seen, but unfortunately, regardless of how bad he plays, he will remain the teams 2nd C throughout the season and the coaching staffs explanation would probably be: he is a rookie, needs more time, he will get better, just wait and see what he turns into next year!
 
Buran said:
In my opinion Hamed should leave Memphis next year without any hesitation (or right now for that matter if it's possible!) and Join a team that is struggling at C.
Memphis is the only team in NBA with 4 +7-footers on their roster, and the prospect of Hamed getting more playing time is grim. Thaabet has had a horrible season so far from what I have seen, but unfortunately, regardless of how bad he plays, he will remain the teams 2nd C throughout the season and the coaching staffs explanation would probably be: he is a rookie, needs more time, he will get better, just wait and see what he turns into next year!
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I agree Nba teams are usually bias depending if a rookie or sophomore is undrafted or a 2nd overall pick, I think he should transfer to maybe Sacramento, Dallas or even Indiana teams which need a young center like him as an asian I want to see Heddadi of excel in the Nba!!
 
I would love Haddadi to play for the Spurs next year. Players like him who can block, shoot, and has solid fundamentals will always be a part of any NBA team:D
 
Buran said:
In my opinion Hamed should leave Memphis next year without any hesitation (or right now for that matter if it's possible!) and Join a team that is struggling at C.
Memphis is the only team in NBA with 4 +7-footers on their roster, and the prospect of Hamed getting more playing time is grim. Thaabet has had a horrible season so far from what I have seen, but unfortunately, regardless of how bad he plays, he will remain the teams 2nd C throughout the season and the coaching staffs explanation would probably be: he is a rookie, needs more time, he will get better, just wait and see what he turns into next year!
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IMO, Thabeet is way too overrated. He is great at defense but his offense is non-existent. IMHO, Haddadi is better than Thabeet at this point in their career.
 
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