Historic photo of 1st Israeli & 1st Iranian to play in NBA: Omri Casspi & Hamed Haddadi

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I find this pretty awesome.

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That's pretty cool

took a lot of guts to do that pose….

Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.

by johnv59 on Nov 23, 2009 10:39 PM PST reply actions

Yeah

I totally agree. It might seem like its just symbolic but there are people that would take this the wrong way. Good to see.

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by MadBlaze on Nov 23, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions

Republican Guard

is not happy…

Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.

by johnv59 on Nov 24, 2009 12:00 AM PST up reply actions

What do you mean “there are people that would take this the wrong way” ? I was just wondering. I know about the historic conflicts in the middle east, I understand that (as much as an American can) but what would they take the wrong way?

by twggyy on Nov 24, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions

i would guess...

its how omri casspi has his handed rested ever so slightly on haddadi’s hip…right???

by gotRIPPEDinTHEcity on Nov 26, 2009 1:15 AM PST up reply actions

Shalom, Salaam... NBA Cares

What you don’t see are the knives that each one has planted in each other’s back. But seriously when Casspi got drafted this year this photo was what I thought of, before it was ever taken. Casspi is a scrapper, he’s here to stay. Not so sure about Haddadi, some have said he is too raw for NBA.

The NBA should really be trumping this up. I can’t think of one other pro league in the world where this has happened.

by oLLiE Boombayay on Nov 23, 2009 11:16 PM PST reply actions

soccer?

Maybe

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by two4larue on Nov 23, 2009 11:47 PM PST up reply actions

I'm sure you're right...

on the lower tier levels of play since there are so many leagues of soccer, but doubtful on the elite level. Iran is not exactly a sporting nation. I was thinking perhaps there was a boxing match for a belt where an Israeli has fought an Iranian.

by oLLiE Boombayay on Nov 24, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions

I remember reading about an Iranian "football" team

that went to the Beijing Olympics, I think last summer

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by two4larue on Nov 24, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions

That's cool!

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by Seijeff on Nov 24, 2009 12:46 AM PST reply actions

Omri's got the better teeth...

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by Tofu Anonymous on Nov 24, 2009 2:37 AM PST reply actions

yeah

haddadi’s teeth rather yellow

bayless leaves over my dead body
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by thomasikehara on Nov 24, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions

See?

Was that so hard?

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by OhOhOden on Nov 24, 2009 6:39 AM PST reply actions

Someday maybe we'll stop all this insanity

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by leeroyjenkins on Nov 24, 2009 7:35 AM PST reply actions

Can Someone Embed the Picture?

I can’t see the site at work.

by SonyaBlazer on Nov 24, 2009 8:37 AM PST reply actions

Let's see if this works

by dpnim on Nov 24, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions

nope, this?

by dpnim on Nov 24, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions

THAT IS AWSOME!!!!

The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.

by faith on Nov 24, 2009 8:31 PM PST reply actions

I'm sure that the photo will get Haddadi

a warm welcome home when he visits Iran,

death threats on 3, …. 2, ….1, …;

but it was definitely a class thing to do on both their parts.

Seriously, he took a real risk and could easily be jailed. The Iranians won’t even allow their athletes to compete against Israelis in international competitions.

by Sashland on Nov 25, 2009 11:35 AM PST reply actions

true!!!

but I think you might want to insert “iranian goverment”. instead of just iranians.

as I understand it alot of their people don’t understand why they hate america they just do becuase it’s the cool thing to do.

But I’ve been wrong often.

The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Head Czar of Amerika <--- Mortimer said so so there!!!

by faith on Nov 26, 2009 5:56 AM PST up reply actions

Not even

According to an Iranian with whom I am working (2 months in the country, from Tehran) educated young people don’t hate America – they love America. The leadership of Iran is not reflective of the population – evemn less so than it is here.

by Ami on Nov 28, 2009 8:55 PM PST up reply actions