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Eric Dawson heads to Iran
Eric Dawson (206 cm, Midwestern State’07) the former San Antonio Spurs forward has signed a deal to play with Petrochimi Imam Harbor in the Iranian Superleague. Dawson has been playing…
Tyrone Brazelton signs in Iran
Tyrone Brazelton (188 cm, West Kentucky’08) has moved from Odessa in the Ukraine to Iranian club Petrochimi of the Superleague. The 27-year old point guard is known as a stand…
Petrochimi wins Iranian Championship
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour is the new champion in Iran after beating rival Mahram with 84-78 in the 5th and …
Hamed Haddadi headed to Phoenix
The Toronto Raptors have traded Iranian big man Hamed Haddadi (218 cm) and a second-round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Sebastian Telfair (183 cm). The emergence…
Ibrahim Jaaber signs with Iranian club Petrochimi
Ibrahim Jaaber (187cm, Pennsylvania ’07) has signed with Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour (Iran-Superleague). Petrochimi is at the top of the Superleague rankings. Ibrahim Jaaber joins the Iranian team after playing…
Nikola Lepojevic to play in Iran
Nikola Lepojevic (199 cm) is set to play for Hamyari Shahdari Zanjan from Iran’s Superleague. He played for Ural Ekaterinburg from Russia’s Superleague in 2011-12. He averaged 18.6 ppg and…
Rudy Gay, Jose Calderon, Hamed Haddadi in three-team trade
It’s a done deal. In a recent three-team trade, Rudy Gay (203 cm, Connecticut’06) and Iranian teammate Hamed Haddadi…
Marius Prekevicius signs with Sanaye Petrochimi
Marius Prekevicius (195 cm, S.Florida’05) is bound for Asia, specifically the Islamic Republic of Iran where he’s signed with Sanaye Petrcohimi Mahshahr (Superleague). The Lithuanian played 24 games for BC…
Benny Koochoie returns to Iran
After playing four games in China for the Nanjing Jiangsu Nangang Dragons (CBA), Benny Koochoie (190 cm, CS Stanislaus’09) is returning to Iran. The Iranian-American is being added by Azad University…
Marcus Faison to play for Esteghlal Qeshm
Esteghlal Qeshm from Iran’s Superleague has signed Belgian-American Marcus Faison (196 cm, Siena’00). Faison started the season with BC Amia Tbilisi from Georgia’s Superleague. He garnered averages of 6.3 ppg…
Francisco Elson on try-out in Iran
Francisco Elson (211 cm, California’99) has left for Iran, where he will try out for ten days with Mahram Tehran. Coach of the Iranian team is Slovenian Mehmed Becirovic. He…
Jasmin Hukic signs in Iran
Bosnian forward Jasmin Hukic has signed with Petrochimi Bandar Harbour from Iran. Hukic is a really journey man who has played in countries like Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Poland, Slovenia…
Marko Milic inks with Mahram Tehran
Marko Milic (201 cm) has agreed to terms with Mahram Tehran (Iran-Superleague) for the remainder of the season. Milic last wore the colors of Vanoli-Braga Cremona (Italy-SerieA), where’s he’s been…
FIBA Asia Champions Cup Postponed
The Final game of the 23rd FIBA Asia Champions Cup between Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon and Mahram of Iran, which was scheduled for Monday has been put off due…
FIBA Asia Champions Cup Finals Set
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup Finals are set for Monday, Oct. 22nd in Beirut, Lebanon and it’ll be a repeat of the 2011 Finals with Al Riyadi squaring off with…
FIBA Asia Champions Cup Day Two
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup has moved into day three with the field of five teams quickly separating and the cream of the crop has risen to the top already…
FIBA Asia Champions Cup Set to Tip Off
The 23rd FIBA Asia Champions Cup begins today in Beirut, Lebanon with five squads representing four Asian sub-zones ready to tip off. Competing in the 2012 edition of the FIBA…
Diego Fajardo inks with Hamyari
Diego Fajardo (2.08m) has inked a new agreement to play with Hamyari Shahrdari Zanjan (Iran-Superleague). Fajardo play with Cimberio Varese (Italy-SerieA) last season, averaging 7.6 points per game over 32…
Sani Becirovic denies signing in Iran
Sani Becirovic (1.96m) has denied reports that he signed on to play with Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour (Iran-Superleague) after they announced a deal was struck with him yesterday. Speaking to…
Sani Becirovic signs in Iran
Sani Becirovic signs in Iran with Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour. Sani Becirovic belongs to the increasing number of star players who choses Asia over Europe. While countries like Japan, Korea…
Anthony Grundy joins Mahram Tehran
Anthony Grundy (1.89m, college: North Carolina State) has signed on with Mahram Tehran (Iran-Superleague) for the 2012-13 season. Grundy played with Mersin (Turkey-TBL) during the 2011-12 season and averaged 16.9…
Ratko Varda signs with Mahram
Ratko Varda signs with Mahram from Iran. The 33 year old Serbian veteran has signed a temporary deal to play for Mahram during the Asia Cup in Lebanon. Ratko Varda…
FIBA Asia Cup: Iran denies host Japan title
Host squad Japan found themselves up by four points in the finals of the FIBA Asia Cup held yesterday in Tokyo, Japan, with a minute and a half left in…
FIBA Asia Cup: Iran – Japan in Finals today
The FIBA Asia Cup finals are set and not surprisingly it’s a rematch of the last game of the qualifying round between Iran and host Japan. In the first contest,…
FIBA Asia Cup: Qatar stuns in Quarter-Finals
On a day that the Lebanese Basketball contingent was earlier celebrating their good fortunes after being awarded the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships for Men, they seem to have forgotten that…
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