Hamed Haddadi 2012/2013 NBA Thread - News, updates, videos, stats

[IranFootball10]

tomorrow night vs Washington. HH looks tired every timeout, he is always bent over, hands on his knees. he needs to work out more, most of his fouls are just because he is out of shape and form.

He needs time man, he has never played consistently like now ever in his career in the NBA so far, and fitness in the gym and in training is different from getting match fit by playing in games, and he's only gonna get better with every game.

[EKBATAN]

Has it come to a time that we wish he would be rested some games?

[Ghermez Agha]

He played an average game tonight... nothing special to say. And yes he is totally out of shape, not playing a single minute for a month won't do you better.

BTW i love how Hunter trusts him, even though he does an awful thing or two in some stretches. Helps HH's confidence for sure.

i dont think a game that includes 4 fouls and 4 turnovers can be considered average if we're measuring his success, if that is what you were reffering to because thats simply not acceptable and will cut down his minutes if he continues that

[behzadir]

i dont think a game that includes 4 fouls and 4 turnovers can be considered average if we're measuring his success, if that is what you were reffering to because thats simply not acceptable and will cut down his minutes if he continues that

You gotta watch their other players to see what i'm saying. Fortunately for HH, he has come to a team that it isn't a hard task at all to get minutes as he is teamed with a bunch of medicore players. And yes i stand on my say that his game was average. Atlanta was clearly playing their outside game more when Haddadi was in. Made his presence felt in the middle. Still he needs more minutes to get to that conditioning spot that can make him effective on offense too.

[Asghar Agha]

Iran-born center talks basketball in socks, 'Argo'

Hamed Haddadi is the only Iranian to play in the NBA and joined the Phoenix Suns in a trade deadline deal with the Toronto Raptors, who he joined but didn't play for as part of the Rudy Gay trade. The(Phoenix) Arizona Republic's Paul Coro sat down with the 7-2 center, who has played well in 16.0 minutes a game for the Suns.
HADDADI: His clever jersey tribute to Iran
Q. How were you introduced to basketball growing up in Iran?
A. I was 14 or 15. I was playing soccer. Before that, I was playing handball. Because I was tall, I just stayed home. I didn't have shoes. I couldn't find big-sized shoes. My neighbor told me, "I play basketball. You want to come play?" I said, "Sure, why not?" Next day, I go to my town college with no shoes and a soccer jersey.
Q. Did you play in socks or bare feet?
A. In socks. Then I took my socks off. I tried my outside shoes. That was tough for me. After six months, I find the shoes. My uncle sent me shoes from Germany. Then I went to a camp in Tehran with a new coach, and he taught me all of basketball.
Q. Was the quality of play good enough to make you better?
A. We had a good team. They helped me a lot to be able to come here. They passed me the ball. They made me get better and pushed me to work hard and practice hard. I loved playing with them.
Q. Why did you continue playing in Iran instead of going to Europe to try to get to the NBA?
A. I got an offer from Serbia and I said, "No, don't sign a contract. Just stay home and practice here and get ready for the Olympic games to show yourself." After the Olympics, if I didn't make it, I would've gone to Europe.
Q. Have you ever been mistreated by fans in the NBA because you are Iranian?
A. No. That's politics. That is different than the sport. I don't follow politics. I don't like politics. It's my job. My job is basketball and practice every day. I don't follow politics. I just do my job and just play my game.
Q. Do you still go home?
A. Yes, every summer. Actually, my city is like Phoenix. The weather is the same. It's crazy hot, like 120, 125.
Q. When you picked No. 98, Iran's dialing code, for a uniform number, why was that important to you?
A. My whole career (I) was No. 15 in (the) NBA, with the national team and my club team. When I got traded here, I checked the website and I saw nobody had 15. When I came here, I said that I wanted and they said Marcus (Morris) took it. I said, "No, I just checked yesterday." Marcus came the day before and took the jersey, so I thought, "Why not 98?" The Persians love it.
Q. Have you grown tired of hearing "Who's your Haddadi?" over five NBA seasons?
A. I love it. It's a good thing that the fans call your name. My manager had to tell me what it meant in the beginning. I like it.
Q. What did you think of Argo?
A. I saw it in my hotel room. I was not there at that time. It's a movie. They're making people watch it. Bad or good. They don't want it to be a boring movie. To make people watch it, it's just a little fake.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...oenix/1991549/

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[EKBATAN]

Hamed will have his good games again, he always has his bad games in between.

[Hosseini]

I wouldn't consider that a bad game, 5 pts, 8 rebounds in 19 minutes isn't as poor as it looks.

[EKBATAN]

I wouldn't consider that a bad game, 5 pts, 8 rebounds in 19 minutes isn't as poor as it looks.

yea stats wise its not bad, but the last 5 min where he got most of his stats the game was pretty much done

[Hosseini]

Hamed only got 7 minutes against the Wizards in a bad loss.

He got 2 pts, 3 rebounds, 3 personals, 1 turnover. He played in the beginning, but was benched much after the 1st quarter.


His fitness is really poor right now. There were a couple times where he couldn't catch up and fouled, sometimes resulting in an and one.

[EKBATAN]

tonight vs. lakers at 7pm LA time

[behzadir]

Going up against Dwight Howard tonight, hope he can hold his own against D12. I'm sure Hunter won't use Scola as a C and i really doubt O'neal can stop Howard from abusing so probably Haddadi will see some significant minutes.

[Ghermez Agha]

hamed is playing decent D on d12 but man this guy cant catch a damn basketball for his life! thats another major short coming of his....he needs to improve his hand and eye coordination. at least he hit a jumper and is looking more aggressive in the paint......he should have 4 more points and 3 more boards right now if he even had decent hand and eye coordination

[Ghermez Agha]

wow, this is getting embarassing for him now.......he's dropped like 6-7 passes so far, he should easily have 12 points right now instead of 4.

[behzadir]

As much as he has been awful offensively in catching the ball, he has played absolutely TERRIFIC defense on Dwight Howard. He limited D12 to 1 point and 2 rebounds in 9 minutes during the 2nd Q.

I haven't seen such good defense on Howard for a long time by anyone.That block he had earlier in the game was like get the F outta here Dwight.

Espn's thoughts on his first half performance: "No other way to say it, Hamed Haddadi has done a tremendous job on Dwight Howard in the paint. Yes those words are being put in a sentence."