Hamed Haddadi

Hamed Haddadi
Player information
Full name	Hamed E. Haddadi
birthday	May 19, 1985
place of birth	Ahvaz , Iran
size	218 cm
position	center
NBA draft	2004
Club information
society	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Clubs as active
1999–2002 Shahin Ahvaz BC 2002–2003 Paykan Tehran BC 2003–2003 Al-Wasl BC 2003–2007 Paykan Tehran BC 2007–2008 Saba Tehran BC 2008–2013 Memphis Grizzlies 2013 Phoenix Suns 2013 Foolad Mahan Isfahan 2013–2014 Sichuan Blue Wales 2014 Mahram Tehran 2014–2015 Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles 2015–2016 Sichuan Blue Wales Since 2016 Petrochimi Bandar Imam 00 00 00 00 00 00 0
National team 1
Since 02004	Iran
1 As of September 9, 2008

Hamed Haddadi medal table
Basketball (men)
Iran
Asian Games
bronze	2006 Doha	IRN team
FIBA Asian Championship
gold	2007 Tokushima	IRN team
gold	2009 Tianjin	IRN team

Hamed Haddadi (born May 19, 1985 in Ahvaz ; Persian حامد حدادی) Is an Iranian basketball players and participants at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

In the 2007/2008 season he played as a professional basketball player on the position of the center for Saba Battery Tehran Basketball Club in the Iranian Basketball Super League . He was one of the key players in winning the FIBA ​​Asian Championship in Tokushima in 2007 and, alongside Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, the most successful Iranian player in Beijing in 2008.

Hamed Haddadi had received some offers from NBA teams before the Beijing Games . On August 28, 2008, he signed a multi-year contract with the Grizzlies from Memphis as a so-called free agent . He is the first professional Iranian basketball player in the NBA.

A European top team, the KK Partizan Belgrade , wanted to sign him, but Haddadi turned down the offer and opted for the NBA.

On February 21, 2013, Haddadi was traded by the Grizzlies to the Phoenix Suns . In return, Sebastian Telfair went to Memphis. After a few months, they canceled the contract.

Haddadi then moved to his Iranian homeland and has since played alternately in Iran and China.

Haddadi was a member of the Iranian national team, which was eliminated in the preliminary round of the 2014 Basketball World Cup. With 11.4 rebounds per game, he was the second best rebounder of the entire tournament. He was also MVP of the Asian Championships in 2007, 2009 and 2013.

successes

• 2004 Iranian runner-up
• 2006 Asian Games in Doha (bronze)
• 2008 Iranian runner-up
• 2008 WABA Club Championships - finalist
• 2008 Asian club champion
• 2008 Asia-Basket.com: All-Asian Club Championships Honorable Mention
• 2008 Asia-Basket.com: Asian Club Championships All-Asian Players Team
• 2 times CBA All-Star (2014, 2016)
• CBA Finals MVP (2016)
• Asian Champion (2007, 2009 and 2013)
• MVP of the Asian Championships (2007, 2009 and 2013)

Web links

• Hamed Haddadi - player profile on NBA.com
• Hamed Haddadi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• ESPN.com: player profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mazdak Irani: "المپیک این حرفها را بر نمی تابد" In: BBC . Status: November 25, 2007. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/story/2007/11/071121_ba-ar-iran-clubbb.shtml (accessed on: August 12, 2008)
2. ↑ Mohammed Malas: "Haddadi in NBA !!" In: Asia-Basket.com . As of: August 29, 2008. URL: http://www.asia-basket.com/Iran/basketball.asp?NewsID=139403 (accessed on: September 9, 2008)
3. ↑ Ronald Tillery: "Griz sign Iranian center Haddadi" In: Commercialappeal.com . Status: August 28, 2008. URL: Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on: September 9, 2008) 
4. ^ "IRI - Remedial Tonic takes Iran's basketball to Beijing" In: FIBA . Status: May 13, 2008. URL: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/fibaEven/olymMen/p/newsid/24692/arti.html (accessed on: August 12, 2008 )
5. ↑ fiba.com , accessed on September 17, 2014