Iran Basketball

[PSGman#19]

27 man squad was set a month ago for WC. Will need to be cut down to 12 for next month

Glad to see that Mohammad Amini is in consideration

https://www.fiba.basketball/basketba...expanded-squad

I don't see the Heydari kid in the list. Would have been nice to have him

[PrinceAli]

I don't see the Heydari kid in the list. Would have been nice to have him

I think he’s too young. I wonder what the age minimum is for the tournament

[PSGman#19]

2 friendlies against Lebanon and two losses! How can we lose against them?

[diz]

2 friendlies against Lebanon and two losses! How can we lose against them?

Maybe the checks to hezbolla bounced.

[Nokhodi]

2 friendlies against Lebanon and two losses! How can we lose against them?

it’s a very goshad team with divas.

[PrinceAli]

Roster cut down to 15. Need to make 1 more cut before the tournament. There’s a lot of doubt around Haddadi being able to play due to still recovering from surgery back in January. They likely cut it down to 15 to give him a bit more time to see if they can get him ready to go

very glad to see young Mohammad Amini likely is set to make the team

• Matin Aghajanpour (Kalleh Mazandaran Amol)
• Jalal Aghamiri (Kalleh Mazandaran Amol)
• Hasan Ali Akbari (Avizhe Sanaat PARSA)
• Mohammad Amini (AS Monaco)
• Piter Girgoorian (Mahram Tehran)
• Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales)
• Arsalan Kazemi (Chemidor Qom)
• Sajad Mashayekhi (Ssfahan Zobahan Cultural and Sports Club)
• Meysam Mirzaei (Petrochimi Bandar Imam)
• Salar Monji (Shahrdary Gorgan)
• Sajad Pazirofteh (Petrochimi Bandar Imam)
• Navid Rezaeifar (Palayesh Naft Abadan)
• Mohammad Shahrian (Palayesh Naft Abadan)
• Sina Vahedi (Mahram Tehran)
• Behnam Yakhchali (Mitteldeutscher)

[PSGman#19]

FIBA power ranking have Iran ranked 31st out of 32 world cup teams!

Btw, what are our friendlies?

[PSGman#19]

Here are our friendlies : montenegro, Jordan, georgia, venezuela, south Sudan

[Nima]

2023 William Jones Cup

Our women team lost against Busan BNK 44-87
Next match is against Phillipines 6. august

[Nima]

Iran women lost to Philipines 64-60

[PSGman#19]

Lost 72/59 against Russia. We are going to be toasted by Spain and co

[PrinceAli]

Seems Mohammad Amini started in that friendly. Hopefully he starts and plays significant minutes at the World Cup. Great opportunity for him to get some draft buzz if he can perform well

[PSGman#19]

Seems Mohammad Amini started in that friendly. Hopefully he starts and plays significant minutes at the World Cup. Great opportunity for him to get some draft buzz if he can perform well

We badly need some other good players aswell.

[PrinceAli]

We badly need some other good players aswell.

For sure. But it would be a fantastic start to get a young player drafted into the league and actually develop properly

thankfully he’s already in Monaco and will be able to develop there to a decent level at least. Would be great to have a new wave of young stars in Iran with Haddadi and others nearing retirement

[PSGman#19]

We lost again against Russia