Official Arsalan Kazemi Rips NBA a New One Thread

[EKBATAN]

haha obama


so tomorrow at 10am is another game

[Darvish11]

From Grantland:

Before the draft, I wrote that Arsalan Kazemi was a solid, blue-collar prospect that teams obsessed with potential could easily overlook in favor of players with more upside. After a brutal first game in which the Oregon forward collected five fouls and only one rebound in just less than nine minutes of action, Kazemi bounced back on Day 2. The young Sixers forward filled up the stat sheet — six points, four steals, three rebounds, one assist, and an incredible chase-down block in 21 minutes — while posting a raw -2 plus/minus for a Philadelphia team that got hammered by Indiana, 96-75. The turnaround in Kazemi’s production coincided with a change of position. Instead of playing as an undersized 4 again, the Sixers staff moved Kazemi to the wing for almost every minute he played in yesterday’s game. The young forward did well, running the outside lanes hard in transition and staying disciplined in his spacing, and he looked more natural than expected catching and driving off kickout passes. Though it won’t be easy defending in space against wings, Kazemi has the foot speed and work rate to at least become adequate on that end.

I caught up with Kazemi after the game and asked if this was a random switch in between games or something the team has planned long-term. He said the team had him training as a wing in practices leading up to the summer league and that it’s the position he plays for the Iranian national team as well. I asked what was different or difficult about his first go at it in a professional setting.

“The only hard thing between the transition from the power forward and the 3 is that I always want to go to the offensive glass,” he responded, later adding that the coaches needed to remind him that as a wing his responsibilities now required Kazemi to be more disciplined in getting back on defense after a shot goes up.

What’s interesting about the move is that Kazemi’s ceiling as a player has now been raised. As a 4, the Oregon product was always going to be limited in his role because of size limitations. By moving to the wing, Kazemi can perhaps one day be a 35-minute-a-night starter because he will be guarding players within a closer range of his build. (It’s the same predicament that faces Kenneth Faried and why I had hoped the Nuggets would try to transition him to the wing as well.) The catch is that Kazemi needs to demonstrate he can capably guard NBA-caliber wings while also developing a corner 3. If one or both of those things happen, the wickedly smart Sam Hinkie will have struck second-round gold in his first draft.

[radin119]

if he wants to play sf he needs to work on his shooting, im watching parts of the game while i figure out how to get they highlights, and there is a play where someone kicks it out to him on the wing and instead of taking the shot he drives in, he draws a foul and goes to the line, but he could have easily shot it as well

[persian-eagle-13]

^^he still does not have a outside game, he needs to work really hard in the summer to be able to get a at least couple of jump shots a game

[MoJo23]

NBA Summer League: Arsalan Kazemi starts carving out niche with Philadelphia 76ers (links)

http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index....e_arsalan.html

[EKBATAN]

game starts in 30 min

[Pakzad98]

any good links?

[MoJo23]

any good links?

There are a few here:
http://firstrowus.eu/sport/basketball.html
http://myp2p.ec/

edit - this is the best one:
http://firstrowus.eu/watch/194933/2/...er-league.html

[Naap]

http://firstrow1.eu/watch/194933/2/w...er-league.html

[Pakzad98]

I have a better: http://blinertvppv.ucoz.ru/nba.html

[MoJo23]

Arsalan is starting the game.

[MoJo23]

First basket for Kazemi! Drives hard from the wing and dunks it

[MoJo23]

Great heads up hustle play by Kazemi, saves the ball and they get a basket out of it.

[EKBATAN]

damn...already 2 pts, 1 steal, 1 assist



what a great guy! bounced back from a bad first game...if he keeps this up, he will for sure play regularly in the league

[MoJo23]

baba damesh garm!! gets the steal and then gets fouled on the offensive side going for the layup!

he's playing very well so far