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Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi, Girlfriend Arrested for Assault

By FanHouse NewswireNov 25th 2010 – 9:01PM

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say Hamed Haddadi of the Memphis Grizzlies and his girlfriend have been charged with assault following an altercation between the two. Memphis police were called Thursday morning to a downtown apartment building and found Haddadi, a backup center from Iran, and his girlfriend with bruises and...

Team USA Notebook: Kevin Durant as Humble as Ever

By Chris TomassonSep 8th 2010 – 5:10PM

ISTANBUL -- Mr. Modest is at it again. Now, Team USA forward Kevin Durant is saying he probably won't even end up on the World Championship all-tournament team. Just to refresh, this is last season's NBA scoring leader who hasn't missed a beat while averaging 17.7 points in just 23.3 minutes for the undefeated...

Team USA Notebook: United States, Iran at Peace on Basketball Court

By Chris TomassonSep 1st 2010 – 6:30PM

ISTANBUL -- Two nations with a longstanding contentious relation met on the basketball court for the first time in a significant competition. But that didn't mean much to the participants. "I didn't realize it really until after the game,'' big man Kevin Love said when asked about any possible significance attached to...

Team USA Clinches Group B by Beating Iran

By Chris TomassonSep 1st 2010 – 1:45PM

ISTANBUL -- Kevin Love had an off day Tuesday and decided off would go his scraggly beard. Good timing. The Team USA big man went from being a non-factor two days earlier against Brazil to scoring a team-high 13 points and grabbing six rebounds in just 11 minutes Wednesday as the Americans beat Iran 88-51 at Abdi...

Amongst Muslim Hoopsters, Ramadan Fasting Can Wait

By Chris TomassonSep 1st 2010 – 9:35AM

ISTANBUL -- It helps in one way Iran doesn't have one of the world's top basketball teams. With this the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which runs this year from Aug. 11 to Sept. 11, it is Ramadan, a time when Muslims generally fast during daylight hours. But it just so happens that Iran, which is 98 percent Muslim,...

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Hamed Haddadi (, born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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