A Changing of the Guards For Iranian Basketball

Late breaking news: Iran finalizes its Olympic Qualifying Tournament team. And guess what? Their lineup is missing some big names that are practically synonymous to Iranian basketball.

Names like Hamed Afagh, Mehdi Kamrani, and even Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, a transcendent do-it-all forward who averaged 17.0pts and 6 rebounds for the Zheijiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball League.

Mahram Falls To Al-Riyadi, 76-73!

In the end, it came down to two superstars duking it out.

Fadi El-Khatib, the superb Lebanese superstar outgunned fellow superstar Samad Bahrami of Iran, leading Al-Riyadi of Lebanon to a 3 point win over defending champion Mahram of Iran.