Nineteen year old Arsalan Kazemi, arguably Iran's third or fourth best player, will miss the upcoming FIBA-Asia Championships.
Kazemi, a Sports Management sophomore at Rice University, cited his academic load as the reason for his missing the championships. Kazemi said that his inability to attend training might disrupt the flow of the Iranian National Team, which is bannered by Memphis grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi.
But Kasemi believes that, inspite of his absence, Iran is still the team to beat.
This, of course, is welcome news for Gilas, who will have one less Iranian scorer to mark. Now, the Nationals can concentrate on limiting the touches of Haddadi and keeping Mahdi Kamrani and Nikkha Bahrami from penetrating inside.
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