Omri - Haddadi PHOTO

jon e

jon e

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i dont know if this has been discussed yet, if its in the right place, or if this delves into politics that shouldnt be discussed here but i did a search and didnt see it anwhere and thought it was cool


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/omri-casspi-hamed-haddadi_n_368579.html

Omri Casspi, Hamed Haddadi Pose for pose for photo: First Israeli, Iranian NBA players

The NBA posted a photograph of Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi and Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi. Casspi is the first Israeli player to play in NBA history and Haddadi is the first Iranian. Just last week Haddadi was involved in a controversy when two Clippers announcers were suspended for comments about the Memphis center that some found offensive. Casspi finished tonight's game with 15 points and three rebounds, while Haddadi did not play in the Grizzlies' 116-105 win over the Kings.
 
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GeorgeofSacramento

GeorgeofSacramento

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jon e said:
i dont know if this has been discussed yet, if its in the right place, or if this delves into politics that shouldnt be discussed here but i did a search and didnt see it anwhere and thought it was cool


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/omri-casspi-hamed-haddadi_n_368579.html

Omri Casspi, Hamed Haddadi Pose for pose for photo: First Israeli, Iranian NBA players

The NBA posted a photograph of Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi and Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi. Casspi is the first Israeli player to play in NBA history and Haddadi is the first Iranian. Just last week Haddadi was involved in a controversy when two Clippers announcers were suspended for comments about the Memphis center that some found offensive. Casspi finished tonight's game with 15 points and three rebounds, while Haddadi did not play in the Grizzlies' 116-105 win over the Kings.
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The NBA - Where Amazing Happens! :D :D
 
rainmaker

rainmaker

Hall of Famer
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Well, sports crosses racial lines, religious lines, political lines, etc.. This is a great thing to see. These are just two young guys playing a game for a living, and politics should never be an issue in sports.

As for my thoughts on Iranian politics, I'll save that for another time and another place.:(
 
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LookingAround

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I can tell you that during the Eurobasekt in Poland when me together with a friend presented ourselves as Israeli, one of the Greek national team's fan approached us very excited and told us that he is Iranian and that the Iranian people don't have problems with Israelis and that it is only the government and small group of people.
 
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mac

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Who'd you rather pick a fight with? I'm going with Omri. as scary as he may be Haddadi scares the cr*p out of me. Those are two tough guys
 
CruzDude

CruzDude

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I absolutely love it!! The NBA may do more for diplomacy than all our dumm politicians. David Stern should have this photo in his office. And as GeorgeOfSacramento said, "The NBA. Where amazing happens". Ya gotta love it.
 
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Prince_XY

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pkballr said:
Jeez... Haddadi would be a nice 3rd big off the bench. :)
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That would be nice. It would be nicer if we try starting him, instead of Hawes, and see what kind of fire will be lighted under Hawes' butt. Maybe Hawes will bang more with the bigs knowing there is another 7-footer waiting to replace him at the starting line-up if he keeps on playing soft. :D
 
DocHolliday

DocHolliday

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Ok, so I tried to modify my last post to correct the IMG tag, and I keep getting a message that I do not have permission to do that, and to log off and log back on and try again? That's never happened before.
 
Widowmaker2k

Widowmaker2k

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I just want to say that Omri has been impressive so far. He's showing swagger and savy that's absolutely rare for a rookie. When we drafted him, and KF.com was infused with Israeli Omri Casspi fans, my first thought was that they were only excited about him because of him being the first Israeli NBA player, but I was wrong. It's a very small sample size, but on the season, he's shooting 50.8% from the field and 45.9% from three. Peja's best season for us was 48.0% from the field and 43.3% from three. I'm not saying he's going to be as good as Peja, because that wouldn't be a fair comparison for either player, but Omri's come out and proved that he belongs in this league. His intangibles and toughness/passion are pretty incredible, and the fact that he can combine that with seemingly solid team play make him a very exciting player to watch. Longterm, I see him as an absolute assassin off the bench. He's the kind of guy that you bring in to sink a flurry of jumpers, grab important (but improbable) rebounds, play tough defense, and pretty much just crush the other teams will. A Jewish Robert Horry (light), if you will.

Probably not the best thread for this post, but I didn't want to start a new one, and I didn't want it to disappear into a grades or game thread.
 
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