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Shawn southfields ny — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:49:39 GMT

who watches the nba?

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Steve, San Diego, CA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:00:27 GMT

Ridiculous to limit any and all contacts between countries. An Iranian in the NBA would expose Americans to the fact that lumping everyone into the category of 'bad guy' is about as useful as an embargo against Cuba.

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Desertdetroiter — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:09:31 GMT

Let the guy play for crying out loud. I'm sick of the stupid politics between the U.S. and Iran.

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Somaila sangary — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:22:09 GMT

iam sending this coments for keith at countdown.you
should please look into this,i belive that the McCain
campaing may have push the georgain goverment into coflict with the russian inorder to show-up his forign
policy experience.you should please look into it.

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Eric Larson, Pleasanton, CA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:22:29 GMT

Bring him over ASAP. Just because our leaders don't get along, doesn't mean we can't.

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ron broomfiled, co. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:22:43 GMT

It's one thing to have sanctions against their government another to have same for it's people.

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Jimmy Colon, Los Angeles, CA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:30:33 GMT

I think it's a great idea for an Iranian basketball player to play in the NBA. Probably a lot of people, both in the United States and Iran, have had it with all the posturing by both governments. Give us an Iranian that we can feel positive about and look upon as a role mode. I say do it!

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Negin M., Chicago, IL — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:23:26 GMT

Very interesting article. I am Iranian but I was born here in America and have lived here my entire life. There is nothing I would love to see more than better relations between America and Iran. I understand the reasons for America's reluctance to allow Ehadadi to be apart of the team, but I wish more Americans good see that Iranians are more similar to them then they realize. I have been to Iran many times, and I would say that 90% of the Iranians I have talked to love America. In fact, Western styles-fake tanning, high heels, highlighted hair, side-swept bangs, are always popular there because the Iranian people genuinely want to be connected to the rest of the world, and that includes America. As for the comment that even Iranian basketball players have agents, I found that a little insulting, almost condescending. But hopefully if Iranian-American relations could get better, misunderstandings like this will slowly fade away.

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Eric, Kalathas, Greece — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:11:27 GMT

Tehrangeles? Whom, besides Iranians, calls it that?

Also, having watched this kid play, he would have serious trouble against any decent college center who is 6'9 or over. He is 7'2" and that is all that he has going for him.

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joe — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:32:06 GMT

Iranian are the best and they love America!

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Shaz Perth WA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:46:27 GMT

i've met him in Perth. Nice guy with the best personality ever

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James Challinger, Berlin, Germany — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:01:07 GMT

AS somebody said nicely: "How is punishing a potential NBA player "hurting" the government of Iran or influencing them to give up their nuclear program? This is another example of Bush's wrong-headed approach to foreign policy that seems to be more about vengeance and personal dislike for the country than getting Iran to do what he wants."

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Stephanie-Umbro, 33 Maine — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:01 GMT

This is ridiculous. This could be the thaw between the two countries... what's the problem?

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Baron Davis — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:55:54 GMT

If Hamed Ehadadi can play the NBA game, bring him on board. The global talent infusion to the NBA has made it interesting once again. If Hamed doesn't measure up to the NBA, at least he will have had his chance.

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kiumars — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:38:14 GMT

"a federal statue prohibits a person or organization in the United States from engaging in business dealings with Iranian nationals.”

So the USA is actually at war with the Iranian people! All 70 millions of them! May be it is time the Iranians realised this and acted accordingly!

Those misguided Iranians who listen to the voice of America should hear this! LOL ..

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alisa Belleville, Mich — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:43:13 GMT

We already have several players from other countries in the NBA, why throw up the rule card, "because he's from Iran???? ah! let the games begin.

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David, CA — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:36:13 GMT

How stupid!!!??? Its very funny to see what US foreign policy is built upon. This is how US policy puts the people of the whole world against themselves and dictates them to consider themselves as US enemies, even though they did never thought so. US does never say we are your enemy, instead they say, oh you are our enemy!!!!!!!?????

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Martin, Trenton, N.J. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:13:54 GMT

Sure, let's send a few dozen million to a country whose government vows to destroy Israel, Britain, and the U.S., a country where the general population cheers in the streets when terrorists kill Americans anywhere in the world, a country whose majority religion teaches that all other religions must be destroyed and non-believers subjugated or killed. "A good boy"?, could be, but why must we forget that Islam teaches that lying to the "infidel" is just step one in the process of getting strong enough to enslave him? By the way, for two days the newswires reported the Georgian army attacked first and was shelling villagers. Why are we threatening Russia when they apparently did no more than defend helpless civilians?

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SL4T — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:10:15 GMT

NBA teams cleared to negotiate with Iranians:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/basketball/news?slug=aw-nbairanianplayers082008&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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Amir, Portland, Oregon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:44:41 GMT

It would be wonderful to see Hadadi play in the NBA. He's a decent player with NBA standards and will make a good back up center, and maybe a starter in a couple of years. Iranians, in general, are big time NBA fans. Hadadi playing in the NBA will make them that much more interested in NBA. Yet another opportunity to bring the two people closer together.

BTW, the correct spelling of his last name is Hadadi or Haddadi. For some reason every article spells it incorrectly.

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ash — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:41:04 GMT

you say 50 times the average salary he will be paid, but it could even be a pay cut for him because the iranian basketball league is high paying. That's why over the years you are starting to find more and more americans in iran.