Grizzlies Sign Iranian Center Hamad Haddadi

by **OldReliable** on Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:28 am

Oh I got a nickname. He da man.

by **Lamrock** on Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:07 am

Dweaver got banned, but OldReliable and bowdown are still here? :lol:

by **Jackal** on Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:10 am

One of those two names isn't, thanks to some fast acting moderators. (Y)

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:16 pm

zanshadow wrote:how did scouts rate darko so high to get him picked at #2 in wade,bron,melo class. i also didn't get why toronto picked barnani at #1. european 7 footers r 2 soft as hell, yet nba scouts so wanna find second dirk nobiskit.

Potential and versatility certainly go a long way in bumping players up the Draft board, in some cases right up to the first pick. At one point, players like Darko and Bargnani displayed the tools to that got people thinking they could be significant players in the league but as yet they haven't had that impact and may never live up to that hype aside from flashes here and there.

by **Bruce** on Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:13 pm

I haven't seen Haddadi play. Anyone here care to share have any good videos of him playing? From what I read from articles on the paper and the internet, this Iranian guy is really a defensive monster, with a great feel around the basket. I imagine him to be a lot like tyson chandler on D, but with a little scoring touch. Then again, the media has always been known to hype things a little too much. :mrgreen:

For me though, the NBA is starting to feel like the late 80's and early 90's again, where we have so much talented centers in the game. But basing from his stats from the olympics though, he should probably be able to kick the collective asses of centers like dalembert, robert swift and brendan haywood. Not bad for an undrafted player.

by **benji** on Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:42 pm

collective asses of centers like dalembert, robert swift and brendan haywood

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not the same...

by **Bruce** on Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:13 pm

benji wrote:
collective asses of centers like dalembert, robert swift and brendan haywood

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not the same...

uh... robert swift is not black?

by **Lamrock** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:35 am

Try again.

by **Bruce** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:41 am

Lamrock wrote:Try again.

haha, you guys acutally think dalembert is worth something? Sure he gets some ok stats. But as a center, he really sucks. He really can't take any real contact, even from average PF or the bigger SF's.

by **NovU** on Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:14 pm

Bruce wrote:
Lamrock wrote:Try again.

haha, you guys acutally think dalembert is worth something? Sure he gets some ok stats. But as a center, he really sucks. He really can't take any real contact, even from average PF or the bigger SF's.

dalembert's the best canadian center atm and quite a decent one in nba as well.

Grizzlies Sign Iranian Center Hamad Haddadi

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