2015 FIBA Basketball Asia Championship [23 September - 3 October]

[babak_iran]

These guys are full of turnovers man. They play really sloppy at times and rush their passes. They get used to weak teams, but good teams pick up on it and learn how to read them.

haddadi is also really shit no wonder why no nba team wanted him he is slow, commits too many turnovers and fouls a lot vs. Good opposition.he doesn't want to dominate in the paint like before. If he wants to keep playing like this he should just retire we have kardoust and hassanzadeh that play with a lot more passion. I also noticed our team plays better as a team and move the ball better when our 2nd unit is playing.

[persian-eagle-13]

^^I remember when he first signed with the Memphis Grizzlies the GM of the team said in one interview "that you can't teach him height" meaning that he is already has a very good height for NBA players and the team only has to teach him the game. unfortunately this lazy bum plus his bad choice of picking an agent, he was never able to capitalize on his "god given size". up until today he is just enjoying the fruits of his "height", but his "skills"

[behzadir]

I do believe HH has been way below his own standards so far in this tournament.

But don't ever forget that if we are talking about TM basketball and the Olympics year in and year out it is beacause we have Haddadi and others don't.

The real competition begins on thursday and we probably will have the toughest possible road to the gold having to face Korea, China and the Philipines in that exact order. Hope our boys play relaxed and without stress and also our big 3 of HH, Samad and Kamrani play at the level they are supposed to.

[_Navid_]

Korea is a strong team! It will be a narrow game. If we play like the 2nd and 3rd quarter of today, we will win.

[PersianLegion]

Iran's path to championship
S. Korea (one of the the 4 Asian power houses and 2014 Asian Games champion)
China (the host and all time best Asian team)
Philippines (one of the recent 4 Asian power houses)

The path for Phil
Lebanon (used to be a power house in Asia)
Qatar (unpredictable with tons of foreign players they may buy each year)
China/Iran

The path for China (considering they are powerful and are the host)
India (a middle weight Asian team)
Iran/South Korea (their toughest challenge = the early final)
Philippines (One of the recent 4 Asian power houses)

The path for S.Korea
Iran (Possibly their hardest match)
China (the host and Asian power house)
Phil (easiest match compare to the other two)

Chance for reaching final among this 4 Asian power house
1. Phil a very high chance
2. China a medium chance (they have to pass Iran)
3. Iran a medium chance (we have to pass the host China)
4. S.Korea a tiny chance (they need to pass Iran and China)

With that single win against us Phils guaranteed their place in final while we sent ourselves down a very rough path.

I am not sure with this team a match against China be easy for us. If we flop against Philippines there is something wrong. We are not dominating the game like the past and each one of China, S.Korea or Phil can beat us now. I am most worried about the match vs China (from their skills, referee calls, our team motivation, turnovers, lack of energy and host favoritism)

[EKBATAN]

I do believe HH has been way below his own standards so far in this tournament.

But don't ever forget that if we are talking about TM basketball and the Olympics year in and year out it is beacause we have Haddadi and others don't.

The real competition begins on thursday and we probably will have the toughest possible road to the gold having to face Korea, China and the Philipines in that exact order. Hope our boys play relaxed and without stress and also our big 3 of HH, Samad and Kamrani play at the level they are supposed to.

ya i agree without haddadi we would not have any success all these years. Iranian basketball owes him a lot. Its just sad that he didnt capitalize on his chances and continued his growth. I guess you cant expect much from a poor kid who reached fame and money at a young age. Not everyone is disciplined enough to resist all of this.

Hopefully Arsalan can surpass him as far as his influence in NBA and team melli

[IranPowned]

ya i agree without haddadi we would not have any success all these years. Iranian basketball owes him a lot. Its just sad that he didnt capitalize on his chances and continued his growth. I guess you cant expect much from a poor kid who reached fame and money at a young age. Not everyone is disciplined enough to resist all of this.

Hopefully Arsalan can surpass him as far as his influence in NBA and team melli

How did you know that Haddadi was a poor kid?

[Nokhodi]

our loss to Philippines could not have come at a worse time, the other bracket is so much easier to reach the finals. this team is not cut to play top teams. as others have said we are still light years away from a clean basketball game. very sloppy, this team lacks leadership. HH with 4 years of NBA should be the player stepping up in the leadership department, but he is becoming more useless than ever.

The way things were looking we always would have to play all of them at some point, so its not that big a deal.
The loss was at a bad time, but let's be fair. It could have been much worse. If the loss had happened at the QF stage, that would have been much worse.

Now, at least TM knows they can't be too goshad.

[EKBATAN]

How did you know that Haddadi was a poor kid?

i remember some interviews where he said he didnt have shows to play.

even if he was middle class kid, still coming to US itself, being in NBA environment and the few mil he got was probably too much for him to handle

[Bessos]

Tomorrow early in the morning is the decisive match against S Korea.

I will be heading to bed earlier tonight so I can wake up early tomorrow.

[kia]

Tomorrow early in the morning is the decisive match against S Korea.

I will be heading to bed earlier tonight so I can wake up early tomorrow.

What time is the game?

[Bessos]

What time is the game?

14:30 local time (UTC+8)

That means it will be like 6:30 GMT

For Tehran I think it will be around 10:00 in the morning.

[Nokhodi]

Game will be tonight.
230 AM EST
1130 PM PST.

[arvin_guzoo]

Ive been looking around all day for a streaming website to confirm that the game is tonight 9/30 @ 1130PM pst.

If someone has a website can you please post it here or PM it to me?

[Nokhodi]

Ive been looking around all day for a streaming website to confirm that the game is tonight 9/30 @ 1130PM pst.

If someone has a website can you please post it here or PM it to me?

Just watch it on Shabakeye 3. They've shown every Iran game.

http://www2.iransima.ir/