Iran Basketball National Team

[rouzbahani]

Hey basketball fans!
The Iranian National Team will hold a training camp in Germany, not sure where. But I know that they will play a game in Luxembourg on the 1st of September against a team of the top division in Luxembourg (who play with 2 americans). They say that Hamed Haddadi will be there too. If someone is interested, the game is in the gym of Bertrange at 20h30 and the entry fee is 5 euros (donation for kids with cancer)! Let me know if you come, I will definetly go as it is 5km from my home!

[persian-eagle-13]

^^what is this training camp about, they already missed the Olympic and fucked up the Asian championship

[Nokhodi]

^^what is this training camp about, they already missed the Olympic and fucked up the Asian championship

The team is being renewed essentially.
Now is the time to rebuild. Not 4 months before Asian Championships.

[rouzbahani]

they play an important asian tournament in Teheran in October. This is the camp for that tournament.

[Vestvood Vizard]

Whatever happened to Arsalan Kazemi? Dude was picked in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft by the 76ers a couple years ago, but nothing heard from him since. He was supposed to be the backbone of the new team.

[rouzbahani]

Iran canceled the game. Always the same

[persian-eagle-13]

Whatever happened to Arsalan Kazemi? Dude was picked in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft by the 76ers a couple years ago, but nothing heard from him since. He was supposed to be the backbone of the new team.

he destroyed himself! he should have tried to stay in the D-League for at least a season. But no, he was too good for a D-League!

[EKBATAN]

Whatever happened to Arsalan Kazemi? Dude was picked in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft by the 76ers a couple years ago, but nothing heard from him since. He was supposed to be the backbone of the new team.

very long story but you can read the old threads. The team that picked him had his rights in US for 3years, so he couldnt sign with anyone else. They sent him overseas and basically put him on ice for later. After 2 years he demanded to get signed or released, but sixers took way too long and basically released him when it was close to preseason. At that point he was free to sign with anyone, but the problem was majority of teams had a full roster already, they didnt have any open spots. He got a couple of shots with hawks and rockets but they didnt need him since it was so close to the season. He didnt get his chances to play many minutes and they released him too. Rockets gave him an option to stay in D-league with them and get a shot later but Kazemi didnt want to do that. Mainly cuz of money, they pay very little like 30K/year....so he was stuck with no team. Then he got a call from an Iranian team, he went there with hopes to come back in the summer but thanks to sarbazi issues he is now stuck there til its resolved. Its safe to say his chances of NBA are done...he's 26 and doubt many teams would wanna invest him if he is released from sarbazi next year when he's 27
truly a shame what happened but mainly it was sixers who screwed him over

[persian-eagle-13]

Another tournament is coming up for iran basketball. Arsalan Kazimi has been called up for the game

[Vestvood Vizard]

The D-League can work wonders for some players trying to kickstart their careers, so Arsalan shouldn't think he's better than that. I mean sure the pay isn't amazing but is it not more than Sanat Naft Esfahan or whoever the heck he'd play for in Iran? Just sayin'.

Iran not qualifying for Rio in men's basketball was also a massive missed opportunity to showcase his talents to int'l scouts.

He is still verified and occasionally posting on Twitter, @kazemiworld. Yesterday he retweeted this article: http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2...-balanced-crew

[04041374]

Iran 81-49 Qatar

http://video.varzesh3.com/video/1233...82%D8%B7%D8%B1

[irani8perspolis]

Iran 94-51 Iraq

[irani8perspolis]

Iran 114-41 Thailand




We have are guaranteed a spot in the QF with 2 games yet to play

[rouzbahani]

I just dont understand why they cant filll the stadium when Iran finally plays at home such international games after so many years....very sad to see. no one is interested

[persian-eagle-13]

^^it is a combination of factors, poor planning, time of the day, type of sport, marketing, ticket prices etc....

compare that to volleyball, they market it well, they play well, the game are televised etc....