The Hamed Hadadi Thread

[Noveen11]

hopefully they keep sucking so haddadi can get some minutes to prove himself.

[EKBATAN]

you can see in the TOP 10 PLAYS OF WEEK on nba.com

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2008/11/02/nba_20081102_top10.mov.nba/

well its not his highlight but u can see him in the video.....grizzlies win at home with a 3pt. buzzer beater and Haddadi is one of the first players who jumps out of his seat and runs toward the other player.....

[radin119]

some pics here: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4531

lol at hte second one
he is sitting next to gay and look at their legs their like the same color

[EKBATAN]

^^^ LOL and i wonder what hamed's listening to as opposed to OJ




btw, they have a game tonite...u can watch streaming on nba.com or league pass on tv
they really need to give him more chances....how much can you prove in a few min. every other game? Hamed is used to being the main go to guy.....from what ive noticed is he hasn't found his shooting touch....he needs to gain some confidence...he's a great shooter, he can dunk...i still have faith in him
COME ON HAMED!!!

[radin119]

memphis is owning hamed might get a chance if the scoreline is out of reach near the end

[MoJo23]

Keep us updated please if he does. I will have to tune in.

[Darvish11]

pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R.Gay F 37:15 6-13 2-4 0-0 +11 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 14
D.Arthur F 15:48 4-9 0-0 0-0 -2 1 2 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 8
M.Gasol C 35:42 9-11 0-0 9-11 +2 2 14 16 1 4 1 6 3 0 27
O.Mayo G 40:14 6-13 1-3 0-0 +11 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 13
M.Conley G 28:46 1-6 0-0 1-2 +7 0 3 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 3
D.Milicic 12:18 2-4 0-0 0-0 +9 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
H.Warrick 32:12 4-12 0-0 1-4 +13 3 4 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 9
Q.Ross 13:58 2-5 0-1 2-2 +2 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
K.Lowry 19:14 2-5 1-1 1-2 +4 1 3 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 6
G.Buckner 04:33 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
H.Haddadi DNP - Coach's Decision
M.Jaric DNP - Coach's Decision

[EKBATAN]

can anyone find out some insider info on why the coach is not playing him?

[Babak]

can anyone find out some insider info on why the coach is not playing him?

The coach said he's nowhere near ready for real NBA game play yet this year, and he's right. The only time he will see the court this year is if they're up huge or down huge at the end of a game. And thats assuming he's not in the D-League. We'll see what he really has next year. For now, just sitting on the bench and learning how the league works and analyzing his opponents is a big experience in itself for him.

[RahmanRezai]

The coach said he's nowhere near ready for real NBA game play yet this year, and he's right. The only time he will see the court this year is if they're up huge or down huge at the end of a game. And thats assuming he's not in the D-League. We'll see what he really has next year. For now, just sitting on the bench and learning how the league works and analyzing his opponents is a big experience in itself for him.

Yeah, but nothing gives you more experience than actual playing time.

[Demis-11]

geez gasol mustve owned that game...27pts, 16bds, 3blks!!! dang those spaniards

[EKBATAN]

The coach said he's nowhere near ready for real NBA game play yet this year, and he's right. The only time he will see the court this year is if they're up huge or down huge at the end of a game. And thats assuming he's not in the D-League. We'll see what he really has next year. For now, just sitting on the bench and learning how the league works and analyzing his opponents is a big experience in itself for him.

and whats your source?
that sounds more like your opinion.

[Babak]

and whats your source?
that sounds more like your opinion.

What is this, a fact check interrogation by Ekbatan for every post we ever make regarding Haddadi? Ofcourse it involves opinion. But it involves educated opinion by people who follow the NBA closely, not bandwagon Haddadi fanboys here to say some bullshit people want to hear just to make them happy.

Here's your source, the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies himself who thinks that Haddadi has no place playing meaningful minutes in this year's rotation:


If you were to start those two (Gasol and Milicic), is it hard to maximize their minutes together when you don’t have a viable center off the bench, since Hamed Haddadi is clearly not ready?

"Yeah, you’d have to start going to other lineups — think, can we play two smalls? The other night we got a lot of minutes with Darrell and Hak[im Warrick] together, but it’s still pretty cloudy to think about relying on that in the regular season. So, the answer to your question is yes. It does create issues with minutes and substitution patterns."

So next time you're unsure about something, either take the time to go do your own research on the question, or atleast have the decency to not insult others by implying they're lying to you when they answer your question. No one here owes you anything.

[radin119]

they were up by 20 and he didn't play

[zand]

Time to close down the thread for this year.