NBA cleared to talk, deal with Hamed Ehadadi

And One posted 8/21/2008 from www.interbasket.net [flag]

Just days after news broke that the NBA was disallowed to talk or deal with Iranian superstar Hamed Ehadadi, as well as other Iranian basketball players. Ehadadi is a 23-year old, 7-2 Persian center with potential. Many basketball fans and scouts were able to see Haddadi for the first time in the 2008 Olympics in which [...] [link]

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NBA Essentials: Blowing the World's Mind
Published 8/21/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: Grizzlies, Wizards, FIBANBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. Blazers Edge. Someone has been paying attention to Rudy Fernandez's defense. 2. Interbasket, via BallHype. NBA teams (Memphis?) can now freely court Iranian prospect Hamed Ehadadi. 3. Bullets Forever. An insanely thorough evaulation of Caron Butler's 2007-08. 4. ...

NBA Teams Cleared to Talk to Hamed Ehadadi and Give Him Ridiculous Sums of Money
Published 8/21/2008 by Joshua Coleman (noreply@blogger.com) at 3 Shades of Blue
Via Interbasket: Just days after news broke that the NBA had disallowed any teams to talk or deal with Iranian superstar Hamed Ehadadi, as well as other Iranian basketball players, due to a lack of the correct license and permission from the US Government, reports are that the NBA has been approved for the license and the restriction has been lifted. So now the Memphis Grizzlies, as well as the other teams who has shown interest in the 7'2" center since his coming-out party in the Olympics, are allowed to enter into contract negotiations. ...

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Olympic Men's Basketball Stats Leaders

AllThatJazzBasketball posted 8/15/2008 from allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com

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Iranian Prospect Barred From NBA

on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture ... found this 8/18/2008 on nba.fanhouse.com

A few teams, including Memphis, had been discussed as potential landing spots for Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi . Political circumstance makes his prospective transfer to the NBA difficult. In fact, according to Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski, politics ...

No Iranians Allowed In The NBA

heitner posted 8/21/2008 from www.sportsagentblog.com

After an impressive showing in Beijing, seven-foot-two Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi caught the eye of many scouts all around the world. In a 97-82 Iranian loss to Argentina, a game that Ehadadi had 21 points and 16 rebounds in, Hamed said through an assistant coach, Mehran Hatami, “It is my dream to play in the NBA.”

Iranian's Eligible for NBA

pauliedanger posted 8/21/2008 from worldhoopsblog.blogspot.com

The Association sent an email to all 30 teams telling them that Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi and small forward Samad Nikkhah Bahrami are now eligible to play ball in the USA.

Hamed Ehadadi NBA Update

heitner posted 8/22/2008 from www.sportsagentblog.com

Since my post yesterday regarding the NBA forbidding teams to talk with Hamed Ehadadi and all other Iranian athletes, there has been an update. Today, the NBA reports that the league has been approved for the appropriate license by the US government, and that teams can now officially talk to Ehadadi.

Rumors Cooking . . .

Posted 8/27/2008 on 3 Shades of Blue

Ron Tillery is blogging over at the Memphis Edge about potential moves for our boys in blue. Most of it involves one or both of the following: • Trading Mike Conley to Portland for Travis Outlaw and spare parts (Tillery says it's a bad idea, and I agree): If that’s the case, the Griz would need more than Outlaw in return. But I don’t believe trading Conley is a wise move. Trading Conley would ...

Coming to America

Posted 8/22/2008 on All That Jazz

For anyone who has been following the story, this is a happy conclusion to a peculiar -- potentially racist? -- quirk in the NBA's hiring policy. I'm happy for Hamed "Who's your Daddy" Ehadadi , from the first time I saw this unusually dark Persian block shots and score inside around the basket back in those halcyon days of the Rocky Mountain Review . He was far from the most ...

Wednesday Combo Bullets

Posted 8/20/2008 on ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog

Weird day, weird schedule ... as a result, here are your Olybullets and your regular bullets all jumbled together . 7-2 Hamed Ehadadi -- he has had some of the biggest numbers of any player in these Olympics -- is the kind of big man project an NBA team would be willing to take on, but the State Department isn't so hot on the idea, because Ehadadi is from the "Axis of Evil" nation of Iran. ...

Being Iranian can get you barred from the NBA

Posted 8/19/2008 on Hail Mary Jane » Hail Mary Jane

Imagine that you are a young man who’s only dream is to make it to the NBA. You have all the tools, you have the height and you have the skills. The only thing that’s stopping you, is the country your from. Hold on a second, the NBA is in the United States right? The US is supposed to be land of the brave and the home of the free. Employers here are supposed to be unbiased ...

Politics Getting in the Way of Iranian Baller’s NBA Dream

Posted 8/18/2008 on SLAM Online

by Marcel Mutoni There’s a rather large fellow that NBA teams are reportedly interested in contacting about possible employment. His name is Hamed Ehadadi, he stands 7-foot-2, and he is an Olympian. There’s just one tiny problem: His country of origin. From Yahoo! Sports : In the letter, which was sent Friday, NBA legal counsel wrote: “It has come to ...

Iranian Basketball Star Erecting an NBA Career?

Posted 8/17/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS

We couldn’t be more excited here today in the SPORTSbyBROOKS R&D division. We’ve been working in secret on a new diagnostic device that we feel will alter the course of sports coverage online and we’ve been dying to demonstrate it to the general public. However, we wanted to wait for the right story to debut the tool to make it clear just how it will change the world. ...

Team Russia дерьмо кровать !!!

Posted 8/17/2008 on All That Jazz

Game 1: 102 - 61 Greece (2-2) put an Olympic sized beat down on Angola (0-4) and really, Angola is not doing well in this tournament at all. The Greeks shot 58.7 % for the game, while Angola shot 39.1 %. Greece was only up by 1 after the first quarter, but scored 69 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters -- which would have still beaten Angola by 8. Looking at the box score it was ...

NBA bans talks with Iranian hoopster

Posted 8/17/2008 on SmackCaster SmackBlog

Another interesting piece from Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowsk : As interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed Ehadadi, the league office has sent a letter to its 30 teams instructing that they are forbidden to even discuss a contract with Ehadadi, Yahoo! Sports has learned . Politics abound in all forms of sports, and it isn’t limited to the field ...

Report: NBA Teams Cleared to Deal with 7-2 Iranian Olympian

Published 8/21/2008 on NBA.com: News

After receiving U.S. government approval, Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi has been cleared to sign with NBA teams, Yahoo! Sports has learned. The NBA sent out an email to executives late Wednesday afternoon informing its 30 teams they were free to enter ...

Hamed Ehadadi, the NBA, and Foreign Policy

Published 8/21/2008 on Bleacher Report - NBA

Hamed Ehadadi. Does that mean anything to you? Does it ring a bell? No, this site did not turn into a breaking news blog , and, no, Ehadadi is not the newest member of Al Queda to be captured by the brave men and women of our Armed Forces. Hamed ...

U.S. Should Allow Iranian to Fulfill NBA Dreams

Published 8/19/2008 on Bleacher Report - NBA

Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi would like to play for the Memphis Grizzlies—or any other team willing to offer him a contract. However, the political tensions between the U.S. and Iran could stand in the way of the 7-foot-2 basketball player ever ...