Hamed Haddadi (ex Champville) signs at Naft Abadan

Defending champion Naft Abadan (Superleague) landed experienced 34-year old Iranian international center Hamed Haddadi (218-115kg-85). He played most recently at Champville in Lebanese LBL league. In 8 games he averaged 14.1ppg, 11.3rpg, 4.0apg and 1.8bpg last season. Haddadi helped them to win the regular season and make it to the semifinals. Good season as he was selected League Player of the Week. He also played for Xinjiang Flying Tige (CBA) in Chinese league where in 22 games he had 10.5ppg, 10.7rpg, 3.1apg and 1.6bpg.
Among other achievements Haddadi received Asia-Basket.com All-Iranian Superleague Player of the Year award back in 2014.
He has been also a member of Iranian international program for some years. Haddadi has regularly played for Iranian senior team since 2004 and previously for U20 National Team in 2004.
He represented Iran at the Asian Games in Indonesia last year.
Haddadi is a very experienced player. He has played also professionally in NBA (Phoenix Suns), China (Blue Whales and Eagles), NBA G League (Santa Cruz Warriors) and Iran (Paykan, Saba, Petrochimi, Mahram and Melli Haffari Ahvaz).
Haddadi's game is described as: An inside player with great instinct for the rebound and two very strong hands. He's very coordinated, knows ho to do with the ball and loves to work in practice. Can score from inside and can hit a shot from mid-range, needs to improve his defense and his toughnees, at present he seems a little too soft fro the NBA battles in the paint. Also, he is smaller than the 7-2 he is listed at..

Naft Abadan roster for 2019-2020:

Forwards:
Mohammad Nikkhah
Arsalan Kazemi
Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Mohammad Shahrian

Center:
Hamed Haddadi

By Eurobasket Data Center

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