After a grueling week of round robin play, the FIBA World Cup has a rare rest day today for the teams that have advanced to the next round. The 16 teams, the top four teams from Groups A, B, C, […]
Tag: Iran
Iran is Asia Basketball Champs, defeats Philippines 85-71
Iran took gold with another double-digit win as they overtook the Philippines in the Asia Basketball Championships final 85-71 (discuss). Led by Hamed Haddadi – the Iranians won each one of their games by more than 10 points — including […]
Philippines, Iran in Asia Basketball Finals
It’s going to be a wild one on Sunday. Tournament hosts and basketball-crazed Philippines will take on unbeaten favorites Iran, in the FIBA Asia Basketball Championships. (Discuss the FIBA Asia Basketball Finals in our forum) Iran advanced into the title […]
Taiwan shocks China 96-78, First Win Over China in 28 Years
Taiwan shocked China in a stunning comeback that saw the Taiwanese upset China in the Asia Championships of Basketball. Down by 17 points in he first half. Taiwan would shoot over 70% in the second half, to handily beat China, […]
Iran Defeats Kazakhstan, Undefeated Going Into Asiabasket Quarterfinals
Tournament heavyweight Iran remained undefeated after their fifth match of the Asia Championships of Basketball. The only national team in the 15-nation tournament to stay unbeaten going into the quarterfinals. Asia Championships Discussion Forum Iran trampled Kazakhstan 85-53 that kept […]
China defeats Iran in Stankovic Cup 86-64
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 […]
Iran: Mahram prevails over Zob Ahan again, three-peats
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 […]
Hamed Haddadi awaits his chance with Grizzlies
(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 […]
Global Roundup: Yi’s return, Pau Gasol
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, […]
FIBA World Basketball Championships: Draw Results
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 […]
Arsalan Kazemi is 1st Iranian in D1 Basketball
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 […]
Iran Super league: 9th week results
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 […]
Iran Super league: 7th week results
7th week results in Iran Super League After the 7th week in Iranian Super League, it seems Mahram Tehran and Zob Ahan Esfahan are the two main candidates for the championship in the Iran Super League. Both teams remained undefeated after […]
Pic: When Hamed met Omri (or Iran met Israel)
It didn’t happen the first time around as Hamed Haddadi was deactivated before the game.However, when the Sacramento Kings visited the Memphis Grizzlies last night, Omri Casspi, the first Israeli NBA player met up with Hamed Haddadi, the NBA’s first […]
Kings/Grizzlies storylines: Iverson dislikes bench role
In addition to being one of the season’s best games thus far (who knew?), last night’s Sacramento Kings match vs. the Memphis Grizzlies had a lot of different storylines – diplomatic relations, NBA season-high point total, international intrigue, and surprise! Allen […]
NBA: Iran meets Israel in Kings vs. Grizzlies match
When the Sacramento Kings meet the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, it will mark the first time an Israeli player faces a player from a rival Middle East Muslim nation in the NBA. NBA rookie Omri Casspi is from Israel and plays […]
Hamed Haddadi may leave NBA, Memphis Grizzlies
The last couple of years has really been great for Hamed Haddadi, the 7-2 center from Iran. First Iran won the 2007 Asiabasket with Haddadi in the middle. It was Iran’s first ever medal in the tournament. The win qualified […]
Should there be a FIBA Middle East?
With the recent successes of Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon, should FIBA create Middle East region? That’s currently what is being proposed in our forum (discuss). The proposal is to move four current European basketball nations, Israel, Turkey, Azerbijan, and Armenia, […]
Asiabasket All-Tournament Team (unofficial)
Tianjin, China – The 2009 Asiabasket All-Tournament team was named yesterday amidst a little controversy over one of the selections. (edit: this was an unofficial selection from sports.cn – we apologize for the inconvenience) The team was led by Asia […]
Yi Jianlian, Haddadi big for undefeated China, Iran
Yi Jianlian and Hamed Haddadi came up big for their respective national teams last night, propelling each squad to an unblemished 5-0 record in the 2009 Asia Basketaball Championships. With the two NBA big men leading their teams over Jordan […]
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