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Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi, Girlfriend Arrested for Assault

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

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

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

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

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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05/21/12 Iran has harsh words for NBA star Haddadi Source: Iran Sports Press Iran's players have turned on teammate Hamed Haddadi after some crucial mistakes by the Memphis Grizzlies centre in their shock quarter-final 88-84 loss to Jordan at the Asian Championships.
05/15/12 NBA Free Agents 2012: How 4 Memphis Grizzlies Affected... Source: Bleacher Report Even though Hamed Haddadi played three minutes less than Gilbert Arenas in the series, teams saw all they needed to see of the Iranian center.
04/17/12 Android app aims to uncover real value of private data Source: ZDNet.co.uk Researchers have created an Android app to discover what value people really place on their private data, to check advertisers' claims that smartphone users are happy to hand details over.
04/14/12 Mayar Zokaei translates well to the NBA Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Someone had to tell Hamed Haddadi that he had been likened to Borat's older brother.

Background on hamed haddadi

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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