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Cool......he looked great in Bejing......another big man cant hurt

Cool. More new nationalities joining the NBA.
His name kind of sounds like the shoe company "Adidas" too.
If he's like most Iranians, then it's appropriate that he joins the Grizzlies. (You'll have to fill in the details, but I'm just joking. Hint - think of the cave man from Geikko. Okay, it's a racial joke. Haha.)
Funny if Gasol's brother follows in Pau's footsteps to join the Grizz too.
By the way, the folks who write these articles should not be allowed to publish them until the journal has an appropriate picture. They could not get a picture of Haddadi or Marc Gasol, so they had to use one of another random Grizzly player.

Well, not really a "random player" - Rudy Gay is a good player, but still... It's not as pertinent as a picture of Haddadi or Gasol.

I'm glad there are no ignorant comments thus far, but it's still early... You know these people on Fannation hiding behind thier computers like to spew hate and display just how ignorant they are...

Wow, the new Iranian NBA player looks like Rudy Gay (JJ). I just hope he does good and make a name for himself and his country. It will be very tough on him. So many hurdles not just basketballwise but also politicswise. If he plays really good then the fans will welcome w/ open arms. But there will always be people out there who will hate him w/ a passion because of his nationality.

Never seen the guy play.
- but I have reservations about ALL international big men (who don't come through our college system) -
he may come in and prove me wrong.....but not likely
The NBA game is such a different game than international ball

Who cares what country as long as he is a solid player and respects USA.

They could have at least showed the picture of the guy and not Rudy Gay. Anyway, I actually didn't think this would happen but here's hoping the guy has the talent to play in the NBA.

OK What Da Bloodclott!!, I'm happy to oblige!

Hopefully before this guy sets a foot down in the continental U.S. of A. the Feds run his butt down to Gitmo and slap him around awhile to see if he has any useful information......

Let's all have a group hug. Geez.

Well he can always become a POW if Iran starts any trouble.

BOOOOOOOO IRAN

Hopefully before this guy sets a foot down in the continental U.S. of A. the Feds run his butt down to Gitmo and slap him around awhile to see if he has any useful information......

ghostofthebabe | 08/29/08, 09:23 AM

Ignorant remark # 1.

Bravo. Here's your cookie!

I guess NBA got clearance from the Bushies to sign Iranian players, but NOT post their pic on fannation LOL

Yeah he looked great in that winless tournament in Beijing. The NBA is obsessed with international players. The last thing I want to see is another flopper in the league.

He looked great in the Olympics, but had no players surrounding him.

The last thing I want to see is another flopper in the league.

C-Smith | 08/29/08, 10:10 AM

They have the floppers and we have the selfish self centered ones.
They have the soft ones and we have the ones who go to the stands and beat fans up.
They have the French ones, and we have the drug addicts, bad parents, coach-chokers, ....

All that matters is that we are bringing talent into the NBA.

They have the soft ones and we have the ones who go to the stands and beat fans up.
They have the French ones, and we have the drug addicts, bad parents, coach-chokers, ....
All that matters is that we are bringing talent into the NBA.
Se7en - It's electric! | 08/29/08, 10:31 AM

Ther are also a lot of class gentleman, and the drug addicts, bad parents, and coach-chokers who make up a small minority i might add, don't want to see our country vaporized. The reason Haddadi is the 1st is because his predecessors were sent back where they came from. I'm not totally against the move, but we need to know more about this young man than his field goal percentages.

will customs perform a full cavity search on this guy?