Loboexpat
08-23-2008, 08:29 AM
Iranian 7'-2" center Hamed Ehadadi has been cleared for negotiations with NBA teams.
His teammate guard Mohammadsamad Nik Khahbahrami, is also being looked at by teams.
I didn't give this story a second thought when I first heard about it but it's an interesting glimpse of how politics/national security can affect something that is seemingly far removed -- like whether an NBA can send one of it's players a paycheck and how that has to be handled.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/basketball/news?slug=aw-nbairanianplayers082008&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
His teammate guard Mohammadsamad Nik Khahbahrami, is also being looked at by teams.
I didn't give this story a second thought when I first heard about it but it's an interesting glimpse of how politics/national security can affect something that is seemingly far removed -- like whether an NBA can send one of it's players a paycheck and how that has to be handled.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/basketball/news?slug=aw-nbairanianplayers082008&prov=yhoo&type=lgns